Agenda and minutes

Councillor Bond as Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Bakir, Charalambous and Delman.

Members of the Licensing Committee are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non pecuniary interests relevant to items on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive and confirm the minutes from the last meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 14 October 2015.

RECEIVED the minutes of the meeting held on 14 October 2015.

AGREED that the minutes of the meeting held on 14 October 2015 be confirmed and signed as a correct record. 

Councillor Bond mentioned that it was unfortunate that the minutes of 14 October 2015 were only now being agreed. He asked that the Governance and Scrutiny team look at whether it would be possible for Licensing Committee minutes to be agreed closer to the meeting date in future.

To receive the report of the Principal Licensing Officer in respect of revised standard conditions for licensed special treatments establishments.

RECEIVED the report of the Principal Licensing Officer.

NOTED

1. The introduction by the Principal Licensing officer, including:

a.    That the current standard set of conditions which have been in place a number of years now require updating to reflect changes in legislation and industry practices.

b.    The proposed revised standard licence conditions would apply to all special treatment licensed premises within the borough.

c.    The revised conditions are based on the recommended standard conditions for special treatment premises by the London Special Treatment Working Group, of which Enfield council is a participating member and are considered as best practice.

d.    There is no requirement for the authority to consult with licence holders or any other party, but the health and safety team have been party to discussions.

2. Members’ debate and responses to questions raised including modifications from Councillor Simon. Colleges to be kept informed of revised conditions for massage and special treatment licences.

AGREED that the Licensing Committee approved the revised standard conditions for licensed special treatments establishments and the Special conditions attached at Appendix C to H of the report, including modifications as discussed.

To receive the report of the Principal Licensing Officer in respect of adoption of the LACORS suggested conditions for home boarding of animals for all future applications.

RECEIVED the report of the Principal Licensing Officer

NOTED

1. The introduction by the Principal Licensing Officer, including:

a.    The set of conditions applied to animal boarding establishments are currently the same for both commercial premises and home boarding establishments. It is recognised that the different premises types are substantially diverse and therefore each type would benefit from specific conditions.

b.    LACORS (the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services) provides model licence conditions for Authorities to adopt. Officers use them already whilst carrying out inspections as best practice. These conditions need to be formally adopted as conditions to be applied to the licences.

c.    There is no requirement for the authority to consult with licence holders, however, the conditions have been circulated with current licence holders and comments received from them assisted with the revision of conditions, as set out in the report.

2. Members debate and responses to questions raised, including clarification needed in respect of  whether conditions should apply for the training of ‘guide dogs’ and ‘hearing dogs’.

AGREED that the Licensing Committee agreed the adoption of the LACORS suggested conditions for home boarding of animals for future applications, set out in Appendix C to H of the report.

The Chair thanked all those in the Licensing Team for their work in keeping the Borough a safer place to be.  He also thanked Cllr Derek Levy for his contribution to the work of the Committee over the years and that his knowledge of the work carried out by the Committee will be missed greatly.