The Chief Officer for Planning & Regulatory Services presented the report which invited Members to consider introducing an innovative new scheme designed to help licence applications by offering the provision of a (paid for) pre-application advice service for applications relating to various types of premises licensing as well as a ‘check and send’ type service for volume applications. 

He advised that the Cleaner & Greener Advisory Committee had noted the same report.

Public Sector Equality Duty

Members noted that consideration had been given to impacts under the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Resolved: That

a)   the provision of a (paid for) pre-application advice service for applications relating to various types of premises licensing (a list of types as attached at Appendix A to the report) as well as a ‘check and send’ type service for volume applications, be approved; and

b)   the proposed fees, as set out in Appendix B to the report, be adopted.