Agenda item

The Service Director Legal Services will submit a report detailing the number of premises licences, club premise certificates, personal licences and Temporary Event Notices received or renewed during the period 1^st April, 2021 to 1^st April, 2022.

The Service Director Legal Services submitted the Statutory Licensing Annual Report detailing the number of premises licences, club premise certificates, personal licences and Temporary Event Notices received or reviewed for the period 1^st April, 2021 to 1^st April, 2022.

The report gave details of each individual licence and indicated that over the last 12 months:

·         There were 865 active premises licences (of which 213 did not permit the sale of alcohol, 109 active club premises certificates, 49 new premises licences issued and no licence applications had been refused

·         152 Temporary Events Notice applications had been received which included 90 standard applications and 62 late applications

·         There were 3189 active personal licences and 94 new licences issued

In addition to the processing of licence applications, Officers worked proactively with live licences to ensure that all elements of the licence were current and up to date.

In the ensuing discussion reference was made to the following:

·         There was a discussion of the work undertaken in relation to Temporary Events Notices and of the ways in which the service could work more proactively in order to prevent late applications.  It was noted, however, that a number of late applications related to applicants not realising that the events they were promoting required a licence or due to a genuine oversight

·         It was noted that for events catering for more than 500 persons a full premises licence was required

·         Information was provided about the licensing requirement for door staff.  It was noted that this was not the responsibility of the Authority but was regulated by the Security Industry Authority

RESOLVED that the Annual Report be received.