The Committee is responsible for the council's policy on
licensing matters and on related issues such as information about
enforcement activity. This includes granting licenses the sale or
supply of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and the
provision of late night refreshment.
The Committee meets three times a year and consists of all
councillors who are on a licensing panel. The meeting is normally
webcast.
The Committee has delegated some of its functions to
sub-committees (known as Panels) to cope with the large number of
licensing applications each municipal year.
There are 5 Panels:
Licensing Panel A
Licensing Panel B
Licensing Panel C
Licensing Panel D
Licensing Panel E
The Committee has also delegated its functions in relation to
applications for sexual entertainment venue licences to these
Licensing Panels.
If you wish to address a meeting of the Licensing Committee
(known as making a deputation) on any matter on its agenda you
should make a written request, summarising what you wish to say, to
be received by the clerk to the Committee no later than 5pm two
working days before the meeting.