Decision details

The Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities presented a report on an updated Statement of Licensing Policy for the Borough.

The Cabinet Member advised that a number of changes had been made to the Council’s current policy to reflect new legislative arrangements as well as local concerns.  In this latter respect, the changes included restrictions on the hours of sale of alcohol both late at night and in the morning, the principle that alcohol licences would generally be refused for premises in the vicinity of schools, stricter requirements for the location of alcohol in off-licence premises and the active promotion of the existing Responsible Retailer scheme.

Cabinet agreed to recommend the Assembly to adopt the revised Statement of Licensing Policy at Appendix 1 to the report.