Decision details

Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 requires licensing authorities to prepare and publish a statement of its licensing policy every five years. Such a policy must be published before the authority carries out any function in respect of individual applications made under the terms of the 2003 Act. A number of legislative changes have taken place since the last review in 2018 and the Home Office revised Section182 statutory guidance has also made a number of amendments in respect of the Licensing Act 2003 and the Authority must now review, adopt and publish a new statement to reflect these changes by 7 January 2024.

RESOLVED that the draft statement of Licensing Policy for the purposes of statutory consultation be approved.