Agenda and draft minutes

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interest and/or other interest in any item on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 11 November 2025.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 November 2025 were confirmed and signed as a correct record.

To advise members of the new duty imposed on the Council to licence private primate keepers, ensuring new minimum animal welfare standards are achieved.

Members were advised of the new duty imposed on the Council to licence private primate keepers and to ensure that new minimum animal welfare standards are achieved.

The introduction of The Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024 (“Primate Licence Regulations”) places an additional responsibility on the Council to licence private primate keepers. This new licensing regime sets out minimum welfare standards that keepers of primates will be required to meet.

The Primate Licence Regulations state that it will be a legal requirement for all private primate keepers to hold a primate licence by 6 April 2026.

The Committee is asked to RESOLVE that, under Section 100A of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

RESOLVED that, under Section 100A of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

RESOLVED that the taxi license be refused.

RESOLVED that the taxi license be refused.

RESOLVED that the taxi license be refused.

RESOLVED that the decision be amended to a first formal warning.