Committee details

The General Licensing Committee is made up of 27 Members of the Council.

The functions of the Committee are as follows:-

To review and make recommendations to the Council where appropriate on policies in relation to the licensing and registration functions set out below:-

·         Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

·         Sex shops and sex cinemas

·         Market and street trading

·         Zoos and dangerous wild animals

·         Power to make an order identifying a place as a designated public place for the purposes of police powers in relation to alcohol consumption

·         The passing of a resolution that Schedule 2 to the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 should apply in the Council’s area.