RESOLVED: that the minutes of the Licensing Committee held on Wednesday 19 September 2012 be signed as an accurate record of the meeting.

No disclosures of interest were made during the meeting.

There was no urgent business.

RESOLVED: that the allocation of business between Part A and Part B of the agenda be confirmed, as printed.

The Licensing Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Planning and Environment proposing the designation of two sites in the Borough as a ‘licence street' for street trading under the provisions of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 (as amended) and, if the designation were agreed, to consider the granting of a street trading licence at that site.

Having considered appendices A & B, the Licensing Committee RESOLVED:

• that the site on the footway outside 75-77 Church Street, Croydon, CR0 1RH, be designated for the purposes of street trading, as set out in Appendix A, and that a street trading licence be granted on the Council's standard conditions.
• that the site on the footway outside 2-4 Clifford Road, South Norwood, SE25 5JJ, be designated for the purposes of street trading, as set out in Appendix B, and that a street trading licence be granted on the Council's standard conditions.

The Committee also considered the report of the Executive Director of Planning and Environment in respect of an application to vary an existing street trading licence.

Having considered appendix C and heard from the applicant, the Licensing Committee RESOLVED:

•  to grant the application for a variation to an existing street trading licence on the footway outside 35 Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, CR2 9LA, as applied for.
   

The Licensing Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Planning & Environment and RESOLVED to recommend the reviewed Statement of Principles for adoption by the full Council at its meeting on 3 December 2012.

The Licensing Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Planning & Environment outlining the background to the proposed amendment and NOTED the amendments being proposed to the Protocol for Licensing Hearings under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Protocol for Licensing Hearings under the Gambling Act 2005.

The Licensing Committee also NOTED that the proposed amendments to the protocols would be considered by the Ethics Committee at its meeting on 22 November 2012. The Ethics Committee is required, as directed by full Council, to determine that the provisions within the revised protocols comply with the new statutory ethical regime and the Council's Code of Conduct.