NOTICE OF MEETING

COMMITTEE:             LICENSING & REGULATORY

DAY/DATE:                TUESDAY, 23^RD OCTOBER 2007

TIME:                        2.30PM                                     

VENUE:                     COUNCIL CHAMBER

                                 MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS

                                 EARLE STREET, CREWE

Despatch date:   15^th October 2007

Enquiries to:       Carol Jones                     

Tel: 01270 537598

Fax: 01270  537605

E-mail carol.jones@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk

To:          Members of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee

For attendance by all Members

(Councillors T E Ankers, W T Beard, J A Beech, D N Bebbington, A Crawford, W S Davies (Chair), R E Dodd, B H Dykes, J Lewis, R W Parker, M Roberts, R Salmon, R Stafford, C Waling and L T Wood)

Copy:     Councillor J V Dwyer, Portfolio Holder for Safer Communities

Chief Executive, Executive Directors

Notes to Members of the Public

The full Licensing and Regulatory Committee consists of 15 elected Members.  Councillor Stan Davies is the Chair. This Committee has 7 Sub-Committees.  There are 2 x 8-Member Sub-Committees which deal with Hackney Carriage and Private Hire licensing and personnel matters and there are 5 x 3-Member Sub-Committees which deal with matters under the Licensing Act 2003.

The Borough Council welcomes and encourages members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and Council meetings.

If you plan to attend, please report to the Reception Desk in Delamere House, Delamere Street, where you will be provided with a Visitor’s Pass.

There are several town centre car parks including one at Delamere House. 

You are asked to remain quiet whilst the meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room, or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as possible.  Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.

You are not allowed to have drinks or food in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery.  A “No Smoking” policy operates in the Municipal Buildings.

Fire Evacuation

If the fire alarm rings, you should make your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as possible, and leave the building. Please follow any instructions from staff about evacuation routes.

Copies of the agenda will be available if you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for details.

On occasions, members of the press and public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other parties.

If you require any further information, please contact Carol Jones the Committee Officer (details on front page).

AGENDA

1          Declaration of Interests

Any Member present (including non-Committee Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interest, and the nature of the interest, which they have in any item of business on the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to discussion of that item.

Declarations are a personal matter for each Member to decide. Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular circumstances.

2          Designation of Public Places Orders (“Alcohol Exclusion Zones”)

2.1       On 1^st November 2006, Council approved the procedural framework for making Designated Public Places Orders. The Police subsequently requested a wider ban than the specific areas initially identified, and at its meeting on 31^st May 2007, the Board recommended that Council consider the evidence presented and the extent of any Designation Orders.

2.2       At Council on 13^th June 2007, it was resolved that the power to make Designated Public Places Orders under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 be delegated to the full Licensing and Regulatory Committee only.  At that time, Council accepted that there was sufficient evidence to support the establishment of such orders to cover the entire wards of -

Council further anticipated the likelihood of displacement and supported the establishment of Designated Public Places Orders to cover the entire wards of –

Birchin 

Haslington

St Mary’s   

Shavington

2.3       The report of the Chief Executive (2) sets out the issues to be considered and invites the Committee to -

(a)       Approve the making of the Order to cover the urban areas identified on the map attached to the report;

(b)       Approve the overlap of the ward boundary at Wybunbury/Stapeley; and

(c)       Consider the cost options detailed in Section 4 of the report and recommend which to adopt.

This agenda can be made available in large text if required.

Note:

In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, the Council is required to notify those attending meetings of the fire evacuation procedures.  A copy has previously been distributed to Members and instructions are located in all rooms within the Civic Suite.