Licensing (Premises) Committee - Tuesday 21 April 2026, 6:30pm - Buckinghamshire Council Webcasting

Licensing (Premises) Committee
Tuesday, 21st April 2026 at 6:30pm 

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  1. Cllr Heather Wallace
  2. Mr Simon Gallacher
  3. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  4. Jacqui Bromilow - Head of Regulatory Services
  5. Angela Mills - Legal
  6. Mr Harry Thomas
  7. Cllr Heather Wallace
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  1. Mr Harry Thomas
  2. Cllr Phil Gomm
  3. Cllr Heather Wallace
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  1. Cllr Maz Hussain
  2. Cllr Heather Wallace
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  1. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  2. Cllr Heather Wallace
  3. Cllr Robin Stuchbury
  4. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  5. Cllr Robin Stuchbury
  6. Mr Simon Gallacher
  7. Cllr Mahboob Hussain JP
  8. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  9. Cllr Mahboob Hussain JP
  10. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  11. Angela Mills - Legal
  12. Cllr Matthew Hind
  13. Mr Simon Gallacher
  14. Cllr Kirsten Ashman
  15. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  16. Mr Simon Gallacher
  17. Cllr Heather Wallace
  18. Cllr Kirsten Ashman
  19. Mr Simon Gallacher
  20. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  21. Cllr Phil Gomm
  22. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  23. Cllr Phil Gomm
  24. Jacqui Bromilow - Head of Regulatory Services
  25. Cllr Phil Gomm
  26. Cllr Robin Stuchbury
  27. Mr Simon Gallacher
  28. Cllr Robin Stuchbury
  29. Cllr Heather Wallace
  30. Jacqui Bromilow - Head of Regulatory Services
  31. Cllr Kathy Gibbon
  32. Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer
  33. Cllr Heather Wallace
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Councillors, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the meeting of the Buckinghamshire Council's Licencing Premises Committee.
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:00:06
I'm Councillor Heather Wallace. I'm the chairman of this committee.
As usual the meeting is webcasts and agenda papers have been published in accordance with usual practise.
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congruent in the car park right okay so I'd like the officers to introduce
themselves and to my right thank you chairman and good evening councillors
Mr Simon Gallacher - 0:00:49
Simon Gallacher principal licencing officer good evening councillors I'm
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:00:54
Cat Crelling. I'm one of the senior licencing officers.
Jacqui Bromilow - Head of Regulatory Services - 0:00:59
Good evening, I'm Jackie Bromelow. I'm head of regulatory services.
Angela Mills - Legal - 0:01:05
Good evening, I'm Angela Mills. I'm legal advisor for the committee.
Mr Harry Thomas - 0:01:11
I'm Harry Thomas. I'm here with democratic services. Lovely, thank you
very much for that. So item number one is apologies for

1 Apologies

Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:01:18
absence. Do we have any? Just the one apology
Mr Harry Thomas - 0:01:21
chairman from councillor Addo thank you in your hands up councillor Gom I do
Cllr Phil Gomm - 0:01:27
believe we received an email from councillor field right there's just a
little bit doesn't know he's not able to come here's my apologies lovely thank
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:01:37
you good lovely right declarations of interest as any members wish to declare

2 Declarations of Interest

of any interests council the same
Cllr Maz Hussain - 0:01:49
I do compliance on the taxes licencing so just to clear right okay so the

3 Minutes of the Last Meeting

Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:02:05
minutes of the previous meeting members read and happy with them to sign off

4 Review of Buckinghamshire Council's Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Licensing Policy

Great. Lovely. Right. Okay so item number four is Review of Buckinghamshire Council's
Licencing Act 2003 Statement of Licencing Policy and Kat's going to give
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:02:30
us a presentation. Thank you Chair and good evening councillors. The Licencing Act 2003 places a council in its
role as licencing authority responsible for authorising the sale and supply of
alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and late night refreshment. These licenceable
activities are authorised through premises licences, club premises certificates, personal licences
and temporary event notices. Within Buckinghamshire Council's area there are currently around
8 ,100 personal licences, 1 ,800 premises licences, approximately 150 club premises
certificates and during 2025 the licencing service processed over 2100 temporary event notices.
All licencing decisions made by the council must be directed towards the promotion of the four
statutory licencing objectives which are set out in the Act. These are the prevention of crime and
disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm.
Under section 5 of the Licencing Act, licencing authorities are required to publish a statement of licencing policy every five years.
The policy must set out the Council's approach to promoting the licencing objectives which I've just outlined,
and when it's performing its licencing functions, and also provides us with an opportunity to promote and integrate with wider Council strategies,
many of which in themselves promote the licencing objectives.
Buckinghamshire Council's first licencing policy was implemented in March 2022 and it's
now necessary to carry out a review and consultation before publishing a revised Statement of Licencing
Policy by March 2027.
In exercising its licencing functions, the Council must have regard to guidance issued
by the Secretary of State under Section 182 of the Licencing Act.
The Section 182 guidance recommends that statements of licencing policy address a number of key areas.
These include the fundamental principles of licencing and the rights of applicants and other parties,
the Council's approach to licencing conditions, enforcement principles, the facilitation of a broad range of entertainment,
the exclusion of commercial need as a licencing consideration, consideration of
public space protection orders that are often used to control anti -social street
drinking, licencing hours, children's access to premises, integration with
wider strategies, equality considerations and the delegation of licencing
functions. All of these areas are already addressed within the council's existing
policy and that policy is published on the council's website and is also shown
as appendix one of my report. Since the current policy was adopted the
government has published a national licencing policy framework for the
hospitality and leisure sectors and it did that in November last year. The
framework applies to premises authorised to sell alcohol for consumption on the
premises, such as pubs, bars, restaurants, cafes, hotels, theatres, cinemas, music venues,
festivals and late night refreshment providers. Although this framework is non -statutory,
the Government has been clear that licencing authorities are expected to reflect on its
principles when reviewing their own policies, and the framework was developed in response
to concerns about inconsistency and disproportionate licencing practises and aims to encourage
a more transparent, proportionate and growth supportive approach. The Government's Framework
reaffirms the importance of the four licencing objectives but also emphasises that licencing
policy should be both protective and enabling, ensuring that licences are granted on appropriate
terms with conditions that are necessary and proportionate and which support thriving businesses
and communities. Prior to publishing our policy we are required to carry out formal consultation.
Under the Act we must consult with the police, fire authority, public health authority and
representatives of local licence holders, businesses and residents. The policy is limited
in scope due to the prescriptive nature of the Act and the Section 182 guidance. However,
in order to gather views on potential areas of focus for the policy review, we have carried
out some initial engagement with statutory consultees, known as responsible authorities,
colleagues from the Council's legal services and colleagues within the commercial licencing
team whose duties fall under the Act and this will continue during the formal consultation
period. The feedback we've received along with our experience of current policy working
well in practise when dealing with contested application gives an indication that there
are unlikely to be significant changes made to the policy. It's our intention to carry
out an eight week online consultation prior to the school summer holidays through your
box and we will also contact all licence holders directly. There will be drop -in
sessions scheduled for late May enabling licence holders to speak to members of
our team about the policy and we will also engage with Town and Parish
councils and other stakeholders during this formal consultation period. The
review will ensure that the policy remains legally compliant, reflects
current guidance and national expectations whilst continuing to work effectively in practise.
The results of the public consultation together with a revised draught policy will be reported to
the committee in September. Subject to the committee's views that draught policy will then
be referred to full council for formal adoption. I've set out the legal, financial and corporate
implications of carrying out the review of our policy
in sections four and five of my report and that concludes my summary of the
report chair. I'm happy to answer any questions.
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:09:07
Lovely, thank you very much. So just to recap we've got an eight -week
consultation issued before this school holidays then come back to the
committee in September and then it'll go to full council in
November and then implemented by March if all
approved okay lovely thank you so anyone any questions Councillor Stutchbury yeah
Cllr Robin Stuchbury - 0:09:29
just reference them what is the difference in the new legislation from
the section 182 of the Act which is under the licencing Act 2003 what what
what is the difference I couldn't see a difference what is changed in the new
legislation like is changed because I couldn't see it and that might be my
experience and I think we should know what the difference is before we
recommend it. Thank you Councillor, I mean Simon might be able to add a bit more detail but it
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:10:03
doesn't replace the section 182 guidance the new national framework is just an
additional non statutory guidance document so there's the Licencing Act
then there's the section 182 guidance which is statutory guidance which we
must adhere to and the government's national framework is just an additional
document giving their prior areas that they would like councils to take into
consideration but it doesn't replace any of the other guidance that we have.
Cllr Robin Stuchbury - 0:10:39
Sorry to come back, so it's still under the 2003 Act effectively so it's just guidance
not nothing it's just that I thought it might be something major that we should
No but I'm sure Simon will tell me if it is.
Mr Simon Gallacher - 0:10:54
Yeah just just to reiterate Councillor really what Kat said so in terms of
legislation nothing's changed in the sort of licencing world so we have this
legal duty to review the licencing policy every five years so we're at that
point now the cycle so we had our first Buckinghamshire Council licencing policy
implemented back in 2022 so under a statutory duty to review the current
policy the accompanying section 182 guidance which again we're legally duty
bound to have regard to hasn't changed significantly since the last policy was
reviewed there's been some updates the the most significant change really is as
Kat said is to the the national licencing policy framework it's not a
statutory piece of legislation, but we are expected to have regard to that.
Thank you. Councillor Mathieu de Sane.
Cllr Mahboob Hussain JP - 0:11:55
Thank you Madam Chairman. My question is I think on consultation.
I just want to know what procedure or how are we going to do the consultation, how long
is it going to be? Because the problem, we always have a mourning and groaning and a
we are not doing a consultation properly and not all people don't know. I just wonder what
method we're going to use, how people will know and what else we can do to improve the
consultation because I think the last thing you want is the people saying well you haven't
done enough consultation.
Thank you Councillor. Well we've already consulted just informally with the responsible authorities
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:12:32
and colleagues to give us a steer on some suggestions for ideas for the consultation.
The eight week long consultation is likely to take place between mid May and early July,
so before the school holidays, with the hope that that makes things easier for people,
gives them time to respond. That will be done on Your Voice Bucks, which is the Council's
online survey that will be promoted through social media and on our website.
We will also be emailing all licenced holders directly and publicising the consultation
as much as possible and we will continue to consult with the responsible authorities and
other stakeholders like trade bodies to ensure that the consultation is as comprehensive
as possible.
people that we will have drop -in sessions at the Gateway for licence holders.
The hope with those is that it will give licence holders an opportunity to meet our team
and also to provide, as well as discussing the policy, potentially provide us with some ideas of possible service improvement through our website pages,
anything that they would like us to improve on for the website pages.
We see that as an opportunity to give people a chance to meet colleagues face to face.
We also will be planning a session with the Town and Parish Councillors via Teams to give
them an overview of the policy and give them an opportunity to raise any issues.
And then we will use the July -August period to redraft based on the views, the feedback
that we get from the consultation. And did you mention emailing out to all the
licence holders? Yes we'll be emailing all the licence holders directly.
Cllr Mahboob Hussain JP - 0:14:33
The consultation you said for face -to -face, I just wonder if people,
what they're going to make appointments or what arrangement is going to be
that people can, or it's going to be a session, I just wonder how you're going to do that?
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:14:49
So we're going to hold two face -to -face sessions at the Gateway, which will be drop -in sessions
where we will log any feedback. We will also, when we email out to all the licence holders
and also through the Your Voice box survey, people will be able to submit emails to the
licencing team directly or complete the survey, which will have very sort of open text field
of people can put in their views and their suggestions in sort of a free form way, not
just answering very regimented questions.
Thank you. I'd like to just bring in Angela Mills.
Angela Mills - Legal - 0:15:27
Yes, and I just wanted to add something to address your concerns about the breadth of
the consultation and so subject to statutory requirements, it is for each licence and authority
to determine the extent of the consultation it should undertake. And so the length of
the consultation in eight weeks is reasonable.
Lovely, thank you.
Councillor Hind.
Cllr Matthew Hind - 0:15:50
I'm just really interested to know what you think good will look like in terms of the
numbers of people who come to the sessions at the Gateway, the number of people who use
the Your Voice online consultation.
Because obviously if you get very, very few that do that, you're kind of drawing conclusions
from a very small sample set.
Do you have any idea in your own mind as to what you would like to think of in terms of
the numbers of people who will get involved from previous experience of doing other activities?
What's the nature of surveys?
Yeah, I mean, it's really difficult to tell.
Mr Simon Gallacher - 0:16:34
you know we obviously across the regimes of licencing that we deal with you know
some we get lots of feedback others for example like we know with the gambling
we get very few I think this particular area of licencing is kind of sits
somewhere in in between I would I would imagine we would get probably in the
region of about 30 40 responses I'm expecting just just to add to what what
Kat was saying there's a couple other things that we are doing so we're using
Council social media channels as well to promote what we're doing and use also
using these sessions as an opportunity to engage as well we appreciate the
licencing regime in this area of licencing it can be quite complex so we
sort of really are reaching out to all our licence holders. The Bucks Free Press?
Yes, absolutely. Yeah, okay.
Okay, thank you. Council Ashman.
Cllr Kirsten Ashman - 0:17:36
Thank you.
The framework seems to be quite a different approach to licencing compared to how we would have traditionally approached it with much more of a focus on growth.
And it talks about sort of a change in the way that people engage with hospitality and leisure.
How are we factoring that into the consultation and any potential changes to the policy to
kind of flag that? Because I would imagine there's not a lot already in our policy and
it might need quite a bit of change if we wanted to factor that in.
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:18:17
I think that we will be looking for suggestions from existing businesses of ideas to sort
how we can support them. But just to stress the framework does not supersede the section
182 guidance or the legislation so there is a limit to what we can do. We do have to abide
by the section 182 guidance. They've not made economic growth a licencing objective so the
four licencing objectives still are the predominant thing for us to focus on. But it will be a
of getting ideas from people when we're doing the consultation I think. Simon I
don't know if you've got anything. Yeah just just to add this and this was
Mr Simon Gallacher - 0:18:57
something that we fed back when the the government consulted on the the national
framework is that a lot of what's actually in there is already reflected
in our policy statement in the section around where we talk about how we
integrate with the border council strategies so things like promoting the
economy those sorts of things regeneration it's kind of already in
it's already in our policy statement I mean in terms of the the national policy
framework itself where that's really stemmed from as Kat mentioned earlier is
around promoting up the the high streets and sort of addressing or as an attempt
to address some of the inconsistencies in licence decisions that happen across the country,
really kind of putting the sort of commercial aspect at the forefront of licencing committee's
thinking when they're making decisions. But it doesn't detract from what's in the statutory
requirements and what's in the statutory guidance. If that makes sense. But I think the sort
of takeaway is a lot of what's in that framework document is actually already reflected in
our policy approach at the moment.
Yeah, I appreciate that and I appreciate it's not at odds
with what we already do.
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:20:19
I guess it's just talking about a change
Cllr Kirsten Ashman - 0:20:24
in the way people approach alcohol and those kind of venues
and therefore the impact on businesses
who then look to diversify
if people aren't buying as much alcohol.
I guess the question is at a local level,
do we really understand what's happening in Buckinghamshire?
Have we seen any evidence of that
and do we understand what that looks like,
and therefore what that might mean
for our licenced properties,
particularly when obviously one of the key points
around licencing, you're licencing the sale of alcohol.
So if that is less of a feature,
then what does that mean for the businesses
we're licencing and our role as the licensor?
Yeah, that's a good question.
Mr Simon Gallacher - 0:21:02
I mean, what I'd say from my experience
over the last few years it's been broadly consistent. The types of things
that we're seeing, the applications have changed and colleagues that sit on the
licencing subcommittee will see that. So for example during the sort of COVID
outbreak we began to see more home -based operations, people doing online sales,
home deliveries, those sorts of things. But yeah in terms of the overall numbers
I would say it's consistent perhaps. I don't know Kat, your experience, you tend to review all of
licenced applications on behalf of the licencing authority, you see difference in styles of
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:21:55
operations? I'd say potentially sort of extending hours more into the day, daytime for pubs,
that kind of thing, where they're potentially wanting to offer breakfast and some more of a
food based offering but I mean I think we just continue to get the applications coming
in on a steady flow, they're not diminishing at all, in fact the last couple of months
it's been particularly busy. We get a lot of events so we obviously provide support
for events that want to take place using the, working with the safety advisory group so
licencing obviously participate in that so there are different types of events that happen
throughout the year, different ideas of things that require a licence but different offerings
for people in the area. But I think it, like I said, it will be the consultation where
we might get some ideas of things we hadn't thought of but generally our policy already
does support local businesses as much as we can based on the promoting the four
Cllr Phil Gomm - 0:23:09
licencing objectives. Okay thank you. Councillor Gough. It's very kind Chair. So just
bringing back what you were just mentioned in there you know you're
looking to improve the service therefore going out on this consultation to do but
to also improve the service and you mentioned the subcommittees dealing with
licences first hand. I wonder if you're going to try and drive within that consultation
with the consortees that we talk about is to make them a bit more engaged within that
consultation because it's something we do lack with stakeholders is, you know, we're
trying to make it easy within licencing but for colleagues that sit on that committee
we very rarely get comments of all of the stakeholders which doesn't help that process
that you're trying to relieve. So if somehow you within the consultation are going to try
and help drive that to see how we can deal with that issue would be one thing. Or are
you expecting people to bring that to you like me?
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:24:10
Well we do work on trying to engage with the responsible authorities more so. I mean Simon
set up multi -agency liaison meetings monthly to try and engage with responsible authorities.
We review all of the applications at those meetings to try and encourage them to participate
in the consultations when there's premises licencing going on. And obviously we will
be liaising with councillors when we do this consultation as well to try and raise their
I appreciate the amount of effort that does go into engage with those stakeholders but
Cllr Phil Gomm - 0:24:48
it's something that does lack in that respect and I know you put an awful lot of effort
to get it. Is there nothing in legislation that should make them engage really because
that is part of their duty as a statutory body?
Jacqui Bromilow - Head of Regulatory Services - 0:25:08
So with my background prior to the role I have now I was very much involved with environmental
Health which is one of the responsible authorities. So when a review is called or triggered we
have the opportunity to feed into that and when the application comes in that service
was able to feed in. If there isn't anything that can be added often a response won't be
given. So thinking about a review, if you've got a premises that has been identified as
doing say underage sales, the service that deals with noise nuisance probably hasn't
got a comment to make so therefore they won't engage with the process because
they can't add to it they haven't got the evidence for that to put towards the
committee that is of value so I don't necessarily think the lack of input or
response means that they're not engaging or not interested but they will only be
able to provide evidence to support the committee if it is going to literally
support that committee. I think I just went back at that one to say I
Cllr Phil Gomm - 0:26:08
understand that so maybe a rewording of what's on the application when they come
through to subcommittee rather than just like no comment just an acknowledgement
that it's been read and that you have no further to add to it maybe just maybe I'm
being a bit pedantic but when this is outside what we need okay can we take it
offline yeah yeah and I'll leave the next and I'll take that offline as well
Cllr Robin Stuchbury - 0:26:35
Thank you. I'll take me offline. Councillor Stutchfield. Just to partly help Councillor Mabou for saying.
Just for information the consultations aren't all that received
gratefully I mean the consultation on what is it called the historic buildings
area whatever in Bucks I think their 44 responses on the recent one which is it
it's a conservation area sorry I think it was 20 in Buckingham 16 and in Hagenham
and day 8 in Winslow so that was the total responses to the consultation
which each one of those ones would have been the parish the town councils would
have been one of those consultations so don't get concerned they don't it's just
people don't there's so many consultations they don't respond so it
just think people will respond if they're interested enough I could
imagine with licencing it might be larger because there's so many people
it's their income. The question I really want to ask though is because just
the April 2025 markings law will that have any implications in any of this or
does it not cut across this because it's a whole nightmare of new regulations to
do with terrorism and it goes into education it goes into pubs it goes into
I looked at it and thought, oh dear that's quite worrying. But it reaches, will we have to review anything that we do against it because it looks quite arduous to be honest and quite difficult.
striking a balanced view on it because it's left responsibility elsewhere if I could put it nicely.
It's left responsibility on those people implementing the responsibilities and those doing things rather than the person who wrote the piece of legislation, that's how I read it.
it's shifted the whole load of responsibility from the top to the bottom in these things.
Will we have to review it at some point against how the Council's activities go on because
we will come under licencing I would imagine. I might be wrong, maybe I'm overthinking these
things but it may come under licencing which I really feel sorry for Simon if it comes
under licencing. It looked like a really tardy piece of legislation.
Mr Simon Gallacher - 0:29:03
Yeah, really, really good point. And you know we obviously reflect it in the policy in terms
of the enforcing body, it's the security industry, the SIA basically, the same organisation that
deal with dual supervisors, the lead authority, enforcing authority on Martin's Law. As an
authority ourselves we have a working board of officers that have been meeting
for the last couple of years to plan for implementation because not only does it
obviously impact licence premises but it impacts the council as well. Council's
got a large estate of buildings that will fall within scope but as you rightly
say it does it does largely put the onus on on the business or the the person
responsible to conduct risk assessments and implement the statutory requirements.
It's yeah it clearly sits within the couple of the licencing objectives
public promoting public safety and the crime and disorder so potentially there
might be an issue that comes across you know licencing subcommittees attention
but um yes to say from a from an enforcing point of view thankfully we're
the enforcing authority is the SIA but it's yeah I think it's a good point.
Just one more question on it Simon and apologise if it's not the right question
because it will come into SAG weren't it as part of what we do so I just because
I'm a bit like that I started looking at some stuff and then I found that it's
quite costly the implementations of it for people to do what they normally did
before I won't go into too much detail on it but I was looking at something in Stratford -on -Avon
and it was some major thing in Stratford -on -Avon, if you look to renders what the cost is to
the individuals which could be the council, it could be premises holders, it could be
people who do normal events which have gone on for generations. So I really think that,
not for tonight but I only asked the question out of interest, it was buzzing through my
but would it be something that we can at some point have some advice on how it
affects the council if it's too early in the game I apologise but I do I look to
do look to renders you know when he was quite carefree in my approach to life it
didn't look like I was naturally able to oblige with it to be honest.
Yeah I'm sure we can we can we can put something together and if it would be
helpful for members we can circulate the work that's been done on the council and
the implications for the council as an organisation if that would be helpful.
I joked about it but there was a serious point in there it is quite serious.
Cllr Robin Stuchbury - 0:32:02
Thank you. Anyone else got any questions? Sorry Jackie. I was just going to clarify
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:32:07
Jacqui Bromilow - Head of Regulatory Services - 0:32:09
as well because you mentioned Safety Advisory Group SAG that they can apply
to non -licensable activities as well so and SAG doesn't come to committee it's a
separate situation so it's not a licensable discussion for the committee
to have per se but we can take away the request to get more information around
it for you. Thank you. Council Givhan. Yes, could you explain what you mean by integrating
Cllr Kathy Gibbon - 0:32:34
strategies exactly? This is to do with things to be policy areas that are recommended to
be included and one of those is integrating strategies. I'm just not quite clear what
exactly you're integrating. If you have a look at appendix one of the, which is the
Catriona Crelling - Senior Licensing Officer - 0:32:54
current policy section, I think it's part B, lists a lot of other strategies that the
council has, and things like modern day slavery, the corporate plan, equality policy, our enforcement
policy, there would be things potentially like the white ribbon, then there's, you know,
governments wider strategies like violence against women and girls, there are things
like PSPOs. We have a protection in the policy about licenced premises that are
within the public space protection border areas where we require them to
or we encourage them to have conditions associated with high -strength beer and
cider, single cans, sale of single cans and bottles which encourage which appeal
to street drinkers. So it's things like that where we can sort of steer
businesses to promote you know fit in with the council's other strategies.
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:34:01
Thank you. Anyone else for any questions? Okay so we have two recommendations in
the report one to note and the second one is to vote. So to note that the
committee notes the statutory requirement to review Buckinghamshire
Council's Licencing Act 2003 statement of licencing policy. Noted? Thank you very
much. And now we can vote on the second part which is that the committee
endorses the proposed consultation approach including engagement with
stakeholders and the public. Proposer and seconder please. Thank you.
So we are now ready to vote.
So should we go for?
I think that's everyone.
Lovely.
Thank you.
Right.
OK.
Cllr Heather Wallace - 0:34:51
So item number five, date of next meeting,

5 Date of the Next Meeting

which is on not on Tuesday, the 5th of May
because it was cancelled as we've got no business,
if you didn't get your email earlier today.
So that is it and now I declare the meeting closed. So thank you very much for coming.