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    • Agenda and minutes

    Licensing Committee - Wednesday, 22 October 2025 4:30 pm

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 109 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 2 MB
    • Printed minutes PDF 55 KB

    Venue: CONINGSBY AND BOURNE, GROUND FLOOR, PATHFINDER HOUSE, ST MARY'S STREET, HUNTINGDON, PE29 3TN

    Contact: Democratic Services, Tel: 01480 388169 / email:  Democratic.Services@huntingdonshire.gov.uk 

    Items
    No. Item

    7.

    Minutes pdf icon PDF 58 KB

    To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 5th June 2025.

    Contact: B Buddle 01480 388008

    Minutes:

    The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5th June 2025  were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

    8.

    Members Interests

    To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary, other registerable and non-registerable interests in relation to any Agenda Item. See Notes below.

    Contact: B Buddle 01480 388008

    Minutes:

    No declarations of interest were received.

    9.

    Licensing Act 2003: Statement of Licensing Policy pdf icon PDF 91 KB

    • View the background to item 9.

    The Committee is invited to comment on the Licensing Act 2003: Statement of Licensing Policy Report and to recommend it to Council for final approval and adoption as the Council’s Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Policy for a 5 year period ending no later than 7th January 2031.

    Contact: M Bishop 01480 387075

    Additional documents:

    • 3. Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Licensing Appendix A , item 9. pdf icon PDF 78 KB
    • 3. Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Licensing Appendix B , item 9. pdf icon PDF 940 KB
    • 3. Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Licensing Appendix C , item 9. pdf icon PDF 334 KB

    Minutes:

    By means of a report by the Licensing Manager (a copy of which was appended in the Minute Book) the Licensing Act 2003: Statement of Licensing Policy was presented to the Committee.

     

    Following an enquiry from Councillor Banks on the Ask for Angela campaign, the Committee heard that this would be supported and promoted by the Licensing Team but that it was not a Law, should this change in the future, adaptions could be made.

     

    Councillor Tevlin expressed her support for the Ask for Angela scheme and was glad that it was being supported by the Council. It was advised that offences would tend to be reported to the Police rather than the Licensing Authority.

     

    Following which it was

     

    RESOLVED

     

    that the Licensing Act 2003: - Draft Statement of Licensing Policy be noted and that the Committee recommend that the Policy be presented to Full Council for their final approval and adoption as the Council’s Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Policy for a five year period ending no later than 7th January 2031.

    10.

    Licensing Sub Committees pdf icon PDF 65 KB

    To consider a report by the Elections and Democratic Services Manager detailing meetings of the Licensing Sub Committee which have taken place since the last meeting of the Committee.

    Contact: B Buddle 01480 388008

    Minutes:

    By means of a report by the Democratic Services Officer (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Committee was acquainted with the outcome of a recent meeting of the Licensing and Protection Sub-Committee.

     

    RESOLVED

     

    that the report be received and noted.