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Licensing Policy Consultation

Licensing Act 2003 – Licensing Policy

The Licensing Act 2003 requires that the Licensing Authority review its Statement of Licensing Policy every three years.  Our last policy expired on 6 January 2011 and the Authority was under a duty to review and publish a fresh policy by that date.

In accordance with both the Act and the Guidance the Licensing Authority undertook a full consultation on the proposed changes which ended on 12 November 2010.

All representations received within the consultation period have been noted by the Licensing & Enforcement Committee and the Council adopted the revised policy at its meeting on 8 December 2010.

The revised Statement of Licensing Policy became effective on 7 January 2011.  A copy can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

PDF file Statement of Licensing Policy 2011 (337KB - 05 May 2011 - PDF Help)

Copies of the consultation responses can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

PDF file Consultation Responses 2010 (78KB - 23 December 2010 - PDF Help)

The main changes to the policy can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

PDF file Changes to the Policy (21KB - 23 December 2010 - PDF Help)

Page last updated on 24 May 2012