Cabinet Member: Councillor Vincent (Cabinet Member for Environment).

The City Council will be asked to approve the amendment of the Statement of Licensing Policy to include an extended Barbican Cumulative Impact Area as outlined in the map contained in Appendix 3 to the Cabinet report.

The minute of Cabinet held on 10 March 2015 will be submitted together with the report considered at Cabinet.

Cabinet minute 142 and the Cabinet report on the Barbican Cumulative Impact Policy were submitted.  

Councillor Vincent (Cabinet Member for Environment) proposed and Councillor Rennie seconded the Cabinet recommendations.

Agreed that that Statement of Licensing Policy is amended to include and extended Barbican Cumulative Impact Area as outlined in the map contained in Appendix 3 of the report.

Following the approval of the Statement of Licensing Policy, Kelechi Nnoaham (Director of Public Health) will submit a report on the outcome of a consultation exercise which had been undertaken on a proposal to extend the area covered by the current Barbican Cumulative Impact Policy and will ask Cabinet to make a recommendation to the City Council.

A background paper (the equality impact assessment) can be accessed at the Council’s website Council and Democracy/Councillors and Committees/Library/Cabinet background papers or using the following hyperlink –

http://tinyurl.com/q3d6bmh

Following the approval of the Statement of Licensing Policy, Kelechi Nnoaham (Director of Public Health) submitted a report on the outcome of a consultation exercise which had been undertaken on a proposal to extend the area covered by the current Barbican Cumulative Impact Policy.

The report included the results of the consultation exercise, the police submission and crime data and the proposed boundary of the Barbican Cumulative Impact Policy.       

Councillor Vincent (Cabinet Member for Environment) introduced the proposals.  

Andy Netherton (Service Manager, Public Protection) attended the meeting for this item.

Councillor McDonald (Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Public Health) and Councillor Tuffin (Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care) also reported and indicated that the proposals had to be considered having regard to the needs of residents and the needs of life of the Barbican and businesses.

Cabinet was advised that only one representation about the proposals had been received, as detailed in the report. 

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision –

As set out in the report.

The City Council is Recommended to amend the Statement of Licensing Policy to include an extended Barbican Cumulative Impact Area as outlined in the map contained in Appendix 3 to the Cabinet report.