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consent fees for 2016/17 background;

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allocation procedure;

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street trading during city centre events;

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ad hoc street trading;

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update of application forms

(a)

there was no Equalities Impact Assessment attached to the report, as each application was considered on its own merits;

(b)

consideration should be given to increasing the fees for sites that would potentially benefit from an increase in footfall, due to redevelopment taking place in the city centre (such as the redevelopment of Bretonside and the potential of more people using Royal Parade to access bus services);

(c)

following a review of the fees for Madeira Road it was considered that they had previously been set too high and in order to attract more applicants the fees had been reduced (the site favoured a ‘start-up’ business);

(d)

weekly site visits were undertaken to ensure that litter was being properly disposed of;

(e)

a guarantee was given that regular traders would not be moved from their pitches when special events took place.

(1)

a formal review of the existing street trading policy is currently underway;

(2)

the consent dates for 2016/17 are approved of 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017;

(3)

The consent fees are set out in Appendix 1, for 2016/17 are approved;

(4)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development has delegated authority to approve, within Committee policy the issuing of Consents to existing city centre traders seeking to continue trading 2016/2017;

(5)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development has delegated authority to approve within Committee policy the issuing of Consents to new traders or contested sites for city centre sites in consultation with the chair and vice chair of the licensing committee;

(6)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development has delegated authority to approve within Committee policy short-term street trading consents in association with other city centre events and commercial activity;

(7)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development has delegated authority to approve and set fees for ad hoc street trading applications, within Committee policy;

(8)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development has delegated authority to approve, within Committee policy the issuing of Consents to existing ice cream traders seeking to continue trading 2016/2017;

(9)

the Assistant Director for Economic Development has delegated authority to approve within Committee policy the issuing of Consents to new traders or contested sites for vacant ice cream sites in consultation with the chair and vice chair of the licensing committee;

(10)

for Hoe and Madeira Road trading sites the licensing committee delegate approval to the licensing sub-committee for all applications;

(11)

the application forms for city centre sites, ice cream sites and Hoe and Madeira Road sites have been updated to reflect the changes within the areas.  This includes updating the forms to remove any wording regarding stalls on hire from the Council as we do not have any, and also to make reference to dedicated parking bays for ice cream consent holders.