Representations under the Licensing Act - Making a decision
The Licensing Committee is currently made up of elected members of the council and the Licensing Sub-Committee will comprise of any 3 of those members. Although the Sub-Committee does not hear evidence on oath, as in a court, the Sub-Committee is required to determine applications in accordance with the evidence before it at the hearing.
A report and details of all representations (including names and addresses) will be considered. These reports are public documents which we are required to publish.
We will notify everyone of the date and time of the hearing and provide details of the procedure to be followed at the hearing.
At the hearing, the sub-committee may take one or more of the following steps:
- to take no further action
- to modify the conditions of the licence
- to exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the licence
- to remove the designated premises supervisor
- to suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 3 months
- to revoke the licence.