Members were advised that, whilst some of the General Licensing Fees and Charges were statutory and therefore determined through legislation, the Council must review its discretionary charges for all services to ensure that they reflected the current cost of providing the service, including reasonable and recoverable running costs for administration and in some cases enforcement.

The report sought  Members’ agreement on the proposed budget and schedule of fees and charges for 2015/16 in respect of the general licensing functions other than Hackney Carriage and Private Hire and any statutory or centrally set fees.

Cllr Barrett proposed that a full review of all fees and charges should be undertaken and Members requested that further detail be given in regard to each proposed charge and an explanation of how costs were arrived at.

Cllr Lloyd MOVED and Cllr Barrett SECONDED the recommendations in the report and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

1.   Members agree to the proposed schedule of fees and charges as shown in Appendix A of this report to come into force on 1 April 2015.

2.  A further report be presented to this Committee providing

details of the outcome of the planned review of the current charging policies, which will then inform the 2016/17 charging levels.

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