Issue - meetings

Report ES16051

The Committee was requested to recommend that Council adopt the revised standard license conditions/guidance relating to animal health and welfare with effect from 1st January 2017. These had last been updated in 2010. The conditions/guidance related to –

·  Pet Shops (Appendix A)

·  Animal Boarding Establishments (Cats) (Appendix B)

·  Animal Boarding Establishments (Dogs) (Appendix C)

·  Dog Breeding Establishments (Appendix D)

The Head of Food Safety, Occupational Safety and Licensing also briefed the Committee on the potential for implementing a Late Night Levy; this would apply to all premises selling alcohol (on or off sales) between midnight and 6am (with exact hours determined by the Council) and would have to cover the whole borough. After deducting the administration costs, 70% of income from the levy would go to the Police via MOPAC’s central budgets, with 30% retained by the Council to help fund services to tackle late alcohol related night crime and disorder and the management of the night time economy. Members considered that this would appear to be another tax on local businesses which would not raise enough money to have an impact on the local night time economy, and therefore felt that the Late Night Levy should not be implemented.

RESOLVED that Council be recommended to adopt the proposed revised standard license conditions/guidance relating to animal health and welfare with effect from 1^st January 2017.