Agenda item

The Committee was reminded that, at its meeting on 15th June, 2016, it had approved a list of proposed fees for street trading licences, as a basis for public consultation. The Committee was reminded further that, at its meetings on 18th January and 19th April, it had considered the outcome of that consultation and had, on each occasion, agreed to defer consideration of the matter to enable officers to provide additional information.

Accordingly, the Building Control Manger submitted for the Committee’s consideration the following options for street trading fees, which had been formulated to date:

*Weekend fees do not currently exist, they were proposed as part of the fee structure. Under the old structure if a trader only wanted weekend trade, a Saturday Fee and a Sunday Fee would be combined.

            The Building Control Manager addressed a number of issues which had been raised by Members and drew their attention to the fact that, under the current scale of fees, which had remained unchanged since 2002, the Council was recovering only 35% of its costs.  However, it was estimated that that figure would rise to 61%, 65%, 53% and 91%, under options 1a, 1b, 2 and 3, respectively. 

After a lengthy discussion, it was

Moved by Councillor Dudgeon,

Seconded by Councillor Bunting,

      That the Committee agrees to adopt the scale of fees for Street Trading

Licences, as set out within option 2, with all licences to operate for a period of three years.

Amendment

Moved by Councillor Boyle,

      That the Committee agrees that the current scale of fees for Street Trading Licences be increased by 25%.

            As there was no seconder for the amendment it was not put to the meeting.

Amendment

Moved by Councillor Magennis,

Seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Campbell),

      That the Committee agrees to defer until its next meeting consideration of the fees for Street Trading Licences to enable officers to formulate a further option, based around a combination of options 1b and 2, with a view to keeping the increases for each licence type at a similar level.  

            On a vote by show of hands eleven Members voted for the amendment and four against and it was declared carried.

            The amendment was thereupon put to the meeting as the substantive motion and passed.