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Members were presented with a report that
sought recommendation to Council of approval of the Statement of
Principles, following a public consultation period.
The Licensing Specialist introduced the report
and outlined how the amendments to the previous Statement of
Licensing principles were set out in Appendix C, and responses to
the consultation at Appendix D of the presented agenda report.
In response to a question from the Chairman,
the Licensing Specialist confirmed that the Council had received a
letter from the Gambling Commission, querying why the authority had
not undertaken inspections of gambling premises in the Borough over
the previous year. The Commission had
concerns that vulnerable people could be at risk of gambling
addiction.
A response would be sent advising that the
priority for licensing monitoring in the Borough was alcohol
premises and taxi drivers, and that there were only three gambling
premises in West Devon. However, the
Council did take issues around gambling seriously, and inspections
would be carried out in due course.
It was then:
RESOLVED that Council be
RECOMMENDED that the draft Statement of Principles,
as amended, is adopted at the meeting on 4 December 2018 for the
period 31 January 2019 to 30 January 2022.