Agenda item - Health Impact Assessment of Licensing

Report of the Assistant Director of Public Safety (copy attached).

RESOLVED – That the Committee notes the interim report on the Health Impact Assessment of Licensing.

42.1    The Committee considered a report from the Director of Environment regarding the Health Impact Assessment of Licensing (for copy see minute book).

42.2    The Head of Environmental Health and Licensing stated that he had hoped to bring a full report to the meeting, but the consultant appointed to conduct the work had unfortunately been taken ill. Therefore an interim report had been submitted to update Members on the situation.

42.3    Councillor Fryer asked for the results of the final report to be included in the scrutiny review of alcohol and younger people and the Head of Environmental Health and Licensing stated that they had received an interim report and would be included in the final report. He noted that a number of different scrutiny bodies were interested in this issue, but were approaching it from different perspectives.

42.4    Councillor Fryer asked for the views of the scrutiny review to be taken into account when drafting the final report and the Head of Environmental Health and Licensing stated that the report would be submitted to the Licensing Committee for approval, but would include ideas from other areas of the Council where appropriate.

42.5    RESOLVED – That the Committee notes the interim report on the Health Impact Assessment of Licensing.