To agree the updated  licensing charges across all chargeable licences and services in line with the council’s full cost recovery policy.

That:

a)    The licensing service charges are agreed, and updated in line with full cost recovery as set out in Appendix 1;

b)   The proposed fees in relation to Taxi and Private Hire fees are required by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 s 70 (2) to be advertised in a local paper, Herefordshire Council Website and on the Council’s Social Media page, giving a period of no less than 28 days for objections.  If objections are received authority is delegated to the Assistant Director for Regulatory, Environment and Waste to approve or make necessary amendments in line with the full cost recovery requirement; and

c)    Authority is delegated to the Assistant Director for Regulatory, Environment and Waste to approve future changes to charges across the licensing, and taxi licensing service.

1.         Not to change the charges, this is not recommended as it would be in contradiction to the council’s charging principles.

2.         Change all fees according to a fixed percentage, this would not accurately reflect the cost of providing the different licence and service types therefore is not recommended.