Agenda item

LICENCE FEES

Meeting of Regulatory committee, Tuesday 1 March 2005 2.00 pm (Item 50.)

To consider implementing revised licence fees for the specified Council's licensing functions issued by the Environmental Health and Trading Standards licensing Section.

Wards: County-wide

Minutes:

A report was presented by the Licensing Manager suggesting the implementation of revised licence fees for the specified Council's licensing functions issued by the Environmental Health and Trading Standards licensing Section. She outlined the proposed fees and explained the legislation under which each licensing area was controlled. She advised that the fees had not been increased in over two years and that they had been set at a rate intended to cover the cost to the Council of issuing the licences and to ensure the Council did not make a profit as required by the legislation. She said that a Sex shop licence fee had not previously been agreed due to the Committee having decided a policy of having no sex establishments permitted within Herefordshire. The Licensing Manager said that a request had been received for a Sex Shop Licence and that it was necessary to set a fee before the application was determined. The Committee agreed that the fee should be set at £3200 with renewal of £1500. She also said that the fee for the grant/renewal of a game dealers licence was £6 in the report and that it should be £25. She advised that taxi fees were not included in the report because an assessment of the cost to the Council of administration and enforcement of this function was being carried out and would be the subject of a report to a future meeting. Having considered the proposals put forward by the Licensing Manager, the Committee agreed to the implementation of the new fee structure.

RESOLVED THAT: the licence fees be implemented for 2005/2006 as set out in the following table:

DIRECT SERVICES SCALE OF FEES AND CHARGES

LICENCE FEES 2005/2006

PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCES	MAX. NO OF PERSONS	£
Annual	Up to 200	200
	Up to 201-400	370
	401-1000	550
	1001 plus	80	Plus £0.50 per head of application up to maximum of £3500

Occasional	Up to 200	90	Plus £52 per additional day
	201-400	210	Plus £52 per additional day
	401 plus	88	Plus £0.52 per head of application and £100 per additional day up to a maximum of £3850

Transfer		83

Variation		206
Variation outside standard policy		370	Plus £ advertisement costs

THEATRE
Annual	Up to 200	120
	201-400	220
	401 Plus	60	Plus £0.50 per head of application maximum £600

Occasional	Up to 200	90
	201-400	210
	400 Plus	88	Plus £0.25 per head of application maximum £600

Premises with benefit of public entertainment’s licence or cinema’s licence		63

Transfer		83

Variation		206
Variation outside standard policy		370	Plus £ advertising costs

CINEMA
Annual	Up to 200	120
	201-400	220
	401 Plus	60	Plus £0.50 per head of applicant maximum £600

Occasional	Up to 200	90
	201-400	200
	400	88	Plus £0.25 per head or maximum of £200 per month £600 total
Premises with benefit of public entertainment’s licence or Theatre’s licence		63

Transfer		83

Variation		127
Variation outside standard policy		200	Plus £ advertising costs maximum £600
Amusements with prizes

Maximum prizes under £25		32
Maximum prize £25 and over		250
ANNIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS
Up to 20 animals		90
21 to 40		136.50
41 to 60		140.00
Over 60		273.00

DOG BREEDING ESTABLISHMENT
Up to 6 breeding bitches, thereafter £10.00 per bitch		90

ZOO LICENSING
Granting of licence		350
Renewal		150	Plus £50 for each year on the licence

PET ANIMALS (PET SHOPS)
Grant / renewal		90

RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS
Grant / renewal		90	Plus Vet Fees (1/4/04 – 31/3/05) to be reviewed
			Vets fees,
			No. horses. Renewal Fee New License
			1 – 5 horses £162.50 £227.50
			6 – 10 horses £211.25 £276.35
			11 – 15 horses £276.25 £341.25
			16 – 20 horses £308.75 £373.75
			21 – 25 horses £341.25 £406.25

DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS
Grant / renewal		90	Plus Vet Fees

GAME DEALERS
Grant / renewal		25

SEX ESTABLISHMENTS
Grant & Renewal		1500

ACCUPUNCTURE/TATOOING/ ELECTROLOSIS. E.T.C
Person		90	Maximum of £250 if three or more people apply at the same time.
Premises		130


MASSAGE
Grant / renewal		130

PLEASURE BOATS
Holding up to 6 Persons		90	Plus £21 for each additional boat maximum of £227
Holding 7 persons Plus		90
Navigator		65

LATE NIGHT REFRESHMENT HOUSES		62

BUTCHERS		100

PERFORMING ANIMALS		35

SMALL LOTTERIES

Registration		35

Renewal		17.50

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