Issue - meetings

Report number: CAB/WS/23/043

Portfolio holder: Councillor Gerald Kelly

Lead officer: Jen Eves

Resolved:

That:

1.           The Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for Bury St Edmunds be not renewed.

2.           The Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for Newmarket be not renewed.

3.           West Suffolk Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy be updated to reflect substantive changes.

(Report number CAB/WS/23/043)

The Cabinet considered this report which explained that Cumulative Impact policies were introduced as a tool for licensing authorities to manage the growth of licensed premises in an area where the number, type and density of premises selling alcohol could lead to nuisance and disorder.

The current Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) which applied to the centre of Newmarket was designated in 2008 and re-adopted in 2011, 2016, 2018, and 2021. The map set out in paragraph 2.1 of Report number CAB/WS/23/043 outlined the current CIA area. As part of the CIA review, the Licensing Authority had considered the types of premises within the area, or how the area had changed.

The current Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) which applied to the centre of Bury St Edmunds was designated in 2014 and re-adopted in 2017 and 2020. The map set out in paragraph 3.1 of Report number CAB/WS/23/043 outlined the current CIA area.

A public consultation took place between 9 June to 28 July 2023. An online response form was created and this was published through media, website, social media, councillors, staff and partner organisations. The full analysis was set out in Appendix B to Report number CAB/WS/23/043. The full compilation of evidence was set out in Appendix A to Report number CAB/WS/23/043.

Report number CAB/WS/23/043 had been put before Cabinet for a decision on whether to retain the two CIAs that were currently present within West Suffolk or whether to allow them to lapse.

Councillor Gerald Kelly, Portfolio Holder for Governance and Regulatory, also drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet.

Resolved:

That:

1.           The Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for Bury St Edmunds be not renewed.

2.           The Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for Newmarket be not renewed.

3.           West Suffolk Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy be updated to reflect substantive changes.