Overview
The Council, as Licensing Authority, is carrying out a statutory consultation exercise as part of its 3 year review of its Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA).
Introduction
The Council, as Licensing Authority, is carrying out a statutory consultation exercise as part of its 3 year review of its Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) - opens a pdf in a new window.
The Licensing Authority’s Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) and special policy was set up because the Licensing Authority determined that the concentration of licensed premises and the subsequent numbers of people drawn into the city centre is causing exceptional problems of crime and disorder and public nuisance. The effect of this special policy is that applications for new premises licences or club premises certificates within the area, or variations which are likely to add to the existing Cumulative Impact, will be refused following relevant representations. The special policy is not absolute, and this presumption can be rebutted by the applicant if they can show that their application will have no negative Cumulative Impact and that there are exceptional circumstances to depart from the special policy. The cumulative impact assessment provides the basis for this special policy.
The council would like local stakeholders, residents and members of the public as well as statutory consultees and “responsible authorities” to have their say about the CIA.
The proposal
Maintain the current cumulative impact policy and zone as explained in the Cumulative Impact Assessment document (opens a pdf in a new window).
Evidence
The
Police and the Council’s Public Health Intelligence Analyst
have provided extensive evidence of alcohol related crime and noise
data relating to the special policy areas and citywide. Both sets
of evidence show clear city centre hot spots all sitting within the
cumulative impact zone The Police and Public Health
Intelligence submission with maps and data analysis can be found
below (each link opens a pdf in a new window).