The Strategic Licensing Committee of Shropshire Council was scheduled to meet on 18 June 2025. Councillors were expected to review licences issued under delegated powers, and to approve the minutes from previous meetings.

Exercise of Delegated Powers

The committee was scheduled to review a report from Mandy Beever, Transactional Management and Licensing Team Manager, detailing the licences issued and variations made between 1 February 2025 and 31 May 2025.

The report included:

• A summary of applications considered by the committee.
• Details of licences issued under delegated powers, which are granted when no objections are raised and the applications meet the council's policy criteria.
• Instances where officers used delegated powers to refuse, suspend, or revoke licences for drivers, vehicles, and operators, based on non-compliance with the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2023 to 2027.

During the specified period, the licensing team processed 1577 licences. The report also noted one Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee hearing and one Licensing Act Sub-Committee hearing.

The report detailed the number of licences and actions determined via delegated powers:

• Driver Licences:
  • New: 2 granted, 1 granted with a warning letter or suspension, 1 minded to refuse
  • Renewal: 2 granted, 3 granted with a warning letter or suspension
  • Conduct: 3 letters issued stating the council was minded to refuse or revoke, 1 revocation
• Vehicle Licences:
  • Renewal: 1 granted with a warning letter
• Operator Licences:
  • New: 1 refusal to grant
  • Renewal: 1 granted with a warning letter

Appendix A of the report provided a breakdown of the licences processed between 1 February 2025 and 31 May 2025, including:

• General Licensing: This included licences for acupuncture, animal-related activities, caravan sites, house-to-house collections, scrap metal, sex establishments, street collections, street trading, tattooing, electrolysis, dangerous wild animals, zoos, distribution of free printed matter, storage of explosives, firework sales, and pavement licences.
• Taxi Licensing: This covered hackney carriage and private hire licences for vehicles, drivers, and operators, as well as vehicle transfers.
• Licensing Act 2003¹: This included club premises certificates, personal alcohol licences, premises licences, temporary event notices, minor variations, changes to Designated Premises Supervisors (DPS), premises licence transfers, and notifications of interest.
• Gambling Act 2005²: This covered bingo, betting premises, gaming machine permits, occasional use notices, small society lotteries, and family entertainment gaming machine permits.

Appendix B detailed a Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee hearing on 23 May 2024 regarding an application for Local Authority Assent under the Explosives Regulations 2014 ³ for Ditton Priors Trading Estate. Councillors Nigel Lumby, Rhys Gratton, Mark Owen and Colin Taylor were listed as being in attendance, and assent was given.

Appendix C detailed a Licensing Act Sub-Committee hearing on 30 April 2025 regarding an application for a new premises licence for Red Brick, Unit 1 Thornes Hall, 28 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 2BQ. Councillors Peter Broomhall, Simon Jones and Edward Towers were listed as being in attendance, and the premises licence was granted.

Other Business

The committee was also scheduled to:

• Approve the minutes from the previous meetings held on 5 March 2025 and 22 May 2025.
• Address any public questions submitted in advance.
• Note that the next meeting would be held on 8 October 2025.