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2.1 That Committee agreed the revisions to the
Statement of Licensing Policy
(appendix A) incorporating the main revisions
as follow.
 
2.1.1 Replace the current Cumulative Impact
Zone (CIZ) with a City Safety Area
(CSA). Detailed in 3.1 of the revised
Statement of Licensing Policy (SoLP)
2.1.2 Retain the current Special Stress Area
(SSA) and other areas. (detailed at 3.3 of the draft SoLP)
 
2.1.3 A focus on safety as the central
priority and introduction of a new set of best practice measures
for the CSA and SSA which can be found in the revised
Statement of Licensing Policy (SoLP) Appendix
A.
 
2.1.4 Update the current Matrix approach and
table to include new categories of premises including Grassroots
Music Venues and changes to the hours for
some types of premises which can be found at
3.4 in the revised Statement
of Licensing Policy (SoLP)
 
2.1.5 Introduce a ‘Good Operator
Policy’ which can be found at 3.5 in the revised Statement of
Licensing Policy
 
2.1.6 Update nighttime economy safeguarding
initiatives see section 4 of the
policy. Add to the policy sections on LGBTQ+
venues and inclusivity at 1.9.
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), at
4.1 Modern Slavery at 1.12
and Martyn’s Law at 7.1.5.
 
2.2 That the revised Statement of Licensing
Policy was referred to Full Council for adoption. See Appendix A
for a copy of the revised statement of licensing
policy.