Decision

The proposed new fees and charges relating to
North Yorkshire Council’s pavement licensing is approved, as
set out below:

Pavement licence (grant), two years £400
Pavement licence (renewal), two years £305

Reasons for the decision

The Council is expected to conduct regular
reviews of licence fees to ensure that, where statutory powers
exist, the cost of the licensing regime is recovered from
applicants and licence holders.

Alternative options considered

The Council may consider retaining the
existing licence fees for pavement licences. However, the fees set
by the predecessor authorities vary significantly from £0 to
£100, and the service would be running at a loss, and
recovered unfairly elsewhere. Any failure to recover costs
permitted by statute would require an unnecessary subsidisation of
the licensing regime at the expense of the Council’s
taxpayers.