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11.1

Members of the committee considered a
report which set out a review of fees and charges in the Licensing
Service based on full cost recovery. The report proposed an
increase to fees and charges made under relevant legislation for
licensable activities where the Council has the discretion to set
fees locally.

 

 

11.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That the Waste and Street
Scene Policy Committee, following consultation with the
Council’s Finance and Legal Services, agree that for the
licensable activities identified in section 1.1.1 of the report, to
increase fees as set out in Appendix A:Table 1. This is based on an in-depth analysis and
reflects the actual costs of processing licence applications and
the subsequent enforcement activity necessary to ensure compliance
with each licensing regime.

 

 

11.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

11.3.1

Increasing fees as per the proposal
will ensure the Licensing Service recovers its reasonable costs in
administering and ensuring compliance with the various different licence regimes under the
‘General’ Licensing area. For the fees set nationally,
there is a considerable loss to Sheffield City Council in
administrating the scheme so we propose
to take that up nationally.

 

 

11.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

 

 

11.4.1

Not approving the proposed increase
to licence fees and maintaining 2016 levels, however the Licensing
Service would not be recovering the full costs incurred for
delivering the individual licence regimes. This will require
continued subsidy or reductions in quality/timeliness of service to
remain within budget

 

 

11.4.2

Approving lower licence fees to those
proposed. This would reduce the current deficit but would still
require continued subsidy.