The Street Trading and Pavement Licensing Sub Committee met to consider an application for a street trading consent. Councillor Robin Moorcroft, Chairman of the Committee, opened the meeting, and the committee resolved to grant the application.

Street Trading Consent for JustCookedIn LA PEPA

The committee resolved to grant a street trading consent to Ignacio Fernandez de Caleya Delgado, trading as JustCookedIn LA PEPA, for a food trailer in Manor Road, Newquay.

Mr Fernandez de Caleya Delgado attended the meeting and told the committee that he intended to offer Spanish and Mexican inspired food using locally sourced produce, with vegetarian and vegan options. He also stated that customers who brought their own cups would receive a discount, and all takeaway containers would be made from recyclable materials.

The public reports pack noted that the Newquay Business Improvement District (BID) had objected to the application, stating that:

I don't believe Manor Road is suitable for a business to trade, it is a through road for buses and coaches and could impact public safety, this is not a road for trading businesses, we have the high street for this.

However, the committee noted that Highways had no objection, as the land was not a publicly maintained highway and was under private ownership. The committee also noted that the Town Council, the Local Ward Member, Street Works, Licensing Compliance, Environmental Protection, Trading Standards, Food Safety, Health & Safety, Planning, Parking Services and the Environmental Service did not object to the application.

The committee decided that there was insufficient evidence to show that public safety would be undermined by granting the application, and that there was no overriding reason relating to the public interest to justify refusing it.

Mr Fernandez de Caleya Delgado had requested to be exempt from condition 18 of the council's standard street trading consent conditions, which states:

Any stall/vehicle used for the purposes of street trading shall not remain on site outside the hours stated on the consent.

The applicant stated that he intended to trade almost every day during good weather, and that it would be wasteful to move the trailer every night. The committee heard that Cornwall Highways and Environmental Health Food and Safety had no objection to the removal of this condition.