Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Drewitt & Mavroudis.

Councillor B Walker declared a personal interest in item number 8 and reported that he would leave the meeting whilst the item was considered and would not speak or vote on the matter.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 June 2018 were confirmed.

The Licensing & Elections Manager reported that the Gambling Policy document had been revised to reflect changes in legislation, Gambling Commission guidance and related matters where required. It also included amendments to the Large Casino application procedure.

The proposed consultation would take place between 30 July and 28 September 2018. When the consultation had finished, any comments received would be considered and a final draft would be brought back to Licensing Committee to consider and to recommend approval of the revised Gambling Policy to Full Council.

RESOLVED:

That the proposed draft Gambling Policy be approved for consultation.

A Member asked for clarification regarding the number of collection buckets allowed at the recent Air Show. The Licensing & Elections Manager reported that the Air Show organisers had applied for twenty collection buckets at the event. The Member reported that he had been informed at another meeting that the Council had restricted the number of collection buckets to twenty and he would therefore seek further clarification in this matter.

RESOLVED:

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12(A) of the said Act.