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This report gives details of the proposed amendment to the licensing fees and charges for 2026/27 in respect of pre-application advice.

Careful consideration was given to a proposed amendment to the licensing fees and charges for 2026/27 in respect of pre-application advice.

Further to Minute Number LA 25/17, as set out in the Minutes of 26 November 2025, where the Committee had approved fees for licences, consents and registrations for 2026/27, a review had confirmed that no charges had been levied to date in respect of the pre-application advice service. 

Currently, applicants were given the opportunity to send an application form in for checking it was correct. There was no charge levied for this service.  It was therefore proposed that the pre-application advice fee structure be simplified as detailed in paragraph 5.1 of the report.

In recognition of ensuring that all licensable activities taking place within the Borough were granted the appropriate permissions under the relevant legislation, Cllr Tunstall proposed, Cllr King seconded and it was

RESOLVED:  That

(1)            the proposed scale of fees for pre-application advice, as set out in paragraph 5.1 of the report, be adopted with effect from 1 April 2026; and

(2)            these supersede the pre-application advice fees agreed on 26 November 2025.