Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Cabinet Member for Waste Strategy, Public Protection and Leisure provided details on the new legislation.

                        The Mobile Homes (Wales) Act, which came into force on 1 October 2014, required all residential mobile home parks to be relicensed by the Local Authority.  It also introduced changes to the procedures for applying for a site licence, including a ‘fit and proper person’ test for owners and managers, a range of enforcement provisions for the Local Authority and a longer, five year licence.

                        As the new arrangements for Caravan Site licensing included the introduction of a ‘fit and proper person’ test, it was felt that the Licensing Sub-Committee would be ideally placed to consider applications where such issues needed to be considered.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That any application for a site licence where the fitness and propriety of the applicant is questioned be referred to and determined by a Licensing Sub-Committee;

(b)       That enforcement powers be delegated to Environmental Health Team Leaders and Environmental Health Officers, and to the Licensing Team Leader and Licensing Officers; and

(c)        That the decision of adoption of a fee level be delegated to the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Waste Strategy, Public Protection and Leisure.