Committee details
Licensing and General Purposes Committee
Purpose of committee
The Licensing and General Purposes Committee consists of 12 Members of the Council and undertakes the Council’s functions under the Licensing Act 2003 and gambling legislation, which are as follows:
· Licensing
· Health and safety at work act
· Appeals against any decision made by or on behalf of the authority
· Determination of applications for benefits and discretionary rate relief
· Elections and Electoral Registration
· Parish and Town Council matters
· Standing Orders
· Control of pollution, contaminated land and air quality
The Licensing and General Purposes Committee usually delegates its licensing responsibilities to a smaller sub-committee of Members, who consider and make decisions on individual applications. The Committee meets three scheduled times a year. The meetings are usually held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bexhill-on-Sea and are normally open to the public.
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Membership
- Councillor Richard Thomas (Chair)
- Councillor Jimmy Stanger (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Beverley Coupar
- Councillor Mrs Vikki Cook (ex-officio)
- Councillor Gareth Delany
- Councillor Kathryn Field
- Councillor Lizzie Hacking
- Councillor Mrs Eleanor Kirby-Green
- Councillor Ruairi McCourt
- Councillor Simon McGurk
- Councillor Arren Rathbone Ariel
- Councillor Hazel Timpe
- Councillor Connor Winter
- Councillor Tony Biggs (Substitute)
- Councillor Polly Gray (Substitute)
- Councillor Andrew Hayward (Substitute)
- Councillor Mark Legg (Substitute)
- Councillor Andrew Mier (Substitute)
Contact information
Support officer: Louise Hollingsworth.
Postal address:
Town Hall
Bexhill-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN39 3JX
Phone: 01424 787815
Email: louise.hollingsworth@rother.gov.uk