Southwark Committees

Licensing Committee

Licensing

Recent meetings

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29 Jan 2026

6:00 pm

Licensing Committee - Thursday 29 January 2026 6.00 pm

The Licensing Committee of Southwark Council met on Thursday 29 January 2026 to discuss several key policy matters related to the Licensing Act 2003. The meeting's agenda included a review of the proposed Statement of Licensing Policy for 2026-2031, an exam...

01 Sep 2025

Licensing Committee - Monday 1 September 2025 6.00 pm

The Licensing Committee of Southwark Council met on 1 September 2025 to discuss several items, including a review of the Statement of Licensing Policy. The main focus of the meeting was to consider proposed changes to the existing policy and to agree on arr...

11 Feb 2025

Licensing Committee - Tuesday 11 February 2025 6.00 pm

The Licensing Committee of Southwark Council had two substantive items on the agenda for their meeting. Firstly they were scheduled to decide whether to adopt the council's new statement of gambling policy, which would set out the council's approach to the ...

11 Feb 2021

7:00 pm

Licensing Committee - Thursday 11 February 2021 7.00 pm

The Licensing Committee of Southwark Council met virtually on Thursday 11 February 2021 and decided to maintain the Late Night Levy (LNL), with the council's portion of the revenue for 2019-20 to be allocated to the night time economy police. The committee ...

About

The purpose of the committee is:   1.  To approve the council’s policies in respect of all licensing and registration matters except the licensing and gambling statements of policy.   2.  To consider and determine applications in respect of the following:   ·  the grant, renewal, variation or transfer of any general safety certificate in respect of a sports stadium or regulated stands ·  street trading and markets ·  film classification ·  any other licensing responsibilities of the authority created by statute and delegated to the committee.   3.  To consider and determine the revocation of licences and registrations reserved to the licensing committee.   4.  To consider the designation of new sites for street trading.   Licensing Sub Committees of three councillors consider licensing applications under the Licensing Act 2003, the Gambling Act 2005 and earlier legislation.   The licensing committee and licensing sub committees meet at the Council Offices at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH unless indicated otherwise.

Members

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Renata Hamvas · Chair
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Jane Salmon · Vice-Chair
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Andy Simmons · Member
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Barrie Hargrove · Member
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Charlie Smith · Member
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David Watson · Member
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Ellie Cumbo · Member
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Hamish McCallum · Member
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Jon Hartley · Member
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Kath Whittam · Member
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Margy Newens · Member
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Sunil Chopra · Member
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Sunny Lambe · Member
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Suzanne Abachor · Member