The Licensing and Appeals Sub Committee Hearing Panel of Manchester Council met on Monday 8 June 2026. The agenda for the meeting included consideration of urgent business, appeals, and a street trader licence renewal.

Application for Renewal of Street Traders Licence - Jza's Ices (Mister Softee)

A key item scheduled for discussion was the application for the renewal of a street trader licence for Jza's Ices, trading as Mister Softee, located at 146 Derbyshire Lane, Stretford, M32 8DU. The report of the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing was made available to the panel for this item.

The Licensing and Appeals Sub-Committee Hearing Panel is responsible for fulfilling the functions of the Licensing Authority concerning the licensing of taxi drivers, street traders, and sexual entertainment venues. Decisions made by the panel are under delegated authority and do not require referral to the full Council for approval. The meeting was scheduled to be controlled by the Chair, Councillor Julie Connolly, who is the Chair of the Licensing and Appeals Committee. Other members of the panel included Councillor Muqaddasah Bano and Councillor Glynn Evans.

The agenda also included standard procedural items such as considering any urgent business, hearing appeals from the public against the refusal to allow inspection of background documents or the inclusion of items in the confidential part of the agenda, and allowing members to declare any personal, prejudicial, or disclosable pecuniary interests. The panel was also scheduled to consider resolutions to exclude the public from the meeting during the consideration of items containing exempt information, as provided for in the Local Government Access to Information Act 1972.

The meeting was scheduled to take place in the Council Antechamber, Level 2, Town Hall Extension, with public access only available via the Mount Street entrance. The Chief Executive of Manchester Council is Tom Stannard, whose office is located at Level 3, Town Hall Extension, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA. Further information about the meeting was available from Committee Officer Callum Jones.