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Council: Brighton and Hove
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
71 meetings · Page 1 of 15
Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 21 April 2026 - 4.00pm
Licensing Panel (Licensing Act 2003 Functions) - Wednesday, 25 March 2026 - 10.00am
Decisions from Meetings
87 decisions · Page 4 of 18
Audited Statement of Accounts 2024/25
From: Special, Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 25th November, 2025 4.00pm - November 25, 2025
Approval of the Council's Annual Statement of Accounts for 2024/25
For Determination
Review of Statement of Licensing Policy 2026
From: Licensing Committee (Licensing Act 2003 Functions) - Thursday, 6th November, 2025 3.00pm - November 06, 2025
...that the Licensing Committee approved revisions to the Statement of Licensing Policy 2026, including replacing the Cumulative Impact Zone with a City Safety Area, retaining the Special Stress Area, focusing on safety with best practice measures, updating the matrix approach, introducing a Good Operator Policy, and updating safeguarding initiatives, and referred the revised policy to Full Council for adoption.
Recommendations Approved
Licence Fees 2026/27 (Non Licensing Act 2003)
From: Licensing Committee (Non Licensing Act 2003 Functions) - Thursday, 6th November, 2025 3.00pm - November 06, 2025
...to recommend to Full Council for adoption a revised Statement of Licensing Policy that includes replacing the Cumulative Impact Zone with a City Safety Area, retaining the Special Stress Area, focusing on safety with new best practice measures, updating the matrix approach to include new premises categories and changes to hours, introducing a Good Operator Policy, and updating nighttime economy safeguarding initiatives with additions on LGBTQ+ venues, inclusivity, Violence Against Women and Girls, Modern Slavery, and Martyn’s Law, as well as approving the proposed licence fees for 2026/27 for taxi, sex establishment, street trading, gambling, body piercing, and animal activity licenses.
For Determination
Review of Political Balance October 2025
From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025
...to comply with legal requirements following a change in political group membership, the Council approved the appointment or reappointment of its committees, adjusting the sizes and allocation of seats among political groups as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report.
Recommendations Approved
Review of the Council’s Constitution
From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025
...to formally approve changes to the Constitution regarding increased task & finish groups, extended public question time for Overview & Scrutiny, clarified rules for Extraordinary Council meetings, a longer notice period for member written questions, and to establish a cross-party working group for future constitutional changes, while authorizing the Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer to implement these changes and republish the Constitution.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 71
Average per Month: 2.5
Decisions Recorded: 87