Decision details

Purpose of Report: to detail a revised pavement café licensing guidance to Executive for approval, following the completion of a review of the current licensing guidance, as approved by Executive on 28 July 2022. If approved, the new ‘City of York Guidance and Conditions for Pavement Cafes’ will be used to review licence applications submitted in December 2022 by businesses wanting to renew their licences for January 2023 (under the Business and Planning Act 2020).

The Executive will be asked to approve the revised pavement café licensing guidance.

[See also Item 17]

Resolved:  (i)      That the Access Consultants’ work in Pavement Café Licenses contained in Annex A be noted.

Reason:     This is the context for the proposed changes to the way in which pavement cafés will be licensed.

                   (ii)      That approval be given to provide information about pavement cafés on the council’s website, for users who want to plan in advance.         

Reason:     This is the context for the proposed changes to the way in which pavement cafés will be licensed.

                   (iii)     That a regular panel be set up for York groups and communities to provide feedback on their lived experience of pavement cafés in York.

Reason:     To enable groups and communities to provide feedback in a suitable format and timescales (as the consultation process under the Business and Planning Act is very short) and to enable lived experience to inform licence reviews or enforcement action where required.