Agenda and minutes

            The minutes of the meeting held on 25^th September 2013 were taken as read and signed as a correct record.

The Committee considered a report from the responsible authorities on issues arising from carrying out the Creamfields Event 2013.

Members were advised that the purpose of the report was to present the facts from the viewpoint of the responsible authorities who had now dealt with eight events.

It was noted that reports on the event had been received from Cheshire Police and Halton Borough Council Environmental Health – Noise Control and Health and Safety Department.

Inspector ** of Cheshire Police attended the meeting and summarised the views of Cheshire Constabulary in providing the planning and operation of the Creamfields 2013 Music Festival.

Isobel Mason of Halton Borough Council’s Environmental Health Department gave an update on the Environmental Health aspects of the festival including noise. It was noted that seven complaints were received by the Council indicating that Sunday night was louder than Saturday, this which was a slight increase from previous years. The warmer weather and a change in wind direction resulted in areas in Halton being exposed to noise that had not been in previous years. A noise monitoring report from the noise control consultants Vanguardia would be submitted to the Council shortly. The report would establish if any licence conditions were exceeded and give details of any complaints submitted via the residents’ hotline.

RESOLVED: That the reports from the responsible authorities be noted.

PART II

In this case the Board has a discretion to exclude the press and public and, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, it is RECOMMENDED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

The Board considered:

(1)       whether Members of the press and public should be excluded from the meeting of the Board during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be considered, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972; and

(2)       whether the disclosure of information was in the public interest, whether any relevant exemptions were applicable and whether, when applying the public interest test and exemptions, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed that in disclosing the information.

            RESOLVED: That as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, members of the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Case No. 688

The application for renewal of a Single Status Drivers licence be refused since the Committee were not satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a Single Status Drivers Licence.