Agenda and minutes

Council - Wednesday 9th December, 2020 7.00 pm

Venue: This is a virtual meeting

Contact: Reuben Segal, Head of Committee and Governance Services  Email:  rsegal@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 07890 380137

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Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Relief Chairman

To appoint a relief Chairman.

Minutes:

1.1      It was moved by the Lord Mayor and seconded by Councillor Paul Swaddle that Councillor Ian Adams be elected as Relief Chairman.

 

1.2      Motion put, and on a show of hands, declared CARRIED.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the existence and nature of any pecuniary interests or any other significant interest in matters on this agenda.

Minutes:

2.1      There were no declarations.

 

3.

Busking and Street Entertainment Policy pdf icon PDF 897 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

3.1      Both the Conservative and Labour parties had selected as their first item for debate the Busking and Street Entertainment Policy.

 

3.2      Councillor Matt Noble moved and it was seconded by Councillor Pancho Lewis that recommendation 1 in the report of the Executive Director for Environment and City Management be amended as set out in the order paper.

 

3.3      Following debate, The Lord Mayor put the amendment to recommendation 1 to the vote and following an electronic poll declared the amendment LOST.

 

3.4      The Lord Mayor then put the substantive recommendations as set out in the covering report to the vote and following an electronic poll declared the recommendations CARRIED.

 

3.4      RESOLVED:

 

That the Council agreed:

 

(1)  A Busking and Street Entertainment Policy for the City of Westminster which includes (as specified in Appendix B to the report):

 

·       the adoption of a city-wide Busking and Street Entertainment Code of Conduct;

·       the creation of a dedicated Buskers and Street Entertainers Forum; and

·       ongoing seasonal (quarterly) monitoring and an annual review of the policy after one full year of operation.

 

(2)   To adopt Part V (Licensing of Buskers) of the London Local Authorities Act 2000 to apply to all the area of the City of Westminster.

 

(3)  The draft designating resolution for consultation to prohibit busking and street entertainment from all licensed streets save that busking and street entertainment will be permitted under and in accordance with (a) the terms and conditions of designated pitches and (b) the terms and conditions of a busking and street entertainment licence.

 

(4)  The draft designating resolution for consultation contains.

 

(4.1)   the designated streets and areas where busking and street

entertainment is to be prohibited – the licensed streets, namely:

 

Paddington

Soho

Embankment

Mayfair

Leicester Square

Trafalgar Square

Marylebone

Chinatown

Whitehall

Bayswater

Piccadilly

Parliament Square

Oxford Street

Covent Garden

Victoria

Regent Street

The Strand

Knightsbridge

New Bond Street

Charing Cross

Belgravia

 

(4.2)     the busking and street entertainment pitches where busking and street entertainment will be permitted (under and in accordance with (a) the terms and conditions of designated pitches and (b) the terms and conditions of a busking and street entertainment licence – the busking pitches, namely:

 

Pitch 1:   Marble Arch

Pitch 14:  London Transport Museum

Pitch 2:   Old Quebec Street

Pitch 15:  St Pauls Church

Pitch 3:   Vere Street

Pitch 16:  St Martins

Pitch 4:   Princes Street

Pitch 17:  Trafalgar Square Charing Cross Rd

Pitch 5:   Glasshouse Street

Pitch 18:  Trafalgar Square North Terrace

Pitch 6:   Eros Statue

Pitch 19:  Trafalgar Square North Terrace

Pitch 7:   Chinatown

Pitch 20:  Trafalgar Square North Terrace

Pitch 8:   Leicester Square North West

Pitch 21:  Trafalgar Square North Terrace

Pitch 9:   Leicester Square North East

Pitch 22:  Trafalgar Square North Terrace

Pitch 10: Covent Garden James Street

Pitch 23:   King Charles Statue

Pitch 11: Covent Garden James Street

Pitch 24:   Northumberland Avenue

Pitch 12: Market Square James Street

Pitch 25:   Charing Cross Station

Pitch 13: Royal Opera House

Pitch 26:   Northumberland/Hungerford Bridge

 

(4.3)   the terms and conditions that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

Licensing Act 2003: Adoption of the Council's Revised Statement of Licensing Policy pdf icon PDF 285 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

4.1      Both the Conservative and Labour parties had selected as their second item for debate the Revised Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy.

 

4.2      Following debate, The Lord Mayor put the recommendations as set out in the covering report to the vote and following an electronic poll declared the recommendations CARRIED. 

 

4.3      RESOLVED:

 

That the Council approved the revised Statement of Licensing Policy as attached at Appendix 1 to the report in accordance with section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 so that it can come into effect on 7th January 2021.