Issue - meetings

(i)    That Schedule 2 of the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 for application across the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme be adopted.

(ii)    That it be delegated to the Executive Director of Operational Services, in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder Environment and Recycling, authority to amend the Council’s policies to set out a framework against which applications for consent will be determined.

A report was submitted to Cabinet seeking the adoption of Schedule 2 of the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 to enable the Council to issue consents to permit the use of loud speakers in the street after 9pm.

The Portfolio Holder for Environment and Recycling explained that to enable community, out-door events involving amplified sound or music to be played, the Council must adopt this Act.  The Act would enable the Council to licence performances that would otherwise be prohibited.

The Leader advised that this was tied to town centre events, such as VE Day celebrations. The Council wanted to be able to support properly managed events and adopting this framework would enable that to happen.

Resolved:     (i)         That Schedule 2 of the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act,

                                    1993 be adopted for application across the Borough of

                                    Newcastle-under-Lyme.

(ii)          That it be delegated to the Executive Director of Operational Services, in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder Environment and Recycling, authority to amend the Council’s policies to set out a framework against which applications for consent will be determined.