Agenda item

House to House Collections

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Licensing Manager, concerning the following applications for the grant of a promoter’s permit to carry out house-to-house collections:-

 

Organisation

Area

Date

 

Child and Teenage

Cancer and

Leukaemia Foundation

 

Whole of the

Rotherham Borough

 

Five days per month between 01 January 2018 and 31 December 2018

 

 

Cancer Support UK

 

Whole of the

Rotherham Borough

 

01 October 2017 to 30 September 2018

 

Yorkshire Children’s

Trust

 

 

Whole of the

Rotherham Borough

 

Five days per month between 01 September 2017 and 31 August 2018

 

 

Coping with Cancer

North East

 

Whole of the

Rotherham Borough

 

01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018

 

 

Treating Children with

Cancer

 

 

Whole of the

Rotherham Borough

 

01 December 2017 to 30 November 2018

 

 

Discussion took place on whether the Council should develop a specific policy in relation to the determination of applications for a promoter’s permit to carry out house-to-house collections.

 

Resolved:- (1) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the following applications be approved and a promoter’s permit be granted in respect of the organisations/charities shown for the dates listed above:-

 

Child and Teenage Cancer and Leukaemia Foundation

Treating Children with Cancer

 

(2) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the following applications for a promoter’s permit be refused:-

 

Yorkshire Children’s Trust

Coping with Cancer North East

 

(3) That consideration of the following application for a promoter’s permit be deferred to a future meeting of the Licensing Board Sub-Committee, pending receipt of further information:-

 

Cancer Support UK

 

(4) That the Licensing Manager submit a report to a future meeting of the Licensing Board concerning a draft policy in relation to the determination of applications for a promoter’s permit to carry out house-to-house collections.

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