Issue - meetings

The Committee gave consideration to a report of the Trading Standards and Licensing Manager which asked Members to consider adopting changes to the current street trading policy.

The Committee was informed that there were currently the following number of licences in force;

·         44 Street Trading Consents

·         8 Street Trading Licences, 5 of which relate to Uppermill market

·         32 Street Trading Assistants

The following additions were proposed to the street trading policy:

·         £5m public liability insurance required to be submitted with application.

·         Applicant to submit a photograph of the vehicle/trailer

·         Applicant to submit trading name of the vehicle

·         Ice creams vans recommended to install CCTV which they have control of and the footage to be passed to an authorised Council Officer or Police Officer upon request.

·         Addition of Crawley Street, Off Denton Lane, Chadderton to the prohibited streets list.

Members asked for and received clarification on the following:-

·         Accelerate the development of the CCTV policy to keep children safe – this would be worked on.

·         Crawley Way, not Crawley Street – this would be amended.

·         Prohibited streets and flower sellers – no changes were proposed to the policy.

·         Data controller of CCTV – the ice cream van operator would be the controller. Data would usually be kept on a 28-30 day loop.

·         Events on licensed streets – a one-day permission could be bought to cover an event.

·         Street traders selling cigarettes – acceptable provided they complied with the law. 

·         CCTV and GDPR, could CCTV detect a crime that did not fall within the reason for which the CCTV was installed. Would images be kept for longer than necessary – this was a complex area and these issues would be considered when drafting the policy.

·         Stalls that do not trade – would not be considered as street trading. Other provisions covered the collection of money and distribution of flyers.

RESOLVED that the proposed changes to the Council’s street trading policy be approved and Crawley Way, off Denton Lane, Chadderton be added to the list of prohibited streets.