Issue - meetings

The council was proposing to carry out a full procurement exercise (not a PIN as previously) to secure a new operator at a fee of £250 per market and this was an already reduced rate and in line with what TDC charged other markets in the locality.

In order to operate Street Trading from Ramsgate High Street, Queen Street and King Street, the Council should seek to remove the Street Trading and Hawking restriction for this area in order to designate the High Street as a Licensed Street for the purposes of Street Trading.

The following Members spoke under Council Procedure Rule 20.1:

Councillor Crittenden;

Councillor Austin;

Councillor Albon;

Councillors Wing.

Councillor Saunders proposed, Councillor Jill Bayford seconded and Cabinet agreed the following:

1. To remove Street Trading and Hawking restrictions on the High Street, King Street and Queen Street, Ramsgate to facilitate an outdoor market;

2.  To give delegated authority to the Director of Law and Democracy to prepare and complete the relevant Agreement(s) on terms to be agreed.