Agenda and minutes

The Committee was asked to consider the undermentioned application for the Grant of a licence to keep a pet shop:

The Licensing Officer gave Members an overview of the application along with the Veterinary Surgeon’s report, as detailed in the circulated report.

RESOLVED:                                      That the above application to keep a pet shop at 30 Queen Street Neath be approved subject to the following conditions:-

·         The premises must comply at all times with the requirements of the Model Standards for Pet Shops (1999) published by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

·         No more than two (2) of any of the below specimens of the following species shall be held at any one time:-

1.    Cuvier's Dwarf Caimen

(paleosuchus palpebrosus)

2.    Spectacled Caimen

(caimen crocodylus)

3.    West African Dwarf Crocodile

(osteolaemus tetraspis)

·         These numbers include animals owned by or subject of any boarding service offered to customers by the applicant.

·       20 Tortoises (Non CITES & Exemption Certificated Hermann's Tortoises)

·       180 Snakes & Lizards (Non CITES or Venomous)

·       40 Invertebrates incl. Spiders, Scorpions, Insects, Amphibians & Turtles (Non CITES or Venomous)

·       The door to the crocodile area must be kept locked and the doors out of the adjacent room must have automatic closers to ensure a double door system. The back door of the premises must be kept locked or only openable as a fire escape.

The Committee was asked to consider the undermentioned application for the grant of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.

Case 1

RESOLVED:                            that the application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence, be granted.