Bristol among four West of England councils holding regulatory committee business within nine days

Bristol City Council meetings and papers show that its Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee met on Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 10.00 am [2][5]. Supplementary agenda documents for that hearing, including papers for "El Rincon 3", were published ahead of it [7]. A further Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 27 August 2026 at 10.00 am [6], with additional representations published as a supplementary dispatch [13].

Cotswold District Council meetings and papers show two licensing sub-committee meetings in the same week: one covering Licensing Act 2003 matters on Wednesday, 19 August 2026 at 2.00 pm [1][9], and one covering taxis, private hire and street trading consent on Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 2.00 pm [4][10]. Minutes for both meetings were published on 21 August 2026 [15][16][14][17].

Somerset Council meetings and papers list a Licensing Sub-Committee meeting on Friday, 28 August 2026 at 2.30 pm [8].

Cheltenham Borough Council meetings and papers list a Planning Committee meeting on Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 6.00 pm [3][12]. Officer presentations were published as an agenda supplement for that meeting [11].

Taken together, the published diaries place licensing or planning committee business before Bristol, Cotswold, Somerset and Cheltenham councils within a nine-day window [2][5][7][6][13][1][9][4][10][15][16][14][17][8][3][12][11].