But in the light of things like Weymouth Council saying they have no authority to be flexible, clearly some legal commentary confirming that they do in fact have the authority to be flexible would help.
Any chance of something of that sort being produced?

Letter from Mr to The Minister via my MP 16 July 2001.
In the absence of any new legislation to deal with this, what measures under current legislation will the Minister now be taking, to ensure that Local Authorities Officers will not view their responsibilities under licensing legislation to be more important than their responsibilities under cultural or other legislation?

All I received was the standard reply.