The Vale of Glamorgan council charged a fixed fee of £497.50 for THREE YEARS regardless of how many chairs and tables cafés had outside.
From July, ANNUAL licences will cost from £150 for one or two tables with up to eight chairs, to £750 for 11 tables or more with 40 chairs.
The council says the move is to clear pavements for the old and blind.
But if every café and restaurant pays, the pavements will still be full of chairs and tables!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57350370
The great rush to charge us more to recoup pandemic losses has started.