Agenda and minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies had been received from Councillor Elin Weston and Councillor Lester Buxton was substituting in her place.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under item 7 below).

There was no urgent business.  

There were no declarations of interest.  

The Committee will first hear from the Licensing Officer.  After that, the objectors will present their case and the Committee and applicant will have the opportunity to ask questions. Then, the applicant will present their application and the Committee and objectors will have the opportunity to ask questions. 

All parties will then have the opportunity to sum up, and then the meeting will conclude to allow the Committee to deliberate and reach a decision. This decision will then be provided in writing within five working days of this meeting.

The Chair provided a summary of the procedure for the meeting.  

To consider an application for a new premises licence.

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

Ms Daliah Barrett, Licensing Team Leader informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The applicant had proposed that recorded music be removed from the application. If the licence was granted, the applicant could still have regulated entertainment between 08:00 to 23:00. 

·      The applicant had applied for the sale of alcohol from Sunday to Thursday between 16:00 to 23:30 and 16:00 to 00:30 Friday and Saturday.

·      The premises would be open from 08:00 to 00:30 Sunday to Thursday and from 8:00 to 01:30 on Fridays and Saturdays.

·      Mr Topalli, the applicant, would put himself forward as the DPS.

·      The initial application had not specified the use of the outside area and had only taken into consideration the pub and the back area.

·      The newly submitted plan now showed the front garden area.

·      Representations had been received from Licensing, Noise, Police and residents.

·      The applicant was not applying for late night refreshment, but for sale of alcohol only.

·      The premises had previously operated as a pub and had applied for regulated entertainment in 2011. Objections were made against the application the time and conditions were added to the licence that was granted by the Licensing Sub-Committee. Noise nuisance and reports of crime had become ongoing issues and the premises was subject to a review application which was heard by the Licensing Sub-Committee in December 2016. The Sub-Committee determined that unauthorised licensable activity had taken place. There had also been a list of complaints received for temporary events held at the premises.

In response to questions, Ms Barrett informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The representations that had been made reflected on the operations that the applicant had implemented at the premises. The representations made had been made from a position of knowledge.Visits or enforcement visits to the premises had been made.

·      The newly submitted plan took into account the additional outside area which was to be used. This had not originally been something that responsible authorities were aware would be used during the 28 day consultation.

·      The Noise Officer had responded to the newly offered conditions from the applicant. They had reflected that they had ongoing concerns.

Presentation by interested parties

Ms Noshaba Shah, Licensing Officer, informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      Licensing did not agree with the length of hours as there were residential properties in the area.

·      If the Sub-Committee was minded to grant the application, then the application should be granted with the amendments as outlined in the objection submitted by the Licensing Authority.

·      The proposed DPS did not understand how to be responsible trader.

·      The application had not originally featured the plans regarding the use of the front of the premises and therefore had not been part of the consultation process.

·      The front area should be closed by 21:00 at the latest.

·      The application had not outlined if music would be played at the premises.

·      Regulated entertainment would be removed from the application but the applicant would be able to play music until 23:00.

·      The back area (proposed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To consider any items of urgent business as identified at item 3.

There were no items.