Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

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.

None were declared.

The Sub-Committee will first hear from the Licensing Officer.  After that, the applicant will present their application and the Sub-Committee and objectors will have the opportunity to ask questions. Then, the objectors will present their case and the Sub-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 Sub-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 variation of a premises licence.

Upon opening the meeting, the Sub-Committee heard that the applicant had indicated prior to the meeting, that they wished to put forward witnesses to give evidence. The Legal advisor to the meeting stated that as per of the constitution (part 5 Section F), the notice of the submission of any such witnesses required 10 days’ notice and this had not been done.

The Sub-Committee declined the request.  

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

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

·      The application sought to extend the hours of licensable activity, including regulated entertainment, performance of dance and live and recorded music.

·      The hours for licensable activity was sought from 08:00 to 01:00 on Thursday and 08:00 to 03:00 Friday to Sunday.

·      The supply of alcohol would be from 08:00 to 01:00 on Thursday and 08:00 to 03:00 Friday to Sunday. This would be for consumption on the premises only.

·      Additional hours had been requested on for certain days such as Christmas Eve, New Year’s Day, Three Kings’ Day and Easter.  

·      The premises had planning permission allowed for use of the premises from 08:00 to 23:00 Saturday and 09:00 to 21:00 Sundays and Bank Holidays.  No application had been made to the Planning Authority to extend the hours for the use of the premises.

Presentation by the applicant

Mr Godwin Adjei, representative for the applicant, informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The applicant had informed that she was attempting to make an application and was unsure of the payment process. An email had been received instructing that sum of £239 needed to be paid in order to complete the planning application for the extension of the hours. As of yet the applicant had not completed the application and therefore had not yet submitted it.

·      The applicant believed that the incident that led to her business being closed down had not been fair to her, especially when the person who was involved in the incident had been released.

·      The applicant had made certain changes to the business including inserting soundproof facilities to ensure that there was no noise emanating from the premises or disturbance to residents.

·      There were similar businesses in the area operating beyond the time that the applicant had requested.

·      If the business was not allowed to operate the business due to the incident, then this was not fair on the applicant.

·      The business was a peaceful operation and had operated for over two years without any incidents

·      The incident that happened was an isolated incident and there was no need for a punitive response.

·      Plans had been made to increase security so that incidents in future did not happen again.

In response to a question Ms Barrett stated that the Planning position had been highlighted to the applicant at the start of the consultation process, on 9 January and on 13 January 2024. 

In response to questions, Mr Adjei and Ms Yesenia Cuevas Ramirez, the applicant, informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      On 12 April 2023, there was an argument  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

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

There were none.