Agenda and minutes

In the absence of the Chair and Vice-Chair the Committee will be required to elect a Member to preside at the meeting.

In the absence of the Chair and Vice-Chair the Committee was asked to elect a Chair to preside over the meeting.  Cllr Dodds nominated Cllr Lister and Cllr Baker seconded the nomination.  The Committee agreed that Cllr Lister would chair the meeting.

RESOLVED

That Cllr Lister be appointed as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

To receive apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Patel, Peacock, Beacham and Demirci.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items related to item  4 below, which will be considered under that agenda item.

There were no items of urgent business.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at he commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgement of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

None received.

To consider an application for the provision of facilities for betting, whether by making or accepting bets, acting as a betting intermediary or by providing other facilities for the making or accepting of bets (a betting premises licence).

Please note that under the Council’s Constitution, Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17 no other business shall be considered.

RESOLVED

The Committee decided to grant the application as asked, subject to the mandatory and default conditions.

The Committee was satisfied that the applicants had met the following principals:

a).           In accordance with any relevant code of practice under section 24.

b).           In accordance with any relevant guidance issued by the Commission under section 25.

c).           Reasonably consistent with the licensing objectives (subject to paragraphs a) and b), and

d).           In accordancew with the statement published by the authority under section 349 (subject to paragraphs a) and c).

The Committee took into acount the written and oral representations from interested parties and were satified that the mandatory and default conditions would meet any legitimate concerns raised.

INFORMATION:

The Committee requested that the company riguorously applied the Challenge 21 policy and that bets were not accepted from young persons under 18 years of age.