Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Demirci who was substituted by Councillor Vanier.

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 at Item 6 below).

No items of urgent business were received.

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 the 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.

No declarations of personal or prejudicial interest were declared.

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for each of the hearings considered under the Licensing Act 2003. A copy of the procedure is attached.

To consider an application to provide a licensable activity in the form of Sale of Alcohol and Late Night Refreshments.

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RESOLVED

That the Committee agreed to grant the application subject to the following conditions:

(i)                 The mandatory statutory condition under section 19 of the Licensing Act 2003.

(ii)               That the sale of alcohol be as follows:

§         Sunday to Thursday 10:00 to 23:30

§         Friday and Saturday 10:00 to 01:30

That provision of Late Night Refreshments be as follows:

§         Sunday to Thursday 23:00 to 23:30

§         Friday and Saturday 23:00 to 01:30

That Opening Hours to the Public to as follows:

§         Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to midnight

§         Saturday and Friday 08:00 to 02:00

(iii)             Conditions to enforce the provisions of the operating schedule with the following variations:

§         Licensee must not move fire equipment and appliances from the positions required by the Fire Authority. Such equipment/appliances to be local into position to ensure this.

§         CCTV records to be made available to the Licensing Authority as well as the Police.

§         All work required by the Fire Authority to be carried out to their satisfaction before the licensable activities commence and compliance with their recommended steps thereafter.

(iv)              Compliance with all of the conditions recommended by the Noise Officer, with the addition that no form of loudspeaker, television, or sound amplification equipment is to be sited on or near the exterior premises or in or near any foyer, doorway, window or opening to the premises.

(v)                Compliance with all of the conditions offered by the applicant in their letter dated 16 October 2006 to the Licensing Authority with the addition of the word television to the other apparatus mentioned at condition 3.

(vi)              Alcohol shall only be sold to individuals able to produce valid proof of age by means of a passport, EU photo driving licence, Proof of Age Standard Card, or Home Office, Citizen Card.

To consider any new items admitted under item 2 above.

There were no items of urgent business.