Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
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74.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

Noted.

75.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Brabazon.  Councillor Basu was in attendance as a substitute.

 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Doron.  Councillor Waters was in attendance as a substitute.

 

 

76.

URGENT BUSINESS

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 deal with at item below).

Minutes:

None.

77.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

Minutes:

None.

78.

SUMMARY OF PROCEDURE pdf icon PDF 196 KB

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003 or Gambling Act 2005.  A copy of the procedure is attached.

Minutes:

Noted.

79.

REVOCATION OF A STREET TRADING LICENCE pdf icon PDF 20 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Daliah Barrett introduced the application made by the Licensing Authority which sought revocation of a street trading licence on the grounds of non-payment of the licence fee, under section 28 of the London Local Authorities Act 1990.  Section 29 of the Act required the matter to be dealt with by the Licensing Committee.

 

Ms Barrett had spoken with the licence holder, Mr George Bates in relation to keeping up with the fees, and he had agreed to do so.  Mr Bates had been given the chance to pay his fees by December 2017, but had not made any payments until January 2018.

 

George Bates addressed the Committee.  He explained that he had taken over the licence from his father two years ago.  In the first year he had been up to date with the fees, however, in the last year his father had stolen money from him and he had been left with bills to pay at the wholesalers, and so had fallen behind with the fees.  Mr Bate’s father had now been served with an injunction which meant that he was not allowed to be around Mr Bates.  He explained to the Committee that he was able to pay the current fees, but was struggling to clear the back log.

 

Ms Barrett explained that when Mr Bates had taken over the stall, his father had left a debt of £8,000, which had been paid by a relative.  This relative ran a stall close to Mr Bate’s stall and was meant to have helped Mr Bates in an advisory role.

 

Mr Bates added that since his father had not been allowed near the stall, he had been making a profit and had been able to pay towards the backlog. 

 

The Committee adjourned from 19:25-19:31.

 

The Chair asked Mr Bates for a firm commitment that he would pay his regular site fees, plus an extra amount for the debt on a monthly basis.  Mr Bates stated that he would be able to pay £250 each week to clear the debt, plus his stall fees as they were invoiced.  The Chair informed Mr Bates that if the Committee were minded to agree to this proposal that it would be Mr Bates’ final chance and the licence would be revoked.

 

The Committee adjourned from 19:40-19:48

 

RESOLVED

 

The Committee carefully considered the application from the Licensing Authority for the revocation of a street trading licence, the representations made by the licence holder, and the relevant sections of the London Local Authorities Act 1990.

 

The Committee decided that the licence would not be revoked. 

 

Reasons

The Committee noted the difficulties that the licence holder had faced from his father’s involvement in the business, the steps that had been taken to remove his father and that since his removal, regular payments had been made in the last 3 months, reducing the licence holder’s indebtedness by £4291.49.  The licence holder offered to pay £250 each week to the Licensing Authority, in addition to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 79.

80.

ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS

To consider any new items of admitted under item 2 above.

Minutes:

None.