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Agenda and minutes

Licensing Panel
Monday, 13th July, 2015 2.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool

Contact: Lennox Beattie Executive and Regulatory Manager

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Chairman To appoint a Chairman for the meeting. Minutes: Resolved: That Councillor Peter Hunter be appointed Chairman for this meeting.
2.	Declaration of Interest - Licensing Members are asked to declare any interests in the items under consideration and in doing so state:- (1) the type of interest concerned (2) the nature of the interest concerned; and (3) whether they have or have not sat on a Planning Committee which has previously considered a planning application in respect of a licensed premises which is also subject to consideration for a premises licence as part of the agenda for this meeting. If any Member requires advice on declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting. (Members are asked to also pay particular attention to the guidance sheet on interests supplied with the agenda). Minutes: There were no declarations of interest on this occasion.
3.	Procedure for the Meeting The Chairman of the Panel will summarise the procedure and announce the equal maximum amount of time for each party to speak for the hearing. A. Items 1 and 4 (b) will be undertaken in private session by the Panel and not in the Meeting Room. B. Items 2, 3, 4(a) and 4(c) will be recommended to the Panel to be held in public. C. The Panel may decide to exclude the public from all or part of a hearing where it considers that the public interest in so doing outweighs the public interest in the hearing, or that part of the hearing, taking place in public. (This includes a party and any person assisting or representing a party) Minutes: The Chairman explained the procedure for the meeting including that a period of twenty minutes had been allocated for all parties.
4.	Application for a Premises Licence- 13 Clifton Street PDF 56 KB a. APPLICATION AND REPRESENTATIONS SUBMITTED. To consider the attached report b. DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE- 13 Clifton Street c. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECISION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE- 13 Clifton Street Additional documents: Appendix 4a 13 Clifton Street new PL app 180515 , item 4. PDF 52 KB Appendix 4a 13 Clifton Street new PL app plan 180515 , item 4. PDF 541 KB Appendix 4b 13 Clifton Street - Police objection 15 06 2015 , item 4. PDF 196 KB Appendix 4c 13 Clifton Street - Public Health (Chloe Dobson) objection 15 06 2015 , item 4. PDF 52 KB Appendix 4d 13 Clifton Street - Licensing Authority (MM) objection 15 06 2015 , item 4. PDF 36 KB 13 Clifton Street - Licensing Authority additional evidence 10 07 15 , item 4. PDF 3 MB Minutes: The Licensing Panel considered an application in respect of 13 Clifton Street. The application was originally to permit the sale of alcohol between the hours of 6am and 11pm. It was noted that the applicant had agreed to restrict the opening hours to between 10am and 9pm in line of the concerns raised by the responsible authorities. The Panel noted that the application was within the Cumulative Impact Area for Off Licence and therefore a rebuttable presumption existed against the granting of further licences within the designated area The applicant, Mr Rajkumar, accompanied by his representative, Mr Kanapathi,were in attendance and spoke in favour of the application. Mr Kanapathi highlighted the applicant’s keenness to work with the responsible authorities as evidenced by his willingness to amend the operating hours and add conditions to address concern. Mr Kanapathi also emphasised Mr Rajkumar’s experience running an off licence in an area with similar challenges in the London Borough of Harrow. Mr M Marshall spoke in objection to the application on behalf of the Licensing Authority and Public Health. He confirmed though that he had met with the applicant which had ameliorated some of his concerns given the amendments to the operating hours and the submission of evidence regarding the applicant’s experience. PC Evans presented the objections of the police to the application and emphasised that the police remained unsatisfied that the granting of the application would not add to the crime and disorder already experienced in the area. The Panel carefully considered the evidence submitted by all parties and concluded that it was not satisfied that the application would not add to the crime and disorder already being experienced in the area. Resolved: That the application for a Premises Licence in respect of 13 Clifton Street be refused.