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Licensing Panel
Tuesday, 18th August, 2015 11.00 am

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 Hutton be appointed Chairman for the 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 hearing but noted that it was clear that an agreement could be reached between all parties.
4.	Application for the Review of a Premises Licence- Bell's Convenience PDF 58 KB a. APPLICATION AND REPRESENTATIONS SUBMITTED. To consider the attached report b. DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE REVIEW OF A PREMISES LICENCE- Bell’s Convenience c. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECISION FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE REVIEW OF A PREMISES LICENCE- Bell’s Convenience Additional documents: Appendix 4a Bells Convenience W&M review app redacted , item 4. PDF 17 MB Appendix 4b Bells Convenience Review Police supporting representation redacted , item 4. PDF 675 KB Appendix 4c Bells Convenience review Licensing Authority (MM) representation 270715 , item 4. PDF 48 KB Appendix 4d Bells Convenience Review H&S supporting rep 020715 , item 4. PDF 227 KB Minutes: The Panel considered an application for the review of a Premises Licence in respect of Bell’s Convenience Store, 141 Palatine Road. Mr M Woosnam, Licence Holder’s solicitor and Mr S Jeyabalan, Licence Holder were in attendance and made representations to the Panel. Mr Woosnam explained that the main issues centred on Mr Jeyabalan’s poor English communication skills and lack of experience and so he would be resigning as Designated Premises Supervisor and seeking an experienced manager to assist him. Mr Woosnam therefore proposed that the review should be dealt with the imposition of conditions and Mr Jeyabalan’s resignation with immediate effect as Designated Premises Supervisor. Mr M Marshall outlined the case on behalf of the applicant for the review, Weights and Measures. Mr Marshall also spoke on behalf of Health and Safety and the Licensing Authority. He outlined that these responsible authorities were in agreement with the review being dealt with by those measures. PC Evans was in attendance from Lancashire Constabulary and outlined the Police’s agreement with these changes to the operation of the premises. The Panel noted the agreement and agreed to this course of action. In noting Mr Jeyabalan’s resignation as Designated Premises Supervisor it noted that the premises could not operate until another Designated Premises Supervisor was appointed. Resolved: 1. That the Panel note Mr Jeyabalan’s resignation with immediate effect. 2. That the following additional conditions be added to the Premises Licence: i) The Licence Holder to support and rigorously enforce Challenge 25 proof of age policy. Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 25 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over age of 18. The following are the only forms of identification. i. UK photo driving licence ii. Passport iii. Proof of age standards scheme card ii) No persons under the age of 18 will be allowed to sell alcohol. iii) The premises will be equipped with a closed circuit television system appropriate to the business and approved by the enforcement authorities. iv) CCTV will be installed internally and externally at the premises and will comply with the following : The CCTV system shall be installed, maintained and operated to the reasonable satisfaction of Lancashire Constabulary. All public areas of the premises are to be covered by the system The system will display on any recording the correct time and date of the recording. The system will make recordings during all hours that the premises are open to the public. The VCR tapes or digital recording will be held for a minimum of 31 days and 28 days respectively after the recording is made and will be made available to the police or any authorised persons acting for a responsible authority for inspection upon request The system will, as a minimum, record images of the head and shoulders of all persons entering the premises. A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system will be on the premises at all times ... view the full minutes text for item 4.