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Agenda and minutes

Licensing Panel
Tuesday, 4th September, 2018 3.00 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: The Licensing Panel considered the appointment of a Chairman for the meeting. 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 of 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 an equal time limit of twenty minutes had been allocated for all parties.
4.	APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE- PREMIER STORE, 190-192 CENTRAL DRIVE PDF 49 KB a. APPLICATION AND REPRESENTATIONS SUBMITTED. To consider the attached report b. DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE- Premier Store c. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECISION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE- Premier Store Additional documents: Appendix 4a Premier, 190-192 Central Dr new PL app 070618 , item 4. PDF 2 MB Appendix 4b Premier Central Drive Police objection 110718 , item 4. PDF 126 KB Appendix 4c Premier Central Drive Public Health representation 270618 , item 4. PDF 1 MB Premier central drive further evidence PCSO 7612 , item 4. PDF 52 KB Additional Evidence from the Applicant , item 4. PDF 257 KB Premier Store further additional information from the applicant , item 4. PDF 540 KB Minutes: The Licensing Panel considered an application for a new Premises Licence in respect of Premier Store, 190-192 Central Drive. The applicant, Mr Francis Jeevratnam, was in attendance accompanied by his solicitor Mr Michael Woosnam. Mr Woosnam made representations by the Panel. Mr Woosnam while accepting that the premises would be within the Cumulative Impact Area for off licences, emphasised that the premises had been previously licensed without any issues until that licence had lapsed and that Mr Jeevratnam had many years of experience working within the town centre of Blackpool including similarly located premises without issue. He referred to the circulated additional information and explained that the premises had the benefit of support of a national chain in Booker under its Premier Store brand. Mr Woosnam concluded by emphasising his view that the application should be treated as exceptional. Pc Emma Pritchard was also in attendance and outlined objections to the application on behalf of Lancashire Constabulary. PC Pritchard reminded members of the location of the proposed premises was within in her view the most problematic part of the Cumulative Impact Area. PC Pritchard referred to the representation submitted by Lancashire Constabulary and highlighted the significant concerns of the PCSO for the area especially around street drinking in the nearby Revoe Park and that anecdotally that the issue had reduced since the closure of the previous operation of the premises. Pc Pritchard concluded her representations by reminding the Panel that in the view of the Police that the application should be refused and if not significant meaningful conditions should be applied as outlined in the representations. Ms Rachel Swindells was also in attendance and outlined objections to the application on behalf of the Public Health department. Ms Swindells highlighted the concerns of the Director of the Public Health as to concerns regarding alcohol related harm in the ward. There were already 24 off licensed premises in the ward which had 3 times the Blackpool average for alcohol related hospital admissions. In her view any increase in the availability of alcohol would further impact on the alcohol related harm being experienced in the area. The Licensing Panel considered the application and concluded that in this circumstances the application that the application was exceptional and therefore should be granted. The Panel concluded this based on the high levels of experience of the applicant including within the same area, that the premises had previously been licensed without issues and that the applicant had the support of a recognised national brand as a franchisee. The Panel considered in necessary to add the following conditions 1. CCTV will be installed internally and externally at the premises. Said CCTV system shall comply with the following criteria: (a) The CCTV system shall be installed, maintained and operated to the reasonable satisfaction of Lancashire Constabulary. All public areas of the premises, with the exception of the toilets, shall be covered by the system; (b) The system shall display on any recording the correct time and date ... view the full minutes text for item 4.