Agenda and draft minutes

The Licensing Panel considered the appointment of a Chairman for the meeting.

Resolved:

That Councillor Hutton be appointed Chairman for the meeting.

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).

There were no declarations of interest on this occasion.

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 public.

B.         Items 2, 3 and 4(a) 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)

The Chairman explained the procedure for the meeting including that an equal time limit of twenty minutes had been allocated for all parties.

To consider an application in respect of a new Premises Licence in respect of Sherbourne Convenience Store, 80 Sherbourne Road, Blackpool, FY1 2PQ

A. Application and representations submitted. To consider the attached report.

B. Determination of the application for a new Premises Licence – Sherborne Convenience Store

The Licensing Panel will indicate how the decision is to be communicated to interested parties.

The Licensing Panel considered an application for a new Premises Licence in respect of Sherborne Convenience Store, 80 Sherborne Road seeking permission to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises between 1000 to 2200 hours daily.

The Panel noted that the application had been invited to the hearing but had indicated that they would not be attending as they felt the application form included all the relevant information.

Mr Lee Petrak, Trading Standards and Licensing Manager, was in attendance on behalf of the Licensing Authority and made representations. He highlighted the concerns of the Licensing Authority and reminded members that the premises were located within the Cumulative Impact Area which created a presumption against further off-licences in the area. He emphasised his view that there was no reason in the application to depart from this policy.

PC Guy Harrison was also in attendance and made representations on behalf of Lancashire Constabulary. He emphasised the Police’s view that the number, density and type of premises in the area gave rise to serious problems of crime and disorder in the area.

Louise Scales and Kerry Burrow were also in attendance on behalf of Children’s Services Licensing and Public Health respectively. They both spoke in support of refusal of the application.

The Panel considered carefully the application, noting that it was within the Cumulative Impact Zone. It considered that there were not sufficient grounds to depart from the policy given the problems of crime and disorder in the area.

Resolved:

That the application for a new Premises Licence in respect of Sherborne Convenience Store, 80 Sherborne Road, be refused.