Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the meeting.

Councillor Hunter was 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 Services 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.

That under Section 100 (A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the whole item, including the decisions, on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

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)

The Chairman outlined the procedure for the meeting.

He announced that, having considered the written representations, the decision of the Panel was to permit both parties a maximum of 10 minutes to speak at the hearing.

1. Application and Representations Submitted. To consider the attached report.

2. Determination of the Application for a Personal Licence

3. Announcement of the decision for the application for a Personal Licence

The Panel considered the written evidence submitted by both parties. 

The Panel also considered the verbal representations made at the hearing by the applicant and the applicant’s colleague who had attended in support of the applicant.  It also considered the verbal representations made at the hearing by Lancashire Constabulary.

The Panel agreed to consider additional evidence that had been submitted by the applicant in the form of a letter of support from the applicant’s employer.

Having carefully considered all the evidence before it, the Panel concluded that the crime and disorder objective would not be undermined by the granting of the personal licence.

Resolved:  That the application for a personal licence be granted.

Background papers:  Exempt