Agenda and decisions

There were no apologies for absence received.

If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter. The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

Few minutes before the hearing the Committee received a request from the applicant’s representatives  of the withdrawal of the  application for variation of the existing premises licence of the Premises under the Licensing Act 2003

At the hearing the Chair of the Committee confirmed the application was withdrawn. 

The Committee has considered an application for a new premises licence for the sale of alcohol off the premises only  under the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Application”).

In summary, the Committee has decided, after taking into account all of the individual circumstances of this case and the promotion of the four licensing objectives to :

1.       Grant the application as follows:

The sale of alcohol off the premises only

Monday – Sunday: 09:00 – 23:00

2.       The opening hours of the premises

 Mondays to Sundays 08:00 - 23:00

3.       To add to the licence the conditions proposed by the Applicant in the operating schedule

4.       To add to the licence four conditions proposed by the Trading Standards

5.       The licence is subject to mandatory conditions

This licence becomes operational with immediate effect.  If problems are experienced, then an application for a review of the premises licence can be made.

A copy of this Committee’s full decision including its reasons and the full text of the conditions added to the licence will be sent to the parties forthwith.

If the Applicant is unhappy with the decision, they are entitled to appeal to the magistrates’ court within 21 days from the date of notification of the full decision