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Items
No. Item

105.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR

Minutes:

Resolved - That Councillor R Wilkins be appointed Chair for this meeting.

106.

MEMBERS' CODE OF CONDUCT - DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members are asked to consider whether they have personal or prejudicial interests in connection with any item(s) on this agenda, and, if so, to declare them and state what they are.

Minutes:

Members were asked to consider whether they had any personal or prejudicial interests in connection with any items on the agenda, and, if so, to declare them and state what they were.

 

No such declarations were made.

107.

LIFESTYLE, 82-84 TOWN MEADOW LANE, MORETON CH46 7TB pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Minutes:

The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management reported upon an application that had been received from Merseyside Police for the review of a Premises Licence in respect of Lifestyle, 82-84 Town Meadow Lane, Moreton, under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.

 

The premises currently have a Premises Licence which allows the licensable activities as set out in the report.

 

A copy of the Premises Licence setting out the hours and conditions attached to the licence was available.

 

The Director advised that the Sub-Committee may, having regard to the application for review and any relevant representations, take such of the following steps as it considered necessary for the promotion of the licensing objectives:

 

  • Modify the Conditions of the Licence.
  • Exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the Licence.
  • Remove the Designated Premises Supervisor.
  • Suspend the Licence for a period not exceeding three months.
  • Revoke the Licence.

 

The Licensing Authority may decide that no action would be necessary if it found that the review did not require it to take any steps necessary to promote the licensing objectives.

 

The application had been submitted by Merseyside Police and the Licensing Sergeant advised that the grounds for review were in relation to the protection of children from harm following the sale of alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years during a test purchase operation at the premises and in relation to the premises being linked to criminal activity, namely counterfeit alcohol and cigarettes found at the premises.

 

A representation had been received from Trading Standards which supported the application made by Merseyside Police.

 

A representation had also been received from Ward Councillor, Chris Blakeley who advised that the grounds for the representation were in relation to alcohol fuelled anti-social behaviour from young children within the vicinity of the premises.

 

Sergeant P Jenkins and Constable P Coley, Merseyside Police, attended the meeting.

 

Mr A Bushell, Trading Standards Officer, was also present.

 

Ms G Sherratt, Licensing Matters, was in attendance and represented Mr R Bhullar, Mrs H Bhullar and Mr G Bhullar, Designated Premises Supervisor and Premises Licence Holder, who were also in attendance.

 

The Licensing Officer reported that all documentation had been sent and received and that further documentation had been circulated prior to the meeting.

 

Sergeant Jenkins outlined the application for review.  He reported that new circumstances had arisen since the application had been submitted in that the premises was in the process of being demolished.  In light of this he advised that after having initially sought a revocation of the Premises Licence he would now be seeking that conditions be attached to the Premises Licence with an undertaking from the Premises Licence Holder that these conditions be incorporated into the Operating Schedule when the business moved into their new premises.  He gave details regarding the underage sale made at the premises on 24 November 2011 and referred to the alcohol and cigarettes which had counterfeit labels.  He also made reference to another  ...  view the full minutes text for item 107.

108.

THE NORTH STAR, 294 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD CH41 8ER pdf icon PDF 70 KB

Minutes:

The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management reported upon an application that had been received from Merseyside Police for the review of a Premises Licence in respect of The North Star, 294 Laird Street, Birkenhead, under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.

 

The premises currently have a Premises Licence which allows the licensable activities as set out in the report.

 

A copy of the Premises Licence setting out the hours and conditions attached to the licence was available.

 

The Director advised that the Sub-Committee may, having regard to the application for review and any relevant representations, take such of the following steps as it considered necessary for the promotion of the licensing objectives:

 

  • Modify the Conditions of the Licence.
  • Exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the Licence.
  • Remove the Designated Premises Supervisor.
  • Suspend the Licence for a period not exceeding three months.
  • Revoke the Licence.

 

The Licensing Authority may decide that no action would be necessary if it found that the review did not require it to take any steps necessary to promote the licensing objectives.

 

The application had been submitted by Merseyside Police and the Licensing Sergeant advised that the grounds for review were in relation to the prevention of crime and disorder and public safety following a Police Licensing Operation undertaken at the premises that identified illegal activity taking place at the premises.

 

An anonymous representation had also been received which related to a number of issues including criminal activity taking place within the premises and anti-social behaviour and noise being caused by customers of the premises.

 

Sergeant P Jenkins and Constable P Coley, Merseyside Police, attended the meeting.

 

Mr G Wilson, the proposed Premises Licence Holder and Mr J Diable, the current Premises Licence Holder were also in attendance together with their legal representative, Mr C Johnson.

 

The Licensing Officer reported that all documentation had been sent and received and that further documentation had been circulated prior to the meeting.

 

Sergeant Jenkins outlined the application for review.  He reported upon a visit made to the premises on 23 December 2011 by officers of the Police Wirral Licensing Unit and the Tactical Team where an unregistered gas meter was discovered.  He advised Members of the inherent danger such a gas supply could cause and the fact that this was a criminal offence.  Sergeant Jenkins also referred to a number of incidents that had occurred in or within the vicinity of the premises since February 2010.  Sergeant Jenkins advocated Members of the Sub-Committee to revoke the Premises Licence.

 

Sergeant Jenkins responded to questions from Members of the Sub-Committee, Mr D K Abraham, Legal Advisor to the Sub-Committee and Mr C Johnson.

 

Mr Johnson reported that Mr Diable had become Premises Licence Holder at the end of 2011 but has previously not been involved in running the premises.  He reported that the current Designated Premises Supervisor had attained a level 2 award in Drugs Awareness, that the premises had a drugs safe installed, that the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 108.