Resolved - That Councillor H Smith be appointed Chair for this meeting.

Members of the Committee are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non pecuniary interests, in connection with any application on the agenda and state the nature of the interest.

Members of the Committee were asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non pecuniary interests, in connection with any application on the agenda and state the nature of the interest.

No such declarations were made.

The Acting Director of Law, HR and Asset Management reported upon an application that had been received from Merseyside Police for a Summary Review of a Premises Licence in respect of Mojo’s, 3 Dee Lane, West Kirby, 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 Acting 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 appropriate 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 appropriate if it found that the review did not require it to take any steps appropriate to promote the licensing objectives and also must decide which interim steps ceased to have effect or become the subject of any steps which it considered appropriate when making its determination on the Review.

The application had been submitted by Merseyside Police by way of a Summary Review as they considered that the premises were associated with serious disorder.  On 28 December 2012 Members deemed that it was appropriate as an interim step to suspend the Premises Licence pending the determination of the Review as they considered this was appropriate to prevent serious disorder occurring at or in the vicinity of the premises.

Merseyside Police were represented by Sergeant Jenkins, PC Jones, Inspector Barr, Neighbourhood Inspector Blease and Acting Detective Inspector Blease.

Mr J Lea, Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor attended the meeting together with his solicitor, Mr Green.

The Licensing Manager reported that all documentation had been sent and received.

Sergeant Jenkins reported that the issues that had been the cause for concern regarding the premises remained the same in that there had been four incidents between November and Christmas 2012 and that ten people had been arrested during this time.  He maintained that the major issue regarding the premises was the problem of migration and that Mr Lea had accepted that.  Sergeant Jenkins requested that a number of conditions be placed on the Premises Licence and reported that following discussions with Mr Lea, he would be content for the conditions to be modified and also that he had given an undertaking that the conditions would be adhered to with immediate effect.

Inspector Blease outlined the fear of crime and disorder within the area further to two incidents that had taken place within the vicinity of the premises.  He advised Members that Mr Lea had given his full support in all enquiries and that there had been no incidents of crime and disorder in West Kirby since the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 81.