RESOLVED:

That Councillor Alan Taylor be appointed Chair for this meeting.

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.

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

No such declarations were made.

The Director of Regeneration reported upon an application received from Xiao-Yan Wu for the grant of a Premises Licence in respect of The Golden Phoenix, 136 Greasby Road, Greasby under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.

The premises currently have a premises licence which allows Late Night Refreshment and have been trading as a hot food takeaway.  The application under consideration was for the grant of a Premises Licence, as follows:

Supply of Alcohol

Sunday to Thursday  16:30 to 23:30

Friday and Saturday  16:30 to 01:00

Hours Open to the Public

Sunday to Thursday  16:30 to 00:30

Friday and Saturday  16:30 to 02:00

Late Night Refreshment

Sunday to Thursday  23:00 to 00:30

Friday and Saturday  23:00 to 0200

The applicant had already agreed to certain conditions with Merseyside Police, as outlined later in the report.

In respect of this application, 11 representations against the application were received from Local Residents.  The representations related to potential anti-social behaviour from customers of the premises at a late hour.  A petition had also been submitted by Greasby Frankby Irby Action Team, signed by 20 local residents who were also against the application due to past public nuisance being cause by groups of people within the vicinity of the premises.  Copies of the representations and the petition considered and noted.

Mr Michael Jones, Solicitor representing Xiao-Yan Wu, attended the meeting, with the Xiao-Yan Wu (Amy Wu) and her General Manager, Jason Wu, together with Sergeant Peers, who attended as a witness for the applicant to outline the reasons for the proposed conditions being put forward.

Mr Michael Jones spoke on behalf of the applicant, ‘Amy’ Wu, and informed members that she had been involved with Take Away businesses for nearly 5 years, was married with a young child and had been in the country some 8 years.  She worked hard and also taught part-time at a local school.  She was content to go along with the conditions proposed by Merseyside Police which had been subject to further discussion.  As far as the application was concerned, she had applied for the Premises Licence to have the advantage of an alcohol sales facility, but this would only be used for deliveries with a food order.  Mr Jones indicated that he would call Sergeant Peers as a witness to speak on the proposed conditions and thanked him for attending in that capacity.

Mr Jones reiterated that the applicant had a Premises Licence but only to cover late night refreshments and a new one was sought to allow alcohol to be delivered with a meal when requested.  He outlined the hours requested for the sale of alcohol to accompany meals and assured Members of the applicant’s undertaking to continue to keep the premises supervised at all times, report any instances of note to the Police, and keep a log of events.  She did not propose to sell alcohol to customers over the counter, only to go out with deliveries and staff would be required  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.