Resolved – That Councillor S Niblock be appointed Chair for this meeting.

Members of the Sub-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 Sub-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 Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment reported upon an application that had been received by a local resident to review the Premises Licence in respect of the Old Tavern Club, Magazine Lane, New Brighton.

The premises currently hold a Premises Licence allowing the licensable activities as set out within the report. A copy of the Premises Licence setting out the hours and conditions attached to the licence was available.

The Strategic 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 necessary to promote the licensing objectives.

The application had been received from a local resident and the grounds for review were that public nuisance was being caused to local residents and disorder was occurring outside the premises on a regular basis.

In response to the application, the Premises Licence Holder had submitted a Neighbourhood Charter and Dispersal Policy together with a statement on his position in relation to the application.  Copies of these documents were made available to all parties.

Representations had been received from fourteen local residents.  A petition containing 108 signatures had also been received.  The representations and petition supported the application to Review the Premises Licence.

A representation had also been received from Merseyside Police which included 16 Police reports since January 2013 where it had been alleged that the licensing objectives had been undermined.

A representation had been received from the Licensing Authority which supported the application to Review the Premises Licence due to a number of complaints received from residents who lived within the vicinity of the premises as well as observations undertaken by Licensing Officers.

Environmental Health (Pollution Control) had provided information for Members of the Sub-Committee on the number of complaints received from local residents within the last three years.

A copy of all representations and information was available.

Mrs G Maxwell, applicant, attended the meeting together with Mrs H Hart, Mrs C Evans and Mr T Pritchard, local residents.

Also in attendance were Mr C Johnson, Solicitor, Mr S Cooley, Designated Premises Supervisor and Licence Holder and Mr S Gilmore, employee at The Old Tavern.

Sergeant S Barrigan, Mr J Hardwick, Environmental Health Officer and Mr A Bushell, Licensing Operations Manager, also attended the meeting

The Senior Licensing Manager confirmed that all documentation had been sent and received and that further photographs had been submitted by both the Licence Holder and local residents which would be submitted to Members at the appropriate time.

Mrs Maxwell stated that she was requesting that the Premises Licence in respect  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35.

This application had been withdrawn prior to the hearing.