Resolved – That Councillor A Hodson 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 Chair announced that this meeting was being held virtually, was being webcast and record would be retained.

The Director of Law and Governance reported upon an application that had been received from Norman Baker for a Premises Licence in respect of Thirty Six, Conway Street, Birkenhead.

The application for a Premises Licence had been made in order to extend the use of the premises at Thirty Six Conway Street.

It was reported that following discussions with Merseyside Police, the applicant had agreed to a number of conditions to be included on the Premises Licence relating to CCTV, staff training, noise pollution reduction, door staff, polycarbonate vessels and opening hours.  Details of these conditions were outlined in the report.

The applicant attended the meeting by way of video conference with his business partner Mr Doyle.

The Licensing Manager outlined the report.

The applicant addressed the Sub-Committee. He advised that the application had been made to extend the use of the premises at Thirty Six Conway Street.  He expressed to the Sub-Committee that he was representing himself due to a loss of earnings due to Covid 19.  In respect of the conditions set by Merseyside Police, the applicant set out how he would implement and comply with these conditions.  He advised that a further 16 CCTV channels were to be installed at the premises which would be kept under review and added to if necessary.  He further advised that the CCTV coverage would be provided on a recordable system, a record would be kept for 31 days and handed to Merseyside Police upon request.  The Sub-Committee were informed that music would be reduced to a background level after midnight, with periodical checks of music levels also being conducted. Risk assessments would be carried out in order to determine the amount of door staff needed each night.  A minimum of two SIA registered staff would be present at all times and on occasions such as Bank Holiday weekends this number would be doubled.  A register of these staff members would be kept on the premises and a record of all incidents. He set out the measures that would be implemented including all bar staff would be trained in responsible alcohol retailing after four weeks of being employed. Plastic or polycarbonate drinkware would be used. Staff would be trained in Challenge 21. A written drugs policy is to be kept on the premises, regular toilet checks would be made, suspicious activity would be reported, as well as signage displayed around the premises making customers aware of the drugs policy. All drugs would be stored in a locked box and handed over to Merseyside Police. All incidents of crime would be reported to Merseyside Police as well as a log book being kept and provided to Merseyside Police upon request.  Staff training records would be made available to Merseyside Police. All entertainment beyond background music would cease at 12 midnight with the exception of New Years’ Eve.

The Environmental Health Operations Manager addressed the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.