Meeting documents

Licensing (Activities) Sub-Committee
Monday 7th December 2015

Chairman: To be appointed
Venue: The Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe
Time: 10 am

AGENDA

1. Appointment of Chairman.

2. Declarations of personal or personal and prejudicial interests, and significant contact with applicants, objectors or third parties (lobbying), if any.

3. Licensing Act 2003 – Notice of Hearing

(i) Application to vary a premises licence at the Boozemaster, 149-153 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe DN15 7JR

4. Any other items which the chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances which must be specified.

MINUTES

PRESENT: – Councillors Clark, Grant and K Vickers.

The sub-committee met at the Civic Centre, Scunthorpe.

1292 CHAIRMAN – Resolved – That Councillor K Vickers be and he is hereby appointed chairman for the meeting.

Councillor K Vickers thereupon took the chair.

1293 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS, PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS AND SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH APPLICANTS, OBJECTORS OR THIRD PARTIES (LOBBYING) - There were no declarations of pecuniary interests or personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

1294 (28) LICENSING ACT 2003 - APPLICATION FOR THE VARIATION OF A premises licence, Boozemaster, 149-153 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe – The Director of Places submitted a report advising members of an application for the variation of a premises licence at Boozemaster, 149-153 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe.

Details of the application were outlined in the report, together with the application for the variation of the premises licence, a letter from the Licensing Authority, a letter from the Director of Public Health, an email received from Humberside Police, an email received from Environmental Health (Commercial), a letter from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, one letter of objection from an interested party and a location map.

The Director in his report reminded the sub-committee that the options available to it under the Licensing Act 2003 when considering such applications were:

  • To refuse to vary the licence
  • To vary the licence with additional conditions
  • To vary the licence without additional conditions
  • To vary the licence but restrict the licensable activities
  • To vary the licence with restricted times

The agent for the applicant, a representative of the Licensing Authority and a representative from Environmental Health, (Commercial) addressed the sub-committee and responded to questions.

Following the summary of the case, the meeting was adjourned for deliberation by members and then reconvened when the decision of the sub-committee was stated as follows: –

Resolved - That the licence be varied, as applied for, subject to the inclusion of the following conditions -

Condition 1

That the applicant modifies the application for sale of alcohol and opening times from 24 hours Monday to Sunday to 05:00 hours to 00:00hrs Monday to Sunday.

This is to adhere to the prevention of crime and disorder licensing objective.

Condition 2

That the conditions in relation to CCTV, set out in appendix C of the agenda bundle as agreed with the applicant and Licensing Authority be adhered to and incorporated within the premises licence.

This is to deter crime and disorder taking place at the premises as well as ensuring the safety of the public, and to adhere to the prevention of crime and disorder licensing objective and the protection of children from harm licensing objective.

Condition 3

The licence holder shall ensure that all staff selling alcohol shall be trained in licensing law. A log of all the training shall be monitored at the premises and shall be kept at the premises at all times.

This is to prevent the sale of alcohol to those that are under age in accordance with the licensing law and to adhere to the prevention of crime and disorder licensing objective and the protection of children from harm licensing objective.

Condition 4

That the conditions in relation to a challenge 25 Policy set out in appendix C of the agenda bundle as agreed with the applicant and the Licensing Authority be adhered to and incorporated into the premises licence.

This is to prevent the sale of alcohol to those that are under age in accordance with the licensing law and to adhere to the prevention of crime and disorder licensing objective and the protection of children from harm licensing objective.

Reports