Agenda and minutes

Resolved - That Councillor P Vickers be and he is hereby appointed chairman for the meeting.

There were no declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal or Personal and Prejudicial interest.  No lobbying was declared.

The Director: Operations submitted a report advising members of an application for the grant of a premises licence at Nasza Bidronka, 88-90 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe.

Details of the application were outlined in the report, together with the application for the grant of a premises licence and representations received from the council’s Trading Standards department, Humberside Police and an Interested Party.

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:

Ø  To refuse to grant the licence.

Ø  To grant the licence with additional conditions.

Ø  To grant the licence without additional conditions.

Ø  To grant the licence but restrict the licensable activities.

Ø  To grant the licence with restricted times

The applicant was not in attendance.  However, a representatives from Humberside Police and the council’s Trading Standards department 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 – The Licensing (Activities) Sub–Committee carefully listened to the verbal representations made by Humberside Police and the council’s Trading Standards department, who had both objected to the application for the grant of a premises licence at Nasza Bidronka 88-90 Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe.  The Sub-Committee also read the substantial documentation contained within the agenda bundle, which included the application for a premises licence, witness statements, photographs and representations as to illegal activity taking place at the premises submitted by Humberside Police and the council’s Trading Standards department respectively.

The submissions made by Humberside Police emphasised that, in their opinion, the applicant had no regard for promoting the licensing objectives, particularly the prevention of crime and disorder.  This assertion was due to the proposed designated supervisor also being the sole director of the limited company that had applied for the licence, and who had overseen the premises and been present when Humberside Police had undertaken searches and seizures at the premises.  The most recent search was on the 11^th February 2021 where Humberside Police seized a large number or counterfeit and/or non-duty cigarettes.  At the time the search was undertaken the proposed designated supervisor was found to be standing behind the counter and told the police officers that he ran the shop and leased the business.  However, he was unable to provide details as to who the landlord was or what there contact details were.

Humberside Police further submitted that there was significant history of criminal activities at the premises in respect of the sale of illicit and illegal tobacco which had continued whilst the applicant and its proposed designated supervisor has been in charge of the business.  Therefore, Humberside Police made strong recommendations that the application be refused as they had no confidence that should a licence be granted the applicant, or the proposed designated supervisor would promote the licensing objectives.

The Sub-Committee also listened to the verbal representation made  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1748.

There were no urgent items for consideration at the meeting.