Agenda and draft minutes

Resolved- That Councillor K Vickers be and he was hereby appointed chairman for the meeting.

Councillor H Rayner declared a personal interest in Minute 1989 as she was an acquaintance of the applicants mother.

The Director: Communities submitted a report advising members of an application for the grant of a premises licence at The Paint Shop, 253-255 Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, DN16 2SD.  Details of the application were outlined in the report, together with the application for the grant of a premises licence and representations received from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, the council’s Environmental Protection division, Humberside Police and six representations received from residents.

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

·        To refuse to grant the licence.

·        To grant the licence with additional conditions

·        To grant the licence without additional conditions.

·        To grant the licence but restrict the licensable activities.

·        To grant the licence with restricted times.

The applicant and two local residents addressed the sub-committee and responded to questions.

Following clarification on matters raised by the council’s Licensing Officer and the summary of each case, the meeting was adjourned for deliberation by members, with the sub-committee decision communicated to all parties in writing, stating the following decision –

Resolved – The Licensing (Activities) Sub-Committee carefully considered all the information contained within the agenda bundle as well as the representations made by the applicant at the hearing and the interested parties, taking into account the statutory guidance under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 and the Council’s Licensing Policy.  The Sub-Committee agreed that the premises licence be granted as applied for subject to the inclusion of the following conditions:

1.    That all the conditions proposed by the applicant, listed in the agenda documentation between sections 7 and 11 be incorporated within the premises licence.

2.    Staff training shall be given to all staff authorised to sell alcohol at the premises. Such training shall be documented and recorded in a book/folder kept solely for that purpose.  It shall record the date and names of those trained and the person providing it.  All present shall sign the book.  The frequency of the training shall be on initial employment and annually thereafter. The training shall cover all aspects of the responsible sale of alcohol - Licensing objectives, age verification, how to detect proxy sales, consequences of underage sales, serving to drunks and conflict management.  The book will be available to be viewed on demand by a person under the direction and control of the Chief Constable or an Authorised Officer of North Lincolnshire Council.

3.    CCTV to be installed at the premises, specifically -

a)    Warning signs shall be displayed stating CCTV is in operation at the premises.

b)    There shall be cameras to cover those areas that are not easily supervised from the bar including outside areas where itis intended to conduct licensable activities.

c)    A monitor shall be placed in such a position so as to be viewed by staff working in the sales area of the premises.

d)    The system must be capable of continuously recording in colour, providing real time pictures of evidential quality  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2011.

There was no urgent business for consideration at the meeting.