Agenda and minutes

  RESOLVED -  Councillor Downes was elected Chair for the meeting

  RESOLVED -  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated exempt on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information so designated as follows:

a)  Appendices B, C and E of the report and supplementary documents referred to in minute 258 both in terms of Regulation 14 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearing Regulations 2005) and the Licensing Procedure Rules, and on the grounds that it is not in the public interest to disclose the contents as the information therein pertains to an individual and that person would not reasonably expect their personal information or discussions thereon to be in the public domain; and

b)  The Sub Committee also noted that the press and public would be excluded from that part of the hearing where Members deliberate the application as it is in the public interest to allow the Members to have full and frank debate on the matter, as allowed under the provisions of the Licensing Procedure Rules

  There were no formal late items, however Members were in receipt of supplementary written information in respect of the application (minute 258 refers) and a memory stick had been provided by the applicant to view images from a CCTV camera at Tails and Spirits.  West Yorkshire Police had also provided visual images extracted from the memory stick

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

  There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests

To consider the report of the Head of Licensing and Registration on an application to transfer a premises licence held by Tails and Spirits, 4 Sovereign Place, Leeds, LS1 4SP to specify Miss Joanna Tomlins as the licence holder.

  The Sub Committee considered an application for the transfer of a premises licence for Tails and Spirits, 4 Sovereign Place LS1, made under Section 42 of the Licensing Act 2003.  The application had attracted representations from West Yorkshire Police (WYP)

  Present at the hearing were:

  Miss Tomlins – Proposed licence holder

  Mr Tate – Proposed designated premises supervisor

  Mr Shalo – Co-tenant of Tails and Spirits

  Mr Ramby – Marketing

  Mr Rollinson – Audio contractor

  Sgt Shaw – WYP

  Mr Patterson – WYP

  Ms Longfellow – Licensing Enforcement Officer

  At the start of the meeting, Miss Tomlins indicated she had not received the papers for the meeting, although she had received some of the information, albeit not in the agenda pack compiled for the meeting.  A short adjournment was allowed to enable Miss Tomlins to read the information.  Following this and with the agreement of Miss Tomlins, the Sub Committee continued to consider the application

  Miss Tomlins informed Members that many of the objections to the application raised by WYP referred to another premises, La Boheme, (run by Mr Shalo) - now closed -  which she had not been involved in the day to day running of and could not respond to the concerns raised about those premises

  As a Co-tenant of the lease for Tails and Spirits she had brought in an experienced person – Ryan Tate – who was applying to be the DPS to run the premises.  Although not working full-time at the premises, due to other work and childcare commitments, Miss Tomlins would have regular contact with Mr Tate to discuss issues

  Reference was made to an incident which occurred at the premises on its opening night, where the report of an assault had been made to British Transport Police (BTP) and that although Mr Tate has not witnessed the incident, Mr Shalo had and provided BTP with an account of the incident

  Regarding the provision of sheesha on the premises, although the Deputy Manager had indicated on an enforcement visit that this was taken to patrons’ tables, this had in fact been provided free for use outside when a sum of £10 was spent at the bar but was no longer offered.  Miss Tomlins advised that the Deputy Manager was by nature nervous of the police

  Concerning the sale of alcohol beyond permitted hours, this had occurred when the clocks had changed to British Summer Time; that the bar had been busy; that time had run away with the staff and that it was accepted that a mistake had been made and that it would not occur again

  Miss Tomlins advised that she did not have a copy of the licence for the premises and stated that she wanted to work with the police and the Council

  In response to questions from the Panel, Miss Tomlins outlined how the licensing objectives would be promoted and provided information on the security measures at the premises, included Check 25 and membership of Pubwatch.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 255.

To consider the report of the Head of Licensing and Registration on an application to vary a premises licence held by Tails and Spirits 4 Sovereign Place, Leeds LS1 4SP to specify Mr Ryan Tate as the designated premises supervisor.

  In view of the decision to reject the application for the transfer of a premises licence at Tails and Spirits, 4 Sovereign Place LS1, this application was not considered by the Sub Committee