Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

Contact: Governance Services  Copies of the full report with appendices are available on request from the clerk. For details of the new premises licence please contact Entertainment Licensing on 0113 2474095 after the hearing.

Items
No. Item

39.

Election of the Chair

Minutes:

  Councillor Hyde was elected Chair of the meeting

 

 

40.

Late Items

To identify any applications as late items of business which have been admitted to the agenda for consideration

 

 (the special circumstances shall be identified in the minutes)

 

Minutes:

  There were no formal late items, however the applicant’s legal representative sought to submit additional information on the measures to be taken to ensure that the activities proposed did not add to the impact already being experienced in the area.  With the agreement of the Chair, this information was circulated to all parties .  Members were also provided with large-scale drawings of the internal layout of the premises

 

 

41.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

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.

 

Minutes:

  There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests

 

 

42.

"One Stop" - Application to Vary a Premises Licence at One Stop, 265 Hyde Park Road, Woodhouse LS6 1AG pdf icon PDF 69 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Licensing and Registration on an application to vary the Premises Licence currently held at the premises known as “One Stop”, 265 Hyde Park Road, Woodhouse LS6 1AG

Additional documents:

Minutes:

  The Sub-Committee, having regard to the Licensing Act 2003, the Section 182 Guidance and the Authority’s own Statement of Licensing Policy, considered an application to vary a premises licence in respect of One Stop Stores Ltd, for One Stop 265 Hyde Park Road Woodhouse LS6, which was located in an area covered by a Cumulative Impact Policy (CIP)

  Representations had been received from West Yorkshire Police, Leeds City Council Entertainment Licensing, a local Ward Member and members of the public

  Present at the hearing were:

 

  Ms Cochrane – applicant’s legal representative

  Ms Marklew – Trading Law Manager for One Stop

  Mr Akroyd – Area Manager for One Stop

  Mr Patterson – West Yorkshire Police

  Sgt Shaw – West Yorkshire Police

  Ms Sanderson – West Yorkshire Police

  Ms Holden – Leeds City Council Entertainment Licensing

  Councillor Akhtar – Ward Member

Ms Buckle – local resident and Chair of South Headingley Community Association

Rev Powley – local resident and member of St Augustine’s Church Wrangthorn

 

  The Sub-Committee heard from Ms Cochrane on behalf of the applicant who stated there were three aspects to the application; one being an amendment to the plan of the premises; the removal of the embedded restriction for Christmas Day and finally an extension to the opening hours for 24 hour opening to enable flexibility, especially during term time

  As the premises were in an area covered by a CIP, measures were in place to ensure the additional hours, if granted, would not add to the pressures in the area.  Details of these measures were provided and included provision of CCTV; operation of Challenge 25; operation of a staff safe system and extensive training.  Furthermore, a good manager was in place at the store; it was well run and was acknowledged locally as an asset to the area

  Reference was also made to statistics indicating that alcohol-related crime was reducing year on year; that no specific evidence had been submitted to show that the store contributed to crime and disorder in the area and the good working relationship which existed between the store and the local police was highlighted

  The fact that the Licensing Act enabled a Licence to be reviewed if the Licensing objectives were not being met was also pointed out to Members

  In response to questions from the Sub-Committee, Ms Cochrane stated that One Stop was willing to alter the CCTV equipment to show the outside of the premises if that was required and in respect of concerns raised about litter and drunkenness outside the premises, Members were informed that regular sweeps and litter picks were undertaken; that staff were well trained and would contact the police if there were instances of anti-social behaviour.  Regarding noise and disturbance, to help address this issue, Ms Marklew offered to put up a sign reminding patrons leaving the premises to do so quietly.  An ‘open door’ policy in respect of complaints or concerns could be offered to enable residents to raise any concerns

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