Agenda for Licensing Sub-Committee on Tuesday, 7th April, 2015, 10.00 am

Licensing Sub-Committee - Tuesday, 7th April, 2015 10.00 am

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
108.	Election of the Chair Minutes: RESOLVED – That Councillor Harland be elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.
109.	Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded) (*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting) Minutes: There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.
110.	Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of the Press and Public 1) To highlight reports or appendices which: a) officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report. b) To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information. c) If so, to formally pass the following resolution:- RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of those parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information 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 press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information 2) To note that under the Licensing Procedure rules, the press and the public will be excluded from that part of the hearing where Members will deliberate on each application as it is in the public interest to allow the Members to have a full and frank debate on the matter before them. Minutes: There were no resolutions to exclude the public.
111.	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 was one late item submitted for consideration Agenda Item 7, “ Temporary Event Notice for Back Ash Grove, 61 Victoria Road - Street Party, Hyde Park , Leeds, LS6 1AS”, Minute No 114 refers. However this item was withdrawn from the agenda due to the objections being withdrawn.
112.	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 declaration of pecuniary or other interests.
113.	Application for the grant of a premises licence for Farsley Post Office Town Street, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 SHX PDF 164 KB To consider an application for the grant of a premises licence for Farsley Post Office Town Street, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 SHX Additional documents: Appendix A - PREM1 PREM2 Proforma , item 113. PDF 2 MB Appendix B - Premises in Surrounding Area , item 113. PDF 41 KB Appendix C - Map , item 113. PDF 64 KB Appendix D - WYP agreement , item 113. PDF 122 KB Appendix E - Public Representations 2 (2) , item 113. PDF 85 KB Minutes: Members of the Licensing Sub-Committee were asked to consider an application for the grant of a premises licence for Farsley Post Office, Town Street, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 SHX Representations had been made from members of the public. Present at the hearing were: Mr Johar – Applicant. It was explained to the Applicant that only two Members were present to consider the item, the Applicant confirmed he was happy to proceed on this basis. The Sub-Committee heard from Mr Johar who put forward that he had traded in Farsley for 18 years and had not has any issues with the Police or problems with antisocial behaviour outside his premises during that time. Mr Johar outlined the improvements he had made to the premises with his own money including new counters and better disabled access. It was explained that in order to keep the Post Office open and keep the business viable the Post Office needed to sell other provisions including alcohol. Mr Johar also explained that demand from customers had brought him to seek a licence to sell alcohol. It was confirmed that CCTV would be in place and that a Check 21 policy is operated. Members of the Sub-Committee asked the Applicant about the hours requested to sell alcohol and what expected demand would be. The reasons behind the hours requested was explained to Members. It was also confirmed to Members that the alcohol was in a corner of the shop and could be locked away. RESOLVED – That the application be granted as applied for and detailed within the submitted report.
114.	Temporary Event Notice for Back Ash Grove 61 Victoria Road - Street Party, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1AS PDF 101 KB To consider an application for a Temporary Event Notice for Back Ash Grove 61 Victoria Road - Street Party, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1AS due to the receipt of an objection notice from the Environmental Protection Team. Additional documents: map appendix A , item 114. PDF 319 KB app form appendix B , item 114. PDF 548 KB copy of obj notice EPT appendix C , item 114. PDF 379 KB Minutes: Item withdrawn prior to the commencement of the meeting.