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 378 5029 after the hearing.

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of the Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED – Cllr. G Hyde was elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

2.

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 refusal of inspection of documents.

3.

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 was no exempt information.

4.

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, supplementary information had been received in respect of Agenda Item 6 – Café/Bar 68, Otley Road, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 8AH. This information had been published to the council’s website and distributed to interested parties.

5.

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 made.

6.

Application for the grant of a premises licence for Cafe/Bar 68 Otley Road, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 8AH pdf icon PDF 114 KB

To receive the report of the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration on an application for the grant of a premises licence, made by Mr Gareth Abraham, for Cafe/Bar 68 Otley Road, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 8AH.

 

(Report attached)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Further to Minute 7 of Licensing Sub Committee held on 14th November 2017, this was the reconvening of the hearing for an application for the grant of a Premises Licence for Café/ Bar 68 Otley Road, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 8AH made by Mr Gareth Abraham.

 

The previous meeting had been adjourned due to the applicant being required to provide additional information to support the application. The applicant had been asked to provide further details of the work to sound proof the premises and provide a floor plan. This information had been provided as supplementary information which had been published to the Council’s website and distributed to interested parties. However, Mr Hajiani who had sent in a representation of objection and attended the previous meeting indicated that he had not received the information. Members allowed time for Mr Hajiani to read through the information before proceeding.

 

Mr Abraham informed the Members that since the previous meeting he had now got a name for the premises which was Tap and Growler.

 

Mr Abraham had brought a friend to support him, Mr Les Hall. Mr Hall informed the Members that he held a premises licence.

 

Mr Hall spoke on behalf of Mr Abraham saying that information requested had now been supplied.

 

Members heard that it was proposed that the premises would be used for a craft beer café which would hold less than 50 people, that there would be no food production, no DJ’s or live music, nothing to generate excessive noise. Members also heard that the ante shop lent itself to sound proofing with the use of acoustic insulation to alleviate leakage upwards. Members were also informed that the specific noise issue of the door was to be remedied immediately with the addition of a new door.

 

Mr Hall said that Mr Abraham wanted to put up lighting and CCTV to the rear of the premises for safety and that he would not be using the rear of the premises only as a fire exit.

 

In response to Members questions in relation to a smoking area Mr Hall said that Mr Abraham had put in an application to the Planning Department to allow smoking to the front of the premises. At the time of the hearing the applicant had not heard from the Planning Department.

 

It was noted by the Members that Mr Abraham intended to purchase a retractable canopy to the front of the premises to alleviate the smoke rising upwards should he get planning permission to use the front of the premises for a smoking area. Mr Abraham explained that he would keep the front of the premises clean and tidy.

 

 It was noted that deliveries would take place between 9:00am and 5:00pm and that no recycling of bottles would take place after 7:00pm.

 

Mr Abraham explained that he would be soundproofing the premises as per the Environmental Protection Team Guidance and was considering them doing the work. The guidance suggested sound proofing to 60 decibels.

 

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7.

Application for the grant of a premises licence for Shell Pool Bridge Pool Road, Pool In Wharfedale, Otley, LS21 1EQ pdf icon PDF 117 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration on an application for the grant of a premises licence, made by Shell UK Oil Products Limited, for Shell Pool Bridge Pool Road, Pool In Wharfedale, Otley, LS21 1EQ.

 

(Report attached)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration presented a report for an application for the grant of a premises licence, made by Shell UK Oil Products Limited, for Shell Pool Bridge Pool Road, Pool-in Wharfedale, Otley, LS21 1EQ.

 

Members noted that representations had been received from Leeds City Council’s Development Department and Leeds City Councils Environmental Protection Team in their capacity as responsible authority. The representations were at Appendix C and D of the submitted report.

 

Members were advised that the licensing authority was in receipt of the tree ward councillor objections, an objection on behalf of the parish council and 14 individual letters of objection, all of which were opposed to this application on the grounds of public nuisance. Redacted copies of the representations were to be found at Appendix E of the submitted report.

 

Members were informed that there had been a petrol station at the site previously which had been demolished. This petrol station had been licensed for sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises, between the hours of 06:00 and 22:00.

 

Members were informed that this application was for the sale of alcohol for consumption both on and off the premises everyday between the hours of 00:00 to 23:59 and for late night refreshment everyday between 23:00 to 05:00 hours.

 

Attending the hearing were Mr Corrigan of Lockett and Co for Shell UK Oil Products Limited and Barrister Leo Charalambides.

 

Mr Charalambides addressed the Licensing Sub Committee saying that the applicant wished to amend the application for the grant of a Premises Licence as per that granted by Planning Department for the following times:-

Monday to Saturday 07:00 to 22:00

Sunday    08:00 to 22:00

 

He went on to say that the applicant was withdrawing the application for night refreshment. 

 

Officers from Leeds City Council’s Development Department and Environmental Protection Team informed Members that as per the amendments the representations of Leeds city Council’s Development Department and Environmental Protection Team were withdrawn.

 

Cllr. B Anderson was at the hearing and he also withdrew his representation as per the amendments to the application.

 

RESOLVED – To grant the Premises Licence as amended.