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

1.

Election of the Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That Councillor Downes was elected 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 were no exempt items.

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 late items.

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.

6.

Application to vary a premises licence held by The Thomas Osbourne Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 1AP. pdf icon PDF 97 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registrations on an application to vary a premises licence, made by The Craft Union Pub Company Ltd, for The Thomas Osbourne Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 1AP.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

This was an application to vary a premises licence held by the Thomas Osbourne Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 1AP. The application was made by The Craft Union Pub Company Ltd. Representations had been received from Health and Safety, Environmental Protection Team and West Yorkshire Police in their capacity as a responsible authority.

 

Prior to the hearing measures had been agreed with Health and Safety and West Yorkshire Police.

 

The representation from the Environmental Protection Team was still a matter for Members consideration.

 

The Licensing Officer informed the Sub-Committee of the history of the premises which included:

·  6th May 2011 an application for a premises licence this was granted.

·  25th October 2011 a minor variation was applied for structural alterations this was granted.

·  13th November 2012 a minor variation application was applied for to change a condition relating to door men, this was granted.

·  8th January 2016 a minor variation for structural alterations was applied for and granted.

·  15th June 2016 a variation application was submitted to extend the hours for sale by retail of alcohol, films, live and recorded music, late night refreshment and to remove and add conditions.

·  There have been various Designated Premises Supervisors and licence transfer applications submitted

 

The applicant The Craft Union Pub Company Ltd had applied to extend the hours of sale by retail of alcohol, films, live, and recorded music to 10:00 to 00:00 Sundays to Thursdays and 10:00 to 01:00 Fridays and Saturdays. Late night refreshment 23:00-00:00 Sundays to Thursdays and 23:00 -01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. They also wished to remove and add certain conditions.

 

In attendance at the hearing were Richard Taylor of Gosschalks Solicitors and Liz Davies of The Craft Union Pub Company Ltd.

 

Mr Taylor informed the Members that The Craft Union Pub Company currently operate 67 pubs. They had had the Thomas Osbourne since November 2015 and had had no problems. He said that they were only applying for an extra 30 minutes Sunday to Thursday and an extra hour at the weekends.

 

He went on to inform the Sub-Committee that the pub had used Temporary Event Notices (TEN’s) to date with 02:00am as the terminal hour for St Patrick’s Day and bank holidays. He said that no complaints had been received from local residents and this was due to the policies and operation of Liz Davies. He went on to explain that the DPS does not work behind the bar on Fridays or Saturdays but worked the floor dealing with any issues that may occur and said that the dispersal policy used was good.

 

Mr Taylor drew Members attention to page 18 of the agenda which the Environmental Protection Team had highlighted that they had received no complaints from local residents.

 

In response to questions from Members in relation to the use of the TEN’s Ms Davies informed the Members that no new clientele had been admitted entry after 01:00am when open till 02:00am.

 

Ms Davies informed the Members that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.

Application to vary a premises licence held by Queen Hotel, Queen Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8DW pdf icon PDF 100 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration on an application to vary a premises licence, made by The Craft Union Pub Company Ltd, for Queen Hotel Queen Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8DW.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

This item was withdrawn prior to the date of the hearing.

8.

Application for the grant of a premises licence for Ireland Wood Post Office 72 Otley Old Road, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 6LQ pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration this is an application for the grant of a premises licence, made by Mr Sukhvir Singh Sandhu, for Ireland Wood Post Office 72 Otley Old Road, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 6LQ.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

This was an application for the grant of a premises licence made by Mr Sukhvir Singh Sandhu, for Ireland Wood Post Office 72 Otley Old Road, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 6LQ.

 

The application had attracted representations from other persons and a ward member.

 

Members were informed that this was the first application for these premises and that Mr Sandhu the applicant was the proposed designated premises supervisor.

 

The application was for the sale of alcohol everyday 06:00 until 23:00, no non-standard timings for bank holidays or special occasions were applied for.

 

Members noted that the operating schedule had been amended to include the measures agreed with West Yorkshire Police. A copy of the agreement was listed at appendix C of the submitted report.

 

Representations had been received from other persons in the form of a petition.

 

Mr Sandhu the applicant and his wife were present at the hearing. Mr Sandhu addressed the Su-Committee informing them that he welcomed the petition as it showed that the community cared about the area that they lived.

 

He explained to the Members that the Post Office network was going through a restructure and as part of the restructure, the Post Office was widening the retail aspect to sell general groceries such as fresh fruit and vegetables, milk and bread and it was hoped that alcohol would be part of the general provisions.

 

He said that by widening the services provided at the Post Office, it would give the opportunity for the post office services to survive and that the post office needed to adapt to become sustainable.

 

He informed the Sub-Committee that this model had been tried in other areas and proved to be successful. He had confidently passed the Post Office regulations and had invested in the new business which he expected to open in October.

 

Mr Sandhu said that currently the post office closed at 5:30pm. He said that he would ensure that there was no litter outside the premises and would adhere to the signed agreement with West Yorkshire Police.

 

He had installed a high specification CCTV which was mounted both inside and outside the premises with a TV screen in the premises which would act as a deterrent.

 

Challenge 25 would be in use at the premises.

 

He did not consider that the area was high risk with the police sub-station located within the boundaries.

 

He said that he had experience in the retail business.

 

He informed the Members that traffic and parking was already an issue prior to him buying the business.

 

In response to Members he informed them that he would hope to sell the full range of alcohol, wine, beer and spirits and that it would form approximately 35% of the retail business.

 

A local resident Mr Loganathan who had set up the petition was in attendance at the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

He informed the Sub-Committee that he had lived in the area for 4 years recently there had been robberies and a lot  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.