Agenda and minutes

To seek nominations for the election for the position of Chair.

RESOLVED – To elect Cllr Hutchison as the Chair for the duration of the meeting.

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 and Scrutiny Support at least 24 hours before the meeting)

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

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.

There were no exempt items.

Supplementary information in relation to agenda item 6 - Application for the grant of a premises licence for New Dock Hall - Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LTand agenda item 7 - Application for the grant of a premises licence for Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LT had been circulated to all interested parties prior to the hearing date.

There was one formal late item which was added to the agenda as item 8 for a  Temporary Event Notice for Premier Banqueting Premier Banqueting, Stoney Rock Lane, Burmantofts, Leeds, LS9 7TZ

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

No declarations of interests were made at the meeting.

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory on an application for the grant of a premises licence made by Board of Trustees of The Armouries, for New Dock Hall - Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LT.

The report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory presented an application for the grant of a premises licence made by Board of Trustees of The Armouries, for New Dock Hall - Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LT.

In attendance for the hearing were:

·  Ben Williams of Kings Chambers – applicant’s representative

·  Ben Campbell – Venue Director, Royal Armouries

·  James Parker – DLA Piper

The Legal Officer outlined the procedure for the hearing.

The Licensing Officer presented the application, providing the following information:

·  The application was made to replace a lapsed premises licence. The premises had held a premises licence since November 2005 until the licence holder Royal Armouries (International) Plc., had been dissolved on 20^th September 2022. With no application to transfer the licence within the statutory 28 day period, the licence ceased to have effect with no option for it to be reinstated.

·  The application was for:

o  Sale of Alcohol every day 09:00-01:00

o  Plays, films, indoor sporting events, boxing and wrestling, live music, recorded music, performance of dance and anything of a similar description every day 09:00-01:00

o  Late night refreshment every day 23:00 01:00

o  Non-standard timings on New Year’s Eve from 09:00 to the end of hours on New Year’s Day.

·  A redacted copy of the application was appended to the submitted report at Appendix A. The applicant proposed to promote the licensing objectives by taking steps identified in Section M of the application. It was noted that the hours for activity differed from those in the application, as the applicant had amended the operating schedule following submission of the application by email which was attached to the report at Appendix B.

·  A map identifying the location of the premises was attached at Appendix C.

·  Representations had been received from Environmental Protection Team and West Yorkshire Police. However, negotiations had taken place with both responsible authorities and the operating schedule had been amended to include the measures agreed with both Environmental Protection Team and West Yorkshire Police. Copies of the agreements were appended to the report at Appendices D and E.

·  The application had attracted representations from members of the public opposed to the application on the grounds of public nuisance. Concerns had been expressed that they may be at risk of retribution should their details be made public. Therefore, personal details had been redacted and they were to remain anonymous. For this reason, they did not attend the hearing and requested that their representations be considered fully in their absence. Redacted copies of the representations were attached to the submitted report at Appendix F.

Mr Williams addressed the Sub Committee providing the following information:

·  He was of the view that it was a shame the residents had not attended the hearing as he thought they would have taken comfort in the changes being made. He explained that the Royal Armouries (International) Plc. had not gone into administration but had been dissolved which had brought new faces and a ‘new  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

The report of the Chief Officer presents an application for the grant of a premises licence made by Board of Trustees of The Armouries, for Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LT.

The report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory requested Member’s consideration on an application for the grant of a premises licence for Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LT.

In attendance for the hearing were:

·  Mr Ben Williams of Kings Chambers – Representing the applicant

·  Mr Ben Campbell – Venue Director – Royal Armouries

·  Mr James Parker – DLA Piper

The Licensing Officer presented the application providing the following information:

·  The application was made to replace a lapsed premises licence. The premises had held a premises licence since November 2005 until the licence holder Royal Armouries (International) Plc., had been dissolved on 20^th September 2022. With no application to transfer the licence within the statutory 28 day period, the licence ceased to have effect with no option for it to be reinstated.

·  The application was for:

o  Sale of Alcohol every day 09:00-01:00

o  Plays, films, indoor sporting events, boxing and wrestling, live music, recorded music, performance of dance and anything of a similar description every day 09:00-01:00

o  Late night refreshment every day 23:00 01:00

o  Non-standard timings on New Year’s Eve from 09:00 to the end of hours on New Year’s Day.

·  A redacted copy of the application was appended to the submitted report at Appendix A. The applicant proposed to promote the licensing objectives by taking steps identified in Section M of the application. It was noted that the hours for activity differed from those in the application, as the applicant had amended the operating schedule following submission of the application by email which was attached to the report at Appendix B.

·  A map identifying the location of the premises was attached at Appendix C.

·  Representations had been received from Environmental Protection Team and West Yorkshire Police. However, negotiations had taken place with both responsible authorities and the operating schedule had been amended to include the measures agreed with both Environmental Protection Team and West Yorkshire Police. Copies of the agreements were appended to the report at Appendices D and E.

·  The application had attracted representations from members of the public opposed to the application on the grounds of public nuisance. Concerns had been expressed that they may be at risk of retribution should their details be made public. Therefore, personal details had been redacted and they were to remain anonymous. For this reason, they did not attend the hearing and requested that their representations be considered fully in their absence. Redacted copies of the representations were attached to the submitted report at Appendix F.

Mr Williams advised the Sub Committee that his submission was the same as for the previous application referred to in Minute 6 – Application for the grant of a premises licence for the New Dock Hall- Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1LT.

Responding to a further question from the Members, Mr Campbell said the number of events up to the pandemic were between 395 and 420. It was his ambition to increase the number  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

To consider the report of the Chief Officer, Elections and Regulatory, seeking consideration of a Temporary Event Notice for Premier Banqueting, Stoney Rock Lane, Burmantofts, Leeds, LS9 7TZ.

This was a late item added to the agenda as Item 8.

The report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory advised the Licensing Sub Committee of a Temporary Event Notice for Premier Banqueting Suite Stoney Rock Lane, Burmantofts, Leeds.LS9 7TZ.

In attendance for the hearing were:

·  Elizabeth Hebbert – Environmental Protection Team

·  Merita Kasa – Proposed premises user

·  Olsi Kasa – Proposed premises user’s Husband

The Legal Officer set out the procedure for the hearing.

The Licensing Officer presented the application providing the following information:

·  Members were advised that a temporary event notice had been received and that Leeds City Council’s Environmental Protection Team had served an objection notice on the grounds of public nuisance.

·  The proposed premises user was Merita Kasa and a copy of the temporary event notice was attached to the submitted report at Appendix A.

·  The temporary event notice was for:

o  Sale of alcohol

o  Provision of late night refreshment

o  Regulated entertainment

o  From 20:00 hours on Sunday 1^st January 2023 to 01:00 on Monday 2^nd January 2023.

·  A map showing the location of the premises was appended to the report at Appendix B.

·  Members were advised that there was no premises licence in force for these premises.

·  West Yorkshire Police and LCC Environmental Protection Team had each received a copy of the notice. Environmental Protection Team considered that allowing the premises to be used in the manner set out in the temporary event notice would undermine the prevention of public nuisance licensing objective and issued an objection notice, this was appended to the submitted report at Appendix C.

The Environmental Protection Officer explained that the premises had a long history of complaints over the past 10 years. The first complaint this year had been in January 2022. The Officer said that she had been working on complaints in relation to the premises since April 2022.

The owner of the premises had been provided with advice in relation to reducing noise nuisance and had been served a noise abatement notice on 27^th July 2022.This had been served in relation to:

·  Playing of loud music

·  Noise of patrons on entering and exiting the premises.

·  Car horns and vehicle engines idling.

Work had been undertaken with the venue and there were signs of gradual improvements. During discussions with a manager in Environmental Protection it has been suggested that as part of the terms and conditions for the venue that music should be turned off at 11pm.

There were concerns in relation to this event as the finish time was requested as 01:00am, there was a request for live music and there would be approximately 300 people attending the event. Environmental Protection were concerned that complaints would be received from residents who live close by in relation to noise from patrons leaving the premises, noise of vehicles and of loud music.

The Officer informed the Sub Committee that noise recording equipment had been used at the premises for previous events due to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.