Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Helen Gray 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.
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Election of the Chair Minutes: Councillor A Khan was elected as Chair.
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Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 25 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 25, 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.
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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.
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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 added to the agenda. However Members received a letter from West Yorkshire Police confirming they had withdrawn their representation.
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Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary and Other 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 -18 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Also to declare any other significant interests which the Member wishes to declare in the public interest, in accordance with paragraphs 19 -20 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.
Minutes: There were no declarations made.
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To consider the report of the Head of Licensing setting out details of an application to vary a premises licence held byCo-operative Group Food Limited at Bradford Road, Tingley, Leeds, WF3 2DJ.
(Report attached) 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 for the grant of a variation of a premises licence for the Co-operative Group Food Limited at Bradford Road, Tingley, Leeds, WF3 2DJ.
A representation had been received from Councillor L Mulherin, however she was not in attendance.
The hearing was attended by the following:
Richard Arnott – Representing the Co-op Kurt Robinson – Manager at the Co-op
Mr Arnott addressed the Sub Committee highlighting that under Section 18 of the Act the representation made by Councillor Mulherin was not a relevant one and fell outside the four licensing objectives and that the application should therefore be dismissed.
Following this Mr Arnott highlighted the record and history of the Co-op in retail and the policies and procedures that are rigorously applied by the organisation, specifically in relation to sales of alcohol to the public. This includes state of the art computerised tills requiring the operator to give careful consideration to a customer’s age.
Mr Arnott also described the lay out of the store and the number of cameras in place to help monitor the sale of alcohol.
It was confirmed to the Sub Committee that out of the 14 staff there would be five personal licence holders which was a high ratio.
Mr Arnott went on to stress that the application was for one extra hour in the morning which reflected the changes in the economy and the changes to peoples working hours over recent years which mean shops need to be more flexible to customer needs.
RESOLVED – That the application be granted subject to the agreements previously reached with West Yorkshire Police being incorporated into the licence. The Sub Committee noted the concerns raised by Councillor L Mulherin the objection apparently based on health grounds. However the application was from a good and responsible retailor.
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