Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED – That Cllr. Wilkinson be elected 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 Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

There were no appeals against refusal 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.

There were no formal late items.

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.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests.

To consider a report by the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration which sets out details of an application for the grant of a premises licence for “Nest/Gene” at 1 Silver Lane, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7ZX.

(Report attached)

The report of the Head of Elections, Licensing and Registration requested Members to consider an application for the grant of a premises licence made by Follow The Golden Rule Limited, for Nest /Gene 1 Silver Lane, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7ZX.

Members were informed of the following points:

·  This was a first application for a premises licence for these premises;

·  The proposed designated premises supervisor was Mr David Watson the applicant;

·  The proposal for the premises was for a cocktail led bar with food offering; 

·  The application asked for recorded music and sale of alcohol;

o  Sunday to Thursday 11:00 to 23:00

o  Friday and Saturday 11:00 to midnight

In response to the Licensing Officers question it was noted that no food would be served after 11:00pm.

Members noted that West Yorkshire Police had made a representation in their capacity as a responsible authority. However, negotiations with the applicant prior to the hearing resulted in measures being agreed and the representation being withdrawn. The agreement was attached at Appendix C of the submitted report.

Representations had also been received from members of the public their redacted representations were included at Appendix D of the submitted report Mr and Mrs Wray who had submitted a representation were present at the hearing.

The applicant Mr Watson and his representative Mr Whur attended the hearing.

Prior to the commencement of the hearing, Mr Whur sought to include additional late items namely a branding document and images of what the bar would look like and style ideas. As not all parties had attended the hearing, Mr Whur needed the permission of the Committee for these to be adduced as evidence. Mr Wray confirmed he had no objection, though he informed the Committee that the documents he had seen did not alleviate his concerns about the premises.  The Committee resolved to accept the late items and considered them before the hearing commenced.

Mr Whur provided the sub-committee with an employment history of the applicant explaining that Mr Watson had been employed at various bars since the age of 18 progressing from bar staff to the position of Manager. It was noted that he had managed some of the livelier bars in the city including bars located on Call Lane.

Mr Whur informed Members that Mr Watson had recently become a father and now wished to open a family styled business closer to home. Mr Whur said that this was not a venture by a large organisation but that Mr Watson was using his own money and therefore he had a vested interest in the premises being a success. The premises were located on the high street and had previously been a bank, Mr Whur was of the view that the application was modest in its request for licensable activities which were similar to other premises located nearby.

It was explained that the name ‘Nest’ was how Mr Watson wanted the premises to feel with a comfortable local family friendly feel. It was proposed that the premises  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.