The sub-committee received a
report of the Head of Community and Customer Services. The Senior Licensing Officer introduced the
report.
The Senior Licensing Officer
explained that the premises were not currently licensed and that
the application was to allow the shop to trade as an off
licence. He drew the
sub-committee’s attention to the table in paragraph 3.7 of
the report detailing the proposed licensing hours. The premises were located in a residential area
and within a Sensitive Licensing Area.
He explained that
representations had been received from the Licensing Authority and
from a local business – and these were shown at Appendices
Five and Six of the report. He was not
aware of any additional material for the hearing. It was not clear whether the interested party
would be attending, but matters could be determined without their
attendance. As the representations were
valid it would be for the sub-committee to determine what weight it
attached to these representations.
The Senior Licensing Officer
explained that the premises had been licensed previously and the
history of the premises was contained in paragraphs 4.1 to 4.12 of
the report. He advised the
sub-committee that they had to consider the application put before
them today.
The Senior Licensing Officer
informed the sub-committee that the application fell within a
Sensitive Licensing Area under Policy LP4 of the Council’s
Statement of Licensing Policy and of the implications of this,
including that this policy was not a full cumulative impact
policy. He advised the sub-committee
that an operating schedule had been submitted at Appendix Three of
the report with a range of conditions proposed. Conditions were also shown in paragraph 8.4 of the
report with an additional proposed condition from the pool of model
conditions at paragraph 8.8. Members
were not bound by these conditions but could add to or alter these
if they wished.
He concluded by discussing the
process by which the sub-committee should make a decision on the
application.
There were no questions of the
Licensing Officer from members, from the applicant or from the
Council’s solicitor.
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