The Democratic Services Officer confirmed that the sub-committee would comprise Councillors G Saffery, Saunders and Wenham.

The sub-committee was asked to elect a Chair for the hearing.

RESOLVED –

That Councillor Wenham be elected Chair for this hearing.

There were no disclosures of interest.

The Chair, Councillor Wenham, welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked all present to introduce themselves.

The Chair invited the Senior Licensing Officer to introduce the report.

The Senior Licensing Officer delivered his report to the sub-committee.

The Chair thanked the officer and invited the sub-committee membership to ask the Senior Licensing Officer questions, there were no questions.  The Chair then asked both the applicant and the Senior Solicitor if they had questions, neither did.

The Chair then invited the applicant’s representative to address the sub-committee.

The regional manager of Tim Hortons, Amrit Singh, introduced himself to the sub-committee.  He stated that he wanted to help the local community, especially those who worked late while also providing more employment and opportunities for staff to earn money and support their families.  He stated that community was very important to the company.  He continued to say that the company had been working to make sure the area around the restaurant was clean and carried out litter picking every two hours.  He produced documentation to support this, which showed when staff had carried out cleaning as well as where.  He stated that they had external and internal CCTV to support this and to help prevent or document Anti-Social Behaviour.  He finished by stating that the music inside the restaurant was kept at a very low level and could not be heard outside of the restaurant, he finished by stating that they were keen to not disturb neighbours.

The Chair thanked the applicant and invited questions from the membership, there were no questions.

The Chair then asked Mr. Singh to clarify how often the litter picking in the carpark was carried out.  Mr. Singh responded by saying it was every two hours.  The Chair followed by asking how far out they went with the litter picking.  Mr. Singh stated that they cleared all of the carpark around and to the front of the restaurant, including the bays outside the medical centre.   He went on to state in addition to this they had signs up directing customers to the bins and they had ordered supplementary signage, he produced documentation to support this statement.

The Chair asked the officers if they had any questions.

The Senior Solicitor asked if the applicant’s representative would be happy with the twenty-metre condition listed in the officer’s recommendation.  Mr. Singh stated they would be.

The Senior Licensing Officer clarified that the twenty meters would be a legal minimum, and that there would be no reason to reduce what they were currently doing in terms of clearing rubbish.

Mr. Singh stated that they would not reduce anything they currently did to keep the car park tidy and that they would take that, and further responsibility for Tim Horton’s rubbish.

The Chair then gave Mr. Singh the opportunity to sum up.

Mr. Singh stated that the late night take away was something they wanted for the local community and the local staff.  He went on to say that, Tim Hortons had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20.