Agenda and draft minutes

RESOLVED:

That Councillor John Kelly be appointed as Chair for this meeting of the Sub-Committee.

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

No declarations of any disclosable pecuniary interests or personal interests were received.

Report of the Assistant Director – Highways and Public Protection

The Sub-Committee considered the report of the Assistant Director of

Highways and Public Protection, regarding an application by Mr Kosakan Ravichandran for the Grant of a Premises Licence in respect of the above

premises as follows:

The sale of alcohol by retail (on and off the premises)

The provision of late-night refreshment

Hours premises to be open to the public

In addition to the matters outlined above, the applicant also wished to vary the Licence to include the following non-standard timings to be applicable for Supply of Alcohol; Late Night Refreshment and Hours premises are open to the public:

One extra hour to 01.00 hours on Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve.

An objection to the application had been received and this necessitated a hearing for which the Sub-Committee had been convened.

The Sub-Committee heard representations from:

• Mr Ian Rushton – on behalf of the applicant, in support of the application;

All parties agreed the issues that were in contention and the procedure that was to be followed.  There were no preliminary issues raised, and at the end of his representation, Mr. Rushton confirmed he was satisfied that he had said all he wished to say.

The Sub-Committee retired under Regulation 14(2) of the Licensing Act (Hearings) Regulations 2005 (as amended) and thereby excluded the press and public whilst they reached their decision on the application.  The Sub-Committee returned to give their decision in public.

RESOLVED:

That the Application for the Grant of a Premises Licence in respect of 4 Tree View Court, Maghull, Liverpool L31 3HF, be granted subject to the conditions set out in the operating schedule and the following hours:

The sale of alcohol by retail (on and off the premises)

The sale of alcohol by retail (on and off the premises)

The provision of late-night refreshment

Hours premises to be open to the public

With an additional hour to the terminal hour to 01.00 hours on Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve.

Reasons:

The Sub-Committee has considered written and oral representations made on behalf of the Applicant, and the written representations of a local resident objecting to the application.

The Sub-Committee note that this application is for the grant of a new Premises Licence, and they are bound to have regard to the appropriate Legislation, Guidance and to Sefton Council’s own Statement of Licensing Policy. The Sub-Committee must grant the application unless it can be shown that to do so would be contrary to one of the licensing objectives. Statutory guidance states that Licensing authorities are best placed to make decisions about  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.