Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of this meeting.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Susan Hall be appointed Chairman for this Licensing Panel Hearing.

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Panel;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interest was declared:

Agenda Item 6 – Application to Vary the Premises Licence held in respect of ‘Vintage Wine Bar’, 35 High Street, Pinner, HA5 5PW

Councillor Susan Hall declared a personal interest in that she was a LFEPA Authority Member.  She would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

[Note:  Licensing Panel minutes are:-

(1)               approved following each meeting by the Members serving on that particular occasion and signed as a correct record by the Chairman for that meeting;

(2)               not submitted to the next panel meeting for approval.

Reasons: The Licensing Panel is constituted from a pooled membership. Consequently, a subsequent Panel meeting is likely to comprise a different Chairman and Members who took no part in the previous meeting’s proceedings. The process referred to at (1) above provides appropriate approval scrutiny].

(See Note at conclusion of these minutes).

To receive any questions, petitions or deputations (if any), under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rules 17, 15 and 16 (Part 4B) of the Constitution respectively.

[Note: These items are qualified by the requirements of the licensing legislation and will not be applicable to applications on the current agenda.]

RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions were put, or petitions or deputations received at this meeting under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rules 17, 15 and 16 respectively.

Procedure to be followed at an oral hearing.

The Chairman asked the Panel Members, officers, Responsible Authorities and other attendees at the meeting to introduce themselves and then outlined the procedure for the conduct of an oral hearing, which was set out in the agenda.

Report of the Corporate Director, Community and Environment.

In attendance:

RESOLVED:  That taking into account all the relevant information including:

·                     written and oral representations by all the parties;

·                     the Licensing Act 2003;

·                     the guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003;

·                     Harrow Council’s Licensing Policy;

·                     Human Rights Act 1998

the whole application to vary the premises licence for the Vintage Wine Bar, 36 High Street, Pinner, HA5 5PW be rejected.

REASON:  The Panel considered that the decision promoted the licensing objectives for the prevention of public nuisance.