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 disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Panel;

(b)               all other Members present.

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members.

[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 19, 16 and 17 (Part 4B of the Constitution) respectively.

Procedure to be followed at an oral hearing.

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

Report of the Corporate Director of Environment and Enterprise.

In attendance:

RESOLVED:  That

(1)               a Counter Notice be issued for the Temporary Event Notice requested for Saturday 24 August 2013 for following reason:

(i)                 On 24 August, there will be a shortage of police officers within Harrow due to them being relocated to police the Notting Hill Carnival;

(2)               the Panel grant the Temporary Event Notice requested for Sunday 1 September to permit the sale of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and the provision of late night refreshment at the Star Lounge from 00.00 to 04.30.

REASON:  The Panel considered that issuing a counter notice for the Temporary Event Notice Application on 24 August 2013 and the grant of the Temporary Event Notice on 1 September 2013 would promote the prevention of crime and disorder objective.