Agenda and minutes

Licensing Panel - Monday 14 December 2015 6.30 pm

Venue: Committee Rooms 1 & 2, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Manize Talukdar, Democratic & Electoral Services Officer  Tel: 020 8424 1323 Email:  manize.talukdar@harrow.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

43.

Appointment of Chair

To appoint a Chair for the purposes of this meeting.

Minutes:

That Councillor Kairul Kareema Marikar be appointed Chair of the Licensing Panel Hearing.

44.

Declarations of Interest

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.

Minutes:

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

45.

Minutes

 

[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].

Minutes:

(See Note at conclusion of these minutes).

46.

Public Questions, Petitions and Deputations

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.

 

Questions will be asked in the order notice of them was received and there be a time limit of 15 minutes.

 

[The deadline for receipt of public questions is 3.00 pm, 9 December 2015.  Questions should be sent to publicquestions@harrow.gov.uk  

No person may submit more than one question].

 

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

Minutes:

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.

47.

Licensing Procedures pdf icon PDF 64 KB

Procedure to be followed at an oral hearing.

Minutes:

The Chairman asked the Panel Members, officers, Responsible Authority 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.

RECOMMENDED ITEMS

48.

Application for a new premises licence in respect of 'Low Cost Romanian Foods Limited, 211 High Road, Harrow, HA3 5EE pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Report of Divisional Director, Commissioning Services.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

In attendance:

 

Legal Adviser:

Andrew Lucas, Lawyer

  

Democratic Services Officer:

Manize Talukdar, Democratic & Electoral Services Officer

  

Licensing Officer:

 

Natasha O’Donoghue, Licensing Officer

Ash Waghela, Licensing Officer

  

Applicant:

Mr & Mrs Tofan, Low Cost Romanian Foods Ltd

 

RESOLVED: That having considered the written application, the verbal representations of the applicant, and having read and considered the written representations of the objectors, including the 3 letters received on the day of the meeting, and having considered the Licensing Act 2003 and the statutory guidance, the common law rules of natural justice, the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998, the Consideration in Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the Panel resolved that:

 

The Licence be granted as per the application, subject to the conditions agreed with the Authority’s Licensing Officers by the applicant on 18 November 2015.

 

The Panel did not impose any further conditions.

49.

Any Other Urgent Business

Which cannot otherwise be dealt with.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note that there was none.