Agenda and minutes
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Appointment of Chair To appoint a Chair for the purposes of this meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED: That Councillor Kairul Kareema Marikar be appointed Chair of the Licensing Panel Hearing. |
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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 interest made by Members. |
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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). |
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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, 7th July 2016. 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. |
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Licensing Procedures Procedure to be followed at an oral hearing. Minutes: The Chairman asked the Panel Members, officer/s, Responsible Authority/ies 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. |
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RESOLVED ITEMS |
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Report of the Corporate Director of Community. Additional documents:
Minutes: In attendance:
RESOLVED: That having carefully considered all the relevant information including:
· written and oral representations by all the parties · Licensing Act 2003 · guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 · Licensing Policy · Human Rights Act 1998;
the Panel agreed to GRANT the premises licence as sought, subject to:
(1) the timings set out below;
(2) the conditions set out in the report and reproduced below with amended Condition 5 set out below:
Hours Open to the Public and Licensable Activities (timings) - Hours open to public: Monday-Sunday 06.00-02.00 (the following morning)
- Sale of alcohol: Monday-Sunday 06.00-02.00 (the following morning)
Conditions: (1) (i) the CCTV system was to be maintained and operated in good order and to the satisfaction of Metropolitan Police’s reasonable requests. The medium upon which the images were recorded would be clearly identifiable, stored securely, retained for a period of not less than 31 days and it would be made available to the police and the licensing authority officers upon written request;
(1) (ii) such footage must be provided in an immediately viewable format and must include any software, etc., which was required to view the footage. Any discs, portable drives or other storage media onto which the footage was transferred must be provided by the premises;
(2) a centrally monitored alarm system be in operation at the premises. The system would incorporate a panic button which would be situated near the counter area; (3) a minimum of two staff be employed after 20.00 hours until the terminal hour each day;
(4) prominent, clear and legible notices should be displayed at the entrance/exit requesting the public to respect the needs of local residents and to leave the premises and the area quietly;
(5) the age verification policy should apply to persons who appear to be under the age of 25 years old (“Challenge 25 Policy”). A record of age related refusals of sale will be kept and will be made available to officers of the police or licensing authority immediately upon request.
The Licensing Panel also made the following recommendations:
(1) staff training in relation to Challenge 25 Policy should be given;
(2) a letter be sent to the objector which sought to address the concerns raised and also re-assured the objector that measures would be taken to ensure that there would be no detrimental effects following from the grant of the licence;
(3) the applicant review signage in relation to littering and noise.
Reasons: The Panel considered that the measure taken above were appropriate and proportionate in the circumstances to promote all the licensing objectives.
Right of Appeal: Any party aggrieved with the decision of the Licensing Panel on one or more of the grounds set out in Schedule 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 may appeal to the Magistrates’ Court within 21 days of the notification. |