Agenda and minutes

To elect a Member to act as Chair of the meeting.

RESOLVED              That Councillor Horton be elected as Chair of the meeting.

At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests in any of the business on the agenda. None were declared.

To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting prior to consideration of the personal data contained in Annexes 3 and 5 to Agenda Item 6  as provided by the Data Protection Act 1998.

RESOLVED:             That the press and public be excluded prior to consideration of the personal data contained in annexes 3 & 5 to Agenda Item 5 as provided by the Data Protection Act 1998.

Members considered an application by PC Mick Wilkinson for a review of a premises licence in respect of The Junction, Leeman Road, York.

In coming to their decision, the Sub-Committee took into consideration all of the evidence and submissions that were presented and determined their relevance to the issues raised and the licensing objectives; public safety, prevention of crime and disorder, the prevention of public nuisance, the protection of children from harm.

1)     The application form, in particular the existing licensing conditions and the steps taken by the applicant to promote the four licensing objectives.

2)     The Licensing Officers report and his comments made at the hearing.

3)     The applicants representations at the hearing including the fact that North Yorkshire Police have dealt with a high number of incidents in the past 12 months including 3 more since the review was called.

4)     The representations of the holder of the premises licence, including the fact that the premises supervisor did not contest that any of the incidents reported to the Police had taken place and acknowledged that changes needed to be implemented to allow the premises to run in an orderly manner. It was stated that this review had been taken seriously and that any conditions placed on the licence would be acted upon in order to improve the situation.

5)     Written representations made during the consultation period.

Members were presented with the following options:

Option 1            To modify the conditions of the licence.

Option 2            To exclude any licensable activity from the scope of the licence

Option 3            To remove the designated premises supervisor

Option 4             To suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 3 months

Option 5            To revoke the licence.

RESOLVED:            Members decided to modify the licence (in line with Option 1)

                        and added the following conditions:

1)     At all times that the venue operates after 19:00 there shall be a personal licence holder at the premises until the venue closes.

2)     CCTV will be installed to cover the premises. It will be maintained and working and recording at all times when the premises are open. The recordings should be of sufficient quality to be produced in Court or other such hearing. Copies of recordings will be kept available for any responsible authority for 14 days.

3)     The Challenge 21 procedure shall be actively used. The only acceptable proof of age identification being a current passport, photo card driving licence or identification carrying the PASS logo.

4)     On nights when live music is being provided, such identification checks will take place on entrance prior to entry. Persons who produce such identification and are over the age of eighteen years will then be required to wear an identifiable, non removable wrist band for use inside the premises.

5)     Should a part of the premises operate an underage night aimed at persons under the age of eighteen years, alcohol will not be served to anyone or consumed by anyone whether persons over the age of eighteen years are  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35.