Agenda and minutes

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

Resolved: That Councillor Gillies be elected to Chair the meeting.

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

Members were asked to declare any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests, any prejudicial interests or any disclosable pecuniary interests.

Councillor Mason declared a personal, non-prejudicial interest in that he had previously used the services of the representor, Mr John Walker, in his capacity as a business solicitor.  

To approve and sign the minutes of the Licensing Hearing held on 12 December 2016.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the Licensing Hearing held on 12 December 2016 be approved as a correct record and then signed by the Chair.

Members considered an application by Mr Vincent Roberts for a Premises Licence Section 18 (3) (a) in respect of 4 Patrick Pool, York, YO1 8BB.

In considering the application and the representations made, the Sub-Committee concluded that the following licensing objectives were relevant to this Hearing:

1.      The prevention of crime and disorder.

2.      Public safety.

3.      The prevention of public nuisance.

4.      The protection of children from harm.

In coming to their decision, the Sub-Committee took into consideration all the evidence and submissions that were presented, and determined their relevance to the issues raised and the above licensing objectives, including:

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

2.   The Licensing Officer’s report and her comments made at the Hearing. She outlined the application and advised that the premises were inside the special policy area (as approved by Full Council on 27 March 2014) and that consultation had been carried out in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003.

3.   The applicants’ representations at the Hearing, and those of his business partner. They advised that they were aware this application fell within the special policy area and the implications of this. With this in mind they had consulted with North Yorkshire Police and the Licensing Officer to agree the following additional conditions:

                     I.        A colour digital CCTV system shall be installed within the premises and be operational and recording at all times when licensable activities take place and at any other times where members of the public are present on the premises.

                   II.        The CCTV equipment shall have constant time/date generation which must be checked on a daily basis for accuracy.

                  III.        The CCTV system must be capable of producing quality images of good evidential value. The CCTV system will have sufficient storage retention capacity for a minimum of 28 days consecutive footage.

                 IV.        North Yorkshire Police or a Responsible Authority (as defined in the Licensing Act 2003) may at any time request a recording. This should be complied with within 48 hours of the request being made.

                  V.        It is the responsibility of the management to ensure that there are sufficient members of staff available during the hours of operation to be able to download evidence from the CCTV system at the request of the police of responsible authority.

                 VI.        The premises shall operate the Challenge 21 policy for the sale of alcohol.

               VII.        The only acceptable proof of identification shall be a current passport, photo card driving licence or identification carrying the PASS logo (until other effective identification technology e.g. Thumb print or pupil recognition, is adopted by the Premises Licence Holder). 

             VIII.        A documented staff training programme shall be provided to all members of staff at the premises in respect of the :-

·        operation of the CCTV system (including the downloading of evidence);

·        retail sale of alcohol

·        age verification policy;

·        conditions attached to the Premises Licence;

·        permitted licensable  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29.