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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Executive Meeting Room, Floor 3 of The Guildhall, Portsmouth

Contact: Lucy Wingham 02392 834662  Email: lucy.wingham@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

14.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

Councillor Julie Bird was appointed chair.

15.

Declaration of Members' Interests

Minutes:

There were no declarations.

16.

Licensing Act 2003 - Summary Review Application - The Royal Standard, 20 Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, PO1 1DE pdf icon PDF 240 KB

Purpose

The purpose of the report is for the Committee to consider an application by the Chief Officer of Police, Hampshire Constabulary for the summary review of a premises licence previously granted in respect of The Royal Standard, 20 Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, PO1 1DE and pursuant to sections 53A - 53C of the Licensing Act 2003 ("the Act").

 

The holder of the premises licence is recorded as Punch Taverns Plc.

 

RECOMMENDED that the Committee determine the matter.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

PC Pete Rackham, representing the Chief Officer of Police, Hampshire Constabulary as the applicant was in attendance.

 

Mr Matthew Phipps representing Punch Taverns the premises licence holder, Mr Mark Bicknell (Partnership Manager for Punch Taverns) and Mr Sekip Esen Rende, DPS were also in attendance.

 

The hearing procedure for 'Reviews of premises licences' was followed.

 

The licensing officer introduced the report and explained that some additional representations had been received yesterday on the last day for receiving them. Copies had been sent to the committee, Punch Taverns and the Police. The licensing officer also explained that the interim conditions had been undertaken and PC Rackham had inspected the premises and was satisfied.

 

RESOLVED that the Committee agreed that given since the interim steps hearing and in considering all matters including evidence heard today about dialogue with the licence holders, the relevant DPS and the Responsible Authority as to a range of modifications to the current operating schedule the Committee were suitably impressed by this to the extent that they imposed a number of conditions.

 

REASONS: The Committee had carefully reconsidered the application from the Responsible Authority, the Police and had also reconsidered the representations received from the Licence holders and or through the representatives in attendance before the Committee today.

 

The Committee was engaged in reviewing the interim steps to address the immediate problems associated with the promotion of the relevant licensing objectives, that being the prevention of crime and disorder.

 

The Committee in dealing with the review must consider the application itself, hear the matter including all representations and thereafter consider if appropriate and proportionate what steps may be required which may include whether the current interim steps shall cease or should remain. Upon having heard  the matter the Committee may deal with a range of steps as outlined in the report which could include: modifications to the licence, exclusion of a licensable activity, removal of the DPS, suspension of the licence for a period of 3 months or ultimately to revoke the licence.

 

Having heard the application and considered the evidence the following matters are accepted by the Committee as having been established upon a balance of probabilities and as such upon so being established the Committee is engaged and may sanction or impose steps in order to promote the licensing objectives, the facts as stated are set out below:

·         That a very serious incident did occur on the 15th January 2017 and that since the summary review steps have been put in place to aim to address the issues and promote the relevant licensing objectives.

·         The Committee now understand that there is a clear management role as between Punch Taverns and the DPS at the premises.

·         The Committee accept the clear admissions made as to material failings of the DPS on prior occasions and recognise that a strong risk has been taken by the licensing holding company Punch Taverns.

 

The Committee was satisfied that the application was validly made and that the appropriate certificate had been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

17.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

RECOMMENDED that the following motion be adopted:

"Under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded for the consideration of the following item on the grounds that the report contains information defined as exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972".

 

Agenda item and paragraph numbers:

Item 5 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and/or Town Police Clauses Act 1847 - Consideration of Private Hire Driver Licence - Mr T

(under exemption paragraph numbers 1, 2 & 3)

 

Exemption paragraph numbers 1, 2 & 3:

1.    Information relating to any individual

2.    Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

3.    Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

The following item was adjourned from the hearing on 18 January 2017.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the following motion was adopted:

"under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information ) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded for the consideration of the following item on the grounds that the report contains information defined as exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972."

 

Agenda item and paragraph numbers:

Item 5 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and/or Town Police Clauses Act 1847 - Mr T

(under exemption paragraph numbers 1, 2 & 3).

 

Exemption paragraph numbers 1, 2 & 3:

1.    Information relating to an individual

2.    Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

3.    Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

18.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and Town Police Clauses Act 1847 - Consideration of Private Hire Driver Licence - Mr T

An exempt report has been circulated to the members of the Sub-committee only.

 

RECOMMENDED that the Sub-committee determine the matter.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that that Private Hire Driver Licence currently issued to Mr T be revoked with immediate effect.