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Agenda and draft minutes

Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: The Executive Meeting Room - Third Floor, The Guildhall, Portsmouth. View directions

Contact: Joanne Wildsmith, Democratic Services Tel: 9283 4057  Email: Democratic@Portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

31.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

Councillor Lee Mason was appointed as chair for this meeting.

32.

Declaration of Members' Interests

Minutes:

There were no declarations of members' interests.

33.

Licensing Act 2003 - Review Application - Seven Days, 37 Osborne Road, Southsea PO5 3LR pdf icon PDF 196 KB

The purpose of the Licensing Officer's report is for the committee to consider and determine a review application pursuant to section 52 of the Licensing Act 2003 ("the Act") and in respect of the following premises:

 

Seven Days, 37 Osborne Road, Southsea, PO5 3LR

 

The committee is requested to determine the review application.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The simplified procedure for review hearings was followed.  Mr Stone, Licensing Officer, had provided the panel members and licence holder Ms Midde with a private list of the redacted names of staff members so that these would not be referred to in full during the public hearing. He also gave them a list of the 3 personal licence holders which had been successfully been applied for and granted during March and April 2018.

 

All parties present introduced themselves.

 

The Council's Case

Derek Stone, Principal Licensing Officer, introduced his report which included at Appendix A the review application by Trading Standards. Appendix C set out the previous hearing which was included as evidence as this showed the conditions that had been put in place, and he stressed that Ms Midde had no association with the previous licence.   He reported that the new DPS was Simon Bennett, who had been put in place since the review had been lodged.  The evidence from the other responsible authorities would be presented as part of the hearing.  The one supporter of the premises licence holder had been invited to attend the hearing but had declined. Mr Stone read out the list of licensing objectives and the relevant guidance that should be considered by the committee.

 

There was the opportunity for questions to Mr Stone by the panel members and by Ms Midde (as the respondent) but no questions were raised at this point.

 

Responsible Authorities' Cases

i)             Tracey Greaves, Trading Standards presented her case, as set out in Appendix A, the review application.  She outlined how Trading Standards officers had tried to engage with the premises since December 2016 and had found it to be poorly run, with a lot of officer time spent trying to get compliance.  She requested that the panel revoke the premises licence.

There was the opportunity for questions to Ms Greaves by the panel members and Ms Midde but no questions were raised at this point.

 

ii)            Rob Anderson-Weaver, Public Health, presented his case (referred to within Appendix D), who stressed the nature of Osborne Road serving the seafront area which hosted big events for the city.  The other licensed premises in that area were found to be compliant but at Seven Days there had been no evidence of alcohol purchase refusals during the major events.  Public health officers had found Ms Midde and her staff to be obstructive and negligent over a 2 year period.  He requested that the panel revoke the premises licence.   No questions were raised.

 

iii)           PC Jason Pearce presented the case of the Chief Officer of Police (referred to within Appendix D).  Their experience was similar to that of Trading Standards, showing a similar pattern.  The DPS Ms Midde had been issued a fixed penalty notice in 2015 for a failed test purchase.  PC Rackham had worked with Ms Midde and had given her the tools to run a compliant premises but checks had shown that there was a continuous lack of compliance and disregard  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.