Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

Nominations for a Chairman of the Licensing Sub Committee were sought and it was

Resolved:

To elect Councillor Jose Green as Chairman for this meeting only.

The Chairman explained the procedure to be followed at the hearing, as contained within the “Wiltshire Licensing Committee Procedural Rules for the Hearing of Licensing Act 2003 Applications” (Pages 1 – 7 of the Agenda refers).

To consider and determine an Application for a Premises Licence by Mrs S Eren in respect of Chicoland, 3 Sidmouth Street, Devizes SN10 1LD.

Application by Mrs S Eren for a Premises Licence at Chicoland, 3 Sidmouth Street, Devizes  SN10 1DL

The Licensing Officer introduced the purpose and scope of the application, the premises to which it related and the key issues for consideration.

In accordance with the procedure detailed in the agenda, the Applicant, the Responsible Authorities and the Interested Parties were given the opportunity to address the Sub Committee.

The Police Licensing Officer sought permission to introduce evidence of incidents of crime and disorder in the Devizes town centre area.  This information had been provided to the Licensing Authority on the Friday before the hearing, but had not been given to the Applicant before the hearing.  The Applicant’s Representative objected to this information being presented to the hearing.  As the information was being presented on the day of the hearing and consent of all the parties to the hearing had not been given, the Chairman confirmed that this information could not be submitted.

Key points raised by Mrs Eren and Mr P. Greenfield on behalf of the Applicant were:

·               The License was sought to enable the premises to remain open between the hours of 11pm and 3am on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  This was a slight amendment to the original application which had initially requested extended opening to 3:45am

·               The premises has CCTV which runs 24 hours a day.  The recordings are kept for one month thereafter.

·               A large litter bin is held within the premises for customer use.

·               A notice advising customers to leave quietly is clearly displayed within the premises.

·               The extended opening would be in line with that already granted to the marketplace Fish and Chip shop and Kebab shop.

·               Mr and Mrs Eren made every effort to clear any rubbish deposited outside the shop.

·               Any disturbances reported after 11pm could not be attributed to the premises since it currently closed at 11pm.

·               Employees of the premises had reported two separate incidents within the premises to the police in the past 18 months, neither of which had resulted in arrest.

·               The extended hours would enable the applicants to extend the home delivery service which they anticipated as the main business requirement within the license period requested.

Key points raised by Jacqui Gallimore, Police Licensing Officer, were:

·               The concerns of the police authority included noise disturbance, additional litter and potential destruction of property.

·               That since January 2010 the PCC system had shown that Chicoland had requested police attendance on 3 separate occasions for disorder.

·               The vast majority of incidents did not result in arrest and took place after 9pm.

·               14 incidents had been recorded at the kebab premises in Northgate Street, 11 of which had been reported after 11pm which indicated an increase in anti social behaviour.

Key points raised by the Interested Parties, Mr Patrick Stevens and Mr Robin Smart, were:

·               That residents of Sidmouth Street were concerned with the increase in noise and anti social behaviour that could occur if a license was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.