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1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

B. Thomson, Head of Public Protection.

 

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members of the Licensing Hearings Panel are asked to consider whether they have an interest in any matter on the agenda, and, if so, to formally declare that interest.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made.

 

3.

APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE TO BE GRANTED UNDER THE LICENSING ACT 2003 IN RESPECT OF BURY OFF LICENCE, 319 BOLTON ROAD, BURY, BL8 2PD pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Report from the Executive Director (Operations) is attached:- 

Minutes:

The Licensing Authority received an application for a premises licence for Bury Off Licence, 319 Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2PD from Mr Khalil Salim Ahmed, Flat 2, 114-118 Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5DL, under Part 3 of the Licensing Act 2003.

 

Prior to the Hearing, the Licensing Authorityreceived relevant representations pursuant to the Licensing Act 2003, from a Responsible Authority, namely Greater Manchester Police (GMP), and a number of other interested parties.

 

All written representations and other documentation was contained within the written submissions provided with the report to the Sub-Committee and was served on all parties in advance of the hearing.

 

The proposed operating schedule shows the following:

 

a.       Supply of alcohol – For consumption off the Premises.

Sunday to Thursday 07.00 until 23.00

Friday to Saturday 07.00 until 00.00

b.       Opening Times

Sunday to Thursday 07.00 until 23.00

Friday to Saturday   07.00 until 00.00

 

The Licensing Unit Manager presented a report that stated that GMP, as a Responsible Authority, had made representations in relation to the Premises Licence application requesting that the Sub-Committee do not grant the application as submitted. However, it was stated that since that time, mediation between GMP and the applicant had taken place and agreement reached as to the replacement of the operating schedule with the new conditions attached in Appendix one of the report. This was confirmed by the applicants representative and PC Scott.

 

The report to the Sub-Committee went on to state that four interested parties had made relevant representations to this application and a petition containing 183 signatures had been submitted. The Licensing Manager read out the representations which were also detailed in the report in Appendix two.

 

Members were reminded to take into account section 19.0 of the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy in relation to petitions. It was noted that additional documents had been circulated to Members prior to the meeting which detailed the support for the representations against the premises licence application for 319 Bolton Road. The Council’s legal representative requested that Mr Robson who was representing an interested party, explain their relevance due to the reference to various the conditions suggested in the paper.

 

During the Sub Committee, Members heard representations from Mrs Clarke who was representing the applicant, Mr Ahmed. She provided background information regarding the reasons for a second application had been submitted due to the first public notice not being displayed for the correct timescale initially. She went on to explain that only the second application had attracted representations. It was confirmed that Mr Ahmed had a personal licence granted by Bolton Council in May and Mrs Clarke outlined his plans for the shop after taking over the lease. No problems had been reported in terms of anti-social behaviour and a cctv system was installed.

 

Mrs Clarke asked if one of the representations had been withdrawn and stated that the other two objections were based on the need in the area for a further premise selling alcohol and general concerns which were not  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.