Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were submitted by B. Thomson (Assistant Director of Operations Strategy) and A. Bucior (Head of Public Protection).

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

There were no declarations of interest made.

The Minutes of the last Licensing Hearing Sub Committee meetings held at 10.30am on the 23^rd September 2025 and at 10.30am on the 3^rd October 2025 are attached.

The minutes of the last Licensing Hearing Sub Committee meeting held on the 23^rd September 2025 and 3^rd October 2025 were attached to the agenda.

Resolved:- That the minutes of the Licensing Hearing Sub Committee held on the 23^rd September 2025 and 3^rd October 2025 be approved as a correct record.

A report from the Executive Director (Corporate Core) is attached:-

The Executive Director for Corporate Core had submitted a report relating to an application pursuant to section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003 from a Responsible Authority for a review of the premises licence in respect of Express Mini Market, 46 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LL.

Before any discussions took place, G, Sheratt, the legal representative on behalf of the Premises Licence Holder requested a 10 minute adjournment to cross reference additional paperwork and documents which had recently been made available via GMP. The panel granted this request and the meeting started again after this short period of time.

Upon reconvening the meeting, K. Halligan from Bury Council’s Trading Standards Department made an application for all of the representations to be made in private excluding members of the public.

The Panel duly considered the application and passed a resolution excluding members of the public from part of the hearing under regulation 14 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, on the basis that the public interest in doing so outweighed the public interest in the hearing taking place in public, in view of the information to be discussed.

Therefore, the two observers in attendance at the hearing left the virtual meeting at this stage.

The Licensing Unit Manager, Mr M. Bridge presented the report to Members of the Sub-Committee and consideration of the options available which also included a recommendation to revoke the licence detailed in the report. The panel were reminded that three documents of additional information had been circulated to them from Democratic Services ahead of the hearing from the Licensing Department, Trading Standards and GMP.

The Licensing Unit Manager also drew attention to page 19 of the report and the paragraph titled section 11.27. This paragraph should be disregarded and the following information should replace it:-

Section 11.27 states the following.

There is certain criminal activity that may arise in connection with licensed premises which should be treated particularly seriously. These are the use of the licensed premises:

• For the illegal purchase and consumption of alcohol by minors which impacts on the health, educational attainment, employment prospects and propensity for crime of young people;
• For the sale or storage of smuggled tobacco and alcohol.

The Licensing Act 2003 and the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations are the relevant legislation.

At the time of the submission of this review application, the Premises Licence in respect of Express Mini Market, 46 Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LL. The Premises Licence holder is Mr Faraydn Qasmpwr, 156 Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5DL. He is also the designated Premises Supervisor.

The Responsible Authority has complied with all the necessary procedural requirements laid down by the Act.

As part of the statutory process the Responsible Bodies and interested parties

are entitled to make representations in relation to the review of a licence. The

Licensing Authority has given Notice of the application by placing a Notice on

the premises, at the Council Offices and on the Council website.  Where further  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.