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Councillor Barton was appointed as Chair.

There were no apologies for absence.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submits a report for an application for a variation of an existing premises licence for Jas News & Booze, 72 Burnham Drive, Leicester.

Councillor Barton, as Chair led on introductions and outlined the procedure the hearing would follow.

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submitted a report for an application for a variation of an existing premises licence for Jas News & Booze, 72 Burnham Drive, Leicester.

The applicant Mr Jaswinderpal Saini and his interpreter Ms Ena Toor were present. Also in attendance were Sergeant Nicholas Golden, Leicestershire Police, Lynsay Coupe, Senior Regulatory Officer, and Victoria Marshall, Senior Regulatory Officer. Also present were the Service Manager (Regulatory Services) and the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee.

Ms Coupe from the Licensing Team presented the report and outlined details of the application.

A representation was received on 9 February 2026 from the Police. The representation related to the prevention of crime and disorder.

Prior to making the representation Leicestershire Police were in consultation with the applicant and also visited the premises several times. The support of the local neighbourhood policing area had also been sought. There were multiple areas of non-compliance within the premises licence identified upon the visits – no signage being placed, no Challenge 25 scheme, no incident book nor refusal register at the premises, the rear camera was broken and waiting to be fixed. An agreed follow up visit was completed by Local Police on 30 January 2026 and the premises had implemented updates on some of the areas on non-compliance – clear signage was in place and a refusal logbook was implemented, however, Challenge 25 posters were printed, but not displayed. The rear CCTV camera had yet to be repaired or installed.

On a further visit on 5 February 2026, Police established that the Challenge 25 posters were displayed, however, an incident book was not in place. In addition, the status of CCTV system at the premises caused the most concern. It was disclosed to the Officer that the footage only lasted for 15 days before being deleted which is currently half the required 30 day timescale. It was also identified that the rear CCTV camera was still not operational.

The applicant had been afforded time and benefit of the doubt to rectify the issues raised and has for some, but not all the conditions – therefore, the Police concluded that despite intervention, the premises was not complying with some of its licence conditions – failure to comply with existing CCTV conditions directly undermines the Prevention of Crime and Disorder. The Police felt that the extended hours if agreed with the applicant should not take effect until the applicant demonstrated full compliance with the premises licence conditions, including the existing CCTV condition or an amendment to a minimum retention period of 28 days.

Sergeant Nicholas Golden form Leicestershire Police, was given the opportunity to outline the details of their representation and answered questions from Members and officers.

Via the interpretation of Ms Toor, Mr Saini was given the opportunity to address the Sub-Committee and answered questions from the Members and officers.

All parties were given the opportunity to sum up their  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

With there being no further business, the meeting closed at 11:18am.