Agenda and minutes

Councillor Dr Barton was elected as Chair for the meeting.

There were no apologies for absence

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The Director of Environmental Services submits a report on an application for the review of an existing premises licence for The New Joiners, 59-71 Sanvey Gate, Leicester, LE1 4EQ.

Report attached. A copy of the associated documentation is attached for Members only. Further copies are available on the Council’s website at www.cabinet.leicester.gov.uk or by phoning Democratic Support on 454 6354.

The Director, Environmental Services, submitted a report that required Members to determine an application for a review of an existing premises licence for The New Joiners, 59-71 Sanvey Gate, Leicester LE1 4EQ.

Members noted that a representation had been received in respect of the application which necessitated that the application for the review of an existing premises licence had to be considered by Members.

Mr Hardial Singh, the Premises Licence Holder (PLH) was present at the meeting, PC Webb and Sgt Wadsworth Leicestershire Police were present. The Licensing Team Manager and the Solicitor to the hearing panel were also present.

The Licensing Team Manager presented the report. It was noted that the review application had been made by Leicestershire Police on 13^th June 2014 on the grounds of preventing crime and disorder, and public safety.

PC Webb outlined the reasons for the review application and answered questions from Members:

·       The trigger for the review application was an incident that occurred at 11.14pm on 8^th June 2014 when a report of a glassing at the premises was made by a third party.

·       The New Joiners was a medium sized premise’s just outside the city centre that catered to the local population in the area.

·       Mr Singh applied for the premises licence in April 2006. In May 2006 variations were agreed to allow conditions to be added regarding CCTV and to use SIA door staff if and when required.

·       On 8^th September 2006 a review was called after a number of incidents, one being a serious assault, on that occasion the police were told the CCTV system was not working.

·       In October 2006 the committee reduced the licensable hours and removed Mr Singh as the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS).

·       Following appeal to the Magistrates court the decision of the panel was partly upheld, with Mr Singh being removed as DPS but the hours being unchanged.

·       The Designated Premises Supervisor was changed in July 2007, August 2007, April 2008, June 2009, August 2009, September 2009 and finally in 2011 when Brinderjit Singh (Mr Singh’s son) was made DPS.

·       The statements of the attending officers on 8^th June 2014 had been provided to the panel and extracts were referred to.

·       PC Reeve had attended the premises and asked a male if he was the licensee, he confirmed he was Hardial Singh, and was asked if anything had happened and he clearly stated that nothing had happened in the pub.

·       Officers observed that outside the premises there were tissues with small amounts of blood on, there was also a larger amount of blood in the road.

·       PC Reeve asked to view the CCTV and was taken upstairs to view the CCTV, at that point Mr Singh said he had not told the police everything and there had been an incident inside the bar between 2 males and he explained he had not called the police.

·       Officers looked at the CCTV, PC Reeve asked Mr Singh to burn a copy of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

The Chair has agreed to take an item of urgent business to allow the application to be considered within the statutory time period for Temporary Event Notices.

OBJECTION NOTICE GIVEN FOR A TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE: SYNERGY, 9 CHURCH GATE, LEICESTER, LE1 3AL

The meeting closed at 11.50am

Report attached. A copy of the associated documentation is attached for Members only. Further copies are available on the Council’s website at www.cabinet.leicester.gov.uk or by phoning Democratic Support on 454 6354.