Agenda and minutes

Councillor Thomas was elected as Chair for the meeting.

Apologies were received from Councillor Kitterick (Councillor for the Castle Ward), who had hoped to address the Sub-Committee on his representation on the application but could not attend as he was abroad.

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

Members were asked to declare any interests they might have in the business to be discussed. No interests were declared.

The Director of Local Services and Enforcement submits a report on an application for a new premises licence within a Cumulative Impact Zone for Gourmet Coffee Bar and Kitchen, Leicester Railway Station.

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 telephoning Democratic Support on 0116 4546356.

The Director, Local Services and Enforcement, submitted a report that required Members to determine an application within a Cumulative Impact Zone for a new premises licence Gourmet Coffee Bar and Kitchen, Leicester Railway Station.

Members noted that two representations had been received in respect of the application, which necessitated that the application had to be considered by Members.

Mr William Laycock Operations Manager, Gourmet Coffee Bar and Kitchen, representing the applicant and Mr Nigel Rixon, Licensing Manager, Leicestershire Police were present. Also present was the Licensing Team Manager and the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee.

Introductions were made and the procedure for the meeting was outlined to those present.

The Licensing Team Manager presented the report. There were no questions on the report from Members or the applicant.

Mr Nigel Rixon outlined the reasons for the Police representation and answered questions from Members. He also outlined the Policing Operations which took place around Leicester Station when Leicester City Football Club were playing matches at their home ground.

Mr William Laycock was then given the opportunity to outline the details of the application and respond to the points made in the representations and answered questions from Members.

All parties were then given the opportunity to sum up their positions and make any final comments.

Prior to Members considering the application, the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee advised Members of the options available to them in making a decision. Members were also advised of the relevant policy and statutory guidance that needed to be taken into account when making their decision.

In reaching their decision, Members felt they should deliberate in private on the basis that this was in the public interest, and as such outweighed the public interest of their deliberation taking place with the parties represented present.

The Licensing Team Manager, the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee, Mr Rixon and Mr Laycock then withdrew from the meeting.

Members then gave the application full and detailed consideration.

The Solicitor to the Sub-Committee was then recalled to the hearing to give advice on the wording of the decision.

The Licensing Team Manager, Mr Rixon and Mr Laycock then returned to the meeting.

The Chair informed all persons present that they had recalled the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee for advice on the wording of their decision.

RESOLVED:

That the application for a new premises licence for Gourmet Coffee Bar and Kitchen, Leicester Railway Station, within a Cumulative Impact Zone be refused.

REASONS FOR THE DECISION

The Sub-Committee had read all of the material put before it and listened carefully to the additional amplification of the application made by the representations helpfully set out during the hearing.

The application was made in an identified Cumulative Impact Zone and therefore the applicant faced the task of persuading the Sub-Committee that this application should be granted on the basis that it was unlikely to add to existing problems or undermine the licensing objectives.

The Sub-Committee considered the written representations from Councillor Kitterick who had reminded them of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.