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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Meeting Room G.02, Ground Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ

Contact: Angie Smith, Democratic Support Officer, Tel: (0116) 454 6354, Email:  angie.smith@leicester.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR

Minutes:

Councillor Pickering was appointed as Chair for the meeting.

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

3.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

 

Minutes:

Members were asked to declare any interests they had on the business on the agenda.

 

There were no declarations of interest.

4.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 123 KB

The minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Enforcement Sub-Committee held on 1st March 2022 and  5th April 2022 are attached, and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

AGREED:

That the Minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Enforcement Sub-Committee held 1 March 2022 and 5 April 2022 be confirmed as a correct record.

5.

APPLICATION FOR STREET TRADING CONSENT FOR MR MARIUS VELICU, M&M FISH AND CHIPS CATERING, RAW DYEKES ROAD (NEAR CORNER OF FILBERT STREET), LEICESTER pdf icon PDF 366 KB

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submits an application for a Street Trading Consent for M&M Fish and Chips Catering, Raw Dykes Road, Leicester.

 

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) 454 6354.

 

(Ward affected: Saffron)

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submitted a report on an application for a Street Trading Consent for Mr Marius Velicu, M&M Fish and Chips Catering, Raw Dykes Road (near corner of Filbert Street), Leicester.

 

The applicant, Mr Velicu, was present. Mrs Susan Holcroft (Objector), the Licensing Team Manager and Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee were also present.

 

The Licensing Team Manager outlined details of the applicant, including the relevant City Council Guidelines.

 

Mrs Holcroft was invited to set out her objections to the application and answered questions from Members and Officers.

 

Mr Velicu was invited to set out the reasons why he ought to be granted Street Trading Consent and answered questions from Members and Officers.

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee received legal advice from the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee in the presence of all those present.

 

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 Chair announced that the decision and reasons made during private deliberation would be publicly announced in writing within five working days. The Chair informed the meeting the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee would be called back to give advice on the wording of the decision.

 

The Chair then asked all but Members of the Sub-Committee and Democratic Support Officer to leave the meeting. The Sub-Committee then deliberated in private to consider their decision.

 

The Sub-Committee recalled the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee to give advice on the wording of the decision.

 

RESOLVED:

That the application for a Street Trading Consent for Mr Marius Velicu, M&M Fish and Chips Catering, on Raw Dykes Road (near corner of Filbert Street), Leicester be GRANTED subject to standard conditions and the following additional conditions. That the applicant shall:

1.    Only trade at the location detailed as Option 2 on the photograph submitted with his application.

2.    Only trade on Leicester City Football Club match day events.

3.    Only sell fish & chips, fishcakes, breaded whitebait, kebabs and hot and cold drinks.

The applicant would be provided for the reasons for the decision in writing within 5 working days.

 

 

6.

PRIVATE SESSION

AGENDA

 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE

 

Under the law, the Sub-Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private where in the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the matter exempt from publication outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.  Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

 

The Sub-Committee is recommended to consider the following reports in private on the grounds that they contain ‘exempt’ information as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended, and consequently that the Sub-Committee makes the following resolution:-

 

“that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because they involve the likely disclosure of 'exempt' information, as defined in the Paragraphs detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

 

Paragraph 1

 

 

Information relating to an individual.

 

Paragraph 2

 

Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

 

Paragraph 3

 

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority).

 

Paragraph 7

 

Information relating any action taken or to be taken in connection with

prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.

 

C1) Personal License Review Application.

C2)Personal License Review Application.

 

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That the press and public be excluded during the consideration of the following report in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because it involves the likely disclosure of “exempt” information, as defined in the Paragraphs detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the act, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Paragraph 1

 

Information relating to an individual

 

Paragraph 2

 

Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

 

Paragraph 7

 

Information relating to the any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of crime

 

C1) Personal Licence Review Application

C2) Personal Licence Review Application

7.

PERSONAL LICENSE REVIEW APPLICATION

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submits a report.

Minutes:

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submitted a report that required Members to determine an application for a personal licence review.

 

The Personal Licence Holder was not present, The Licensing Team Manager and the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee were present.

 

The Licensing Team Manager presented the report and outlined the details of the application, including the relevant City Council Guidelines.

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee received legal advice from the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee in the presence of all those present.

 

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 Chair announced that the decision and reasons made during private deliberation would be publicly announced in writing within five working days. The Chair informed the meeting the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee would be called back to give advice on the wording of the decision.

 

The Chair then asked all but Members of the Sub-Committee and Democratic Support Officer to leave the meeting. The Sub-Committee then deliberated in private to consider their decision.

 

The Sub-Committee recalled the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee to give advice on the wording of the decision.

 

RESOLVED;

That the Personal Licence be REVOKED. Members agreed it was appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives to revoke the Personal Licence

 

The Personal Licence holder would be provided with the reasons for the decision in writing within 5 working days.

 

All parties would be advised of the right to appeal the decision to the Magistrates Court.

8.

PERSONAL LICENSE REVIEW APPLICATION

The Director of Neighborhood and Environmental Services submits a report.

Minutes:

The Director of Neighbourhood and Environmental Services submitted a report that required Members to determine an application for a personal licence review.

 

The Personal Licence Holder was not present, The Licensing Team Manager and the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee were present.

 

The Licensing Team Manager presented the report and outlined the details of the application, including the relevant City Council Guidelines.

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee received legal advice from the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee in the presence of all those present.

 

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 Chair announced that the decision and reasons made during private deliberation would be publicly announced in writing within five working days. The Chair informed the meeting the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee would be called back to give advice on the wording of the decision.

 

The Chair then asked all but Members of the Sub-Committee and Democratic Support Officers to leave the meeting. The Sub-Committee then deliberated in private to consider their decision.

 

The Sub-Committee recalled the Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee to give advice on the wording of the decision.

 

RESOLVED;

That the Personal Licence be REVOKED. Members agreed it was appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives, to revoke the Personal Licence

 

The Personal Licence holder would be provided with the reasons for the decision in writing within 5 working days.

 

All parties would be advised of the right to appeal the decision to the Magistrates Court.

 

9.

ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS

Minutes:

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 11.14am.