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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Ystafell Glyder Fawr, Council Offices, Penrallt, Caernarfon, Gwynedd. LL55 1BN. View directions

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

Minutes:

Mr Christopher O'Neal (Applicant’s agent) declared a personal interest as he was a Gwynedd Council elected member.

 

The Senior Solicitor (Corporate) explained that it was appropriate under the regulations for him to be present at the meeting as he was exercising the public's right to be present and to contribute. 

3.

URGENT ITEMS

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

 

4.

APPLICATION FOR A STANDARD TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE 1 pdf icon PDF 243 KB

342, HIGH STREET, BANGOR, GWYNEDD LL57 1YA

 

To consider the above application

Minutes:

Submitted – the report of the Licensing Manager elaborating on the objection notices received from North Wales Police and Gwynedd Council Environmental Health to the Temporary Event Notice (TEN) received on 12 November 2015 from Mrs Susan Roberts in relation to holding proposed licensable activities at 342 High Street, Bangor for three days, as follows: 

27 November 2015 from 11:00 to 03:00

28 November 2015 from 11:00 to 03:00

29 November 2015 from 11:00 to 23:59

 

It was noted that two options were available for the Sub-committee, namely:

     To do nothing and allow the event to carry on as described in the temporary event notice; OR

     To issue a counter-notice, i.e. refuse the event in accordance with Part 105(2)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003 if the sub-committee considered that this needed to be done to promote one of the Licensing objectives. 

 

In response to a member’s enquiry regarding the number of licensed premises in the vicinity that were open until 03:00, the Licensing Manager noted that Academi, Mirage, Peep and Skerries were open until this time on various days between Friday and Sunday.

 

The applicant’s agent enquired when the objection had been received from Environmental Health. The Licensing Manager noted that the objection had been received on 17 November 2015.

 

Inspector Brian Kearney elaborated upon North Wales Police’s objection to the TEN and noted the following main points: 

     That a meeting had been held with the applicant on 26 October 2015 at Bangor Police Station where events, times, security requirements and the need for fully functional and recording CCTV and that the recordings should be retained for 31 days had been discussed. He added that the process in terms of dealing with disturbances had been noted along with the need to inform the police of such incidents. The police’s wish for the premises to join Pubwatch had also been noted. 

     It was emphasised that the applicant had been fully aware of her responsibilities following the meeting;

     Details of an assault that had taken place at the premises between 01:00 and 02:00 on 1 November 2015 were provided. It was noted that no first aid or advice had been offered to the victim;

     That the CCTV system had not recorded the incident as the applicant had not paid £9.99 to save the recording on a Cloud system;

     That the application was objected to based on the prevention of crime and disorder and in terms of health and safety; 

     He noted that the applicant had experience of running a social club in Maesgeirchen, Bangor but that managing an establishment in the city centre was completely different;

     He had no faith that the applicant would report any such incident nor did he have faith in the CCTV system's ability to record.

 

Members were given an opportunity to ask questions of the objector; in response the North Wales Police representative noted:

     That the premises staff were not aware whether or not the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

5.

APPLICATION FOR A STANDARD TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE 2 pdf icon PDF 244 KB

342, HIGH STREET, BANGOR, GWYNEDD LL57 1YA

 

To consider the above application

 

Minutes:

Submitted – the report of the Licensing Manager elaborating upon objection notices received from North Wales Police and Gwynedd Council Environmental Health to a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) received on 12 November 2015 from Mrs Susan Roberts in relation to holding proposed licensable activities at 342 High Street, Bangor for two days, as follows: 

18 December 2015 from 11:00 to 03:00

19 December 2015 from 11:00 to 23:59.

 

It was noted that two options were available for the Sub-committee, namely:

     To do nothing and allow the event to carry on as described in the temporary event notice; OR

     To issue a counter-notice, i.e. refuse the event in accordance with Part 105(2)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003 if the sub-committee considered that this needed to be done to promote one of the Licensing objectives. 

 

Inspector Brian Kearney elaborated upon the objection of North Wales Police to the TEN as per the previous application and added that although he appreciated the applicant’s efforts to act in accordance with the requirements, he felt that she did not have the experience required to run a night club.  

 

Gwenan M. Roberts elaborated upon Environmental Health’s objection to the TEN on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance as per the previous application.

 

The applicant’s agent noted that the applicant was a suitable and appropriate person to hold a TEN whilst she applied for a permanent premises licence.

 

It was agreed to deal with this application as per the previous application namely that the provision of regulated entertainment box under the licensable activities heading needed to be ticked on the application form.

 

6.

APPLICATION FOR A STANDARD TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE 3 pdf icon PDF 243 KB

342, HIGH STREET, BANGOR, GWYNEDD LL57 1YA

 

To consider the above application

 

Minutes:

Submitted – the report of the Licensing Manager elaborating upon the objection notices received from North Wales Police and Gwynedd Council Environmental Health to a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) received on 12 November 2015 from Mrs Susan Roberts in relation to holding proposed licensable events at 342 High Street, Bangor for three days, as follows:

25 December 2015 from 11:00 to 00:00

26 December 2015 from 11:00 to 03:00

27 December 2015 from 11:00 to 23:59.

 

It was noted that two options were available for the Sub-committee, namely:

     To do nothing and allow the event to carry on as described in the temporary event notice; OR

     To issue a counter-notice, i.e. refuse the event in accordance with Part 105(2)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003 if the sub-committee considered that this needed to be done to promote one of the Licensing objectives.

 

The applicant’s agent informed the Sub-committee that the trading hours on 25 December 2015 would only be until the end of the afternoon with the premises being used until late by the applicant’s friends and family.

 

Inspector Brian Kearney noted that North Wales Police’s objection to the TEN was as per the previous applications. 

 

Gwenan M. Roberts noted that Environmental Health objected to the TEN on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance as noted under the previous applications. She added that the service was concerned regarding the hours of 25 and 26 December but that she welcomed the explanation received from the applicant’s agent regarding 25 December.

 

 

The relevant parties left the meeting.

 

The members of the Sub-committee discussed the application by considering all evidence submitted and gave specific attention to the principles of the 2003 Licensing Act, namely:

 

·           Crime and Disorder

·           Public Safety

·           Prevention of Public Nuisance

·           Protection of Children from Harm

 

The Sub-committee was willing to allow the three events to proceed as described in the temporary event notices in accordance with the four licensing objectives. It was noted that the Sub-committee trusted that the CCTV system would be operational.   

 

RESOLVED to allow the three events to proceed as described in the temporary event notices.