Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Hazel Brinton 

Items
No. Item

LSC 21

Election of Chairman for the meeting

Minutes:

Resolved: that Councillor Cole be elected Chairman for the meeting. 

 

Councillor Cole in the Chair

LSC 22

Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (Standing Order 37)

A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

 

If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.

 

Minutes:

None.

LSC 23

Adoption of hearing procedure pdf icon PDF 103 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: that the hearing procedure be adopted.

LSC 24

Licensing Act 2003 Application for Grant of Premises License - Bison Bar, 49 Oxford Street, Weston-s-Mare BS23 1TN pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Report of the Director of Public Health (attached)

Minutes:

A representative of the Director of Public Health reported on the application for the grant of a premises license under the Licensing Act 2003 noting that two representations had been received.  She responded to members’ questions. 

 

Inspector Graeme Hall on behalf of Avon and Somerset Police who had made representations clarified the reasons behind the police representations and responded to members’ queries.

 

The applicant spoke on the application and responded to members’ questions. 

 

All parties then summed up.

 

Resolved: that the application be refused based on the following licensing objectives of the Licensing Act 2003

 

(1) Prevention of crime - the Sub-Committee did not feel that the applicant had adequately proved that that he would be the person responsible for the running and funding of the business.

 

(2) Public Nuisance and Public Safety – the Sub-Committee noted there were many residential properties in the area, which would be affected by the premises. The Sub-Committee further believed police resources would be stretched as extra patrols would be needed in and around the area, to ensure public safety as the area was known for its problems with the night-time economy and crime.