Agenda and minutes

Councillor Macleod was nominated and seconded as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Councillor Alexander substituted for Councillor Mellor.

Disclosure by councillors of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the councillor regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

There were none.

To consider, under Regulation 14 (2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 (as amended), excluding the public and press from the hearing during the discussion on Item 5 on this agenda as it is considered that the public interest in so doing outweighs the public interest in the hearing, of that part of hearing, taking place in public. For these purposes a party and any person assisting or representing a party may be treated as a member of the public

Resolved, that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the public and press be excluded from the hearing as there was likely to be disclosures of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act. The public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Chair of the Licensing Sub Committee welcomed all parties to the hearing and detailed the procedure for the hearing. Those attending introduced themselves.

The Specialist Advisor for Licensing, Michael Davies, presented the report to the Sub-Committee, summarised the details and answered questions.

The Applicant addressed the Sub Committee and responded to questions.

Mr Davies summed up.

The Applicant summed up.

Following all the evidence presented, the Sub-Committee retired to consider and determine the application.  Michele Wilkinson, Housing and Regulatory Lawyer was in attendance to assist with any legal queries. The Sub Committee returned to provide the following decision:

Resolved to revoke the personal licence.