Agenda and minutes

Councillor Sayers-Cooper proposed and Councillor Williams seconded that Councillor Morris be appointed as Chair for this meeting.

Resolved: That Councillor Morris be elected Chair of the Sub-Committee for the duration of the meeting.

Since the publication of the agenda, Councillor Goodyear was unable to attend the hearing and was replaced by Councillor Sayers-Cooper.

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 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.

Those attending were introduced, and the Chair of the Licensing Sub-Committee welcomed all parties to the hearing and detailed the procedure for the hearing.

The Specialist Advisor for Licensing, Jade Marshall, presented the report to the Sub-Committee and summarised the details. 

The Applicant, Sussex Police, addressed the Sub-Committee and responded to questions.

The Representor addressed the Sub-Committee and responded to questions.

The Applicant summed up.

The Representor 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 provided the following decision:

Resolved: The Sub-Committee resolved to modify the conditions on the premises licence as per those agreed between the review applicant (Sussex Police) and the premises licence holder.

Reasons for the decision

In discharging its functions, the Sub Committee considered the promotion of the licensing objectives, the Council’s own Licensing Policy, the Home Office guidance, the relevant legislation, and the rules of natural justice.

The Sub Committee considered that the proposed conditions would appropriately and proportionately address the concerns raised by the review applicant. The Members were satisfied on the basis that the Police had agreed to regularly monitor the premises to ensure that the amended conditions were being complied with.

The following modified conditions shall replace the existing conditions in Annex 2 of the Premises Licence as outlined on page 45 of the Report.

1.    The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system. All public areas of the licensed premises, including all public entry and exit points, will be covered enabling facial identification of every person entering in any light condition.

2.    The CCTV cameras shall continually record whilst the premises are open to the public and recordings shall be kept available for a minimum of 31 days with date and time stamping (or equivalent).

3.    At least one member of staff who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be available upon request. This staff member must be able to show the police or authorised officer of any responsible authority any data or footage upon request.

4.    An incident and refusal log shall be kept at the premises. This log shall be maintained and kept for a minimum of 12 months. It shall be made readily available for inspection by a Police Officer or an authorised officer of any Responsible Authority at any time that the premises are open to the public.

5.    The incident log should record the following: -

a)            The name of the person responsible for the premises at any given time.

b)            All calls made to the premises where there is a complaint made by a resident or neighbour relating to noise, nuisance or anti-social behaviour by persons attending or leaving the premises. The record shall include the details of the caller, the time and date of the call and the time and date of the incident about which the call was made. The record shall  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.