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104.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 5 on the previous page.

Minutes:

The Democratic Services Officer advised those present of the procedure.

105.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

Minutes:

There were none.

106.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting. Members are asked to indicate:

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest,  (as defined in Part 2, A and B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests)

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officeror a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

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There were none.

107.

TO ANNOUNCE ANY URGENT BUSINESS AGREED BY THE CHAIR

Minutes:

There was none.

108.

MINUTES: 15TH MARCH 2018 pdf icon PDF 57 KB

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These were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

109.

LICENSING PROCEDURE

The Chair will, if required, explain the licensing procedure.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair drew attention to the procedure to be followed for the next item of business.

110.

APPLICATION TO VARY THE PREMISES LICENCE FOR SHELL WAITROSE ELM TREE, WELLS ROAD, WESTFIELD, RADSTOCK BA3 3UR pdf icon PDF 8 MB

Minutes:

Applicant: Shell UK Oil Products Ltd, represented by Sarah Clover (Legal Representative, Kings Chambers), Corrigan Lockett (Lockett & Co Licensing Consultants), Garry Wharmby (Retailer for Shell UK Oil Products Ltd)

 

Other Persons: Greg Carpenter-George, Ian Cole, Mr and Mrs Warne

 

The parties confirmed that they understood the procedure to be followed for the hearing.

 

The Senior Public Protection Officer presented the report. The application was for the variation of an existing licence by extending the hours for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises to 24 hours a day, by adding late night refreshment daily between 23:00 and 05:00 the following morning and by revising the floor plan. The premises was already licensed to open 24 hours a day. The applicant had offered no additional measures in the operating schedule. Twelve representations had been received from Other Persons, which related to all four of the licensing objectives. No representations had been received from Responsible Authorities.

 

Ms Clover began the submission for the applicant. She asked Members to note that this was not the first time that the applicant was applying to sell alcohol at the premises or to sell it late in the evening; the current licence already allowed the sale of alcohol until 23:00. There had been no representations from the Responsible Authorities. There had been no reported incidents at the premises. She submitted that the issues raised in the representations had not been linked to the premises, and there was nothing in the premises log book corresponding to the concerns raised. There were no reports of the police being called to the premises. The representations seemed to reflect residents’ fears about what might happen, rather than actual events in the past.

 

She invited Mr Lockett to provide some details about the application. Mr Lockett sought leave to submit additional written information, but after examining it the Other Persons questioned its relevance, so leave was refused by the Chair. Mr Lockett said that the premises would in future operate as a convenience store under the Waitrose brand, and would be more focussed on groceries and ready meals than in the past. It would in fact be like a mini Waitrose and not a typical Shell store. He said that his company worked with Shell across the whole of the UK, so the application was based on a lot of previous experience. A refusals log and an incident log were kept. There was a training manual, and staff were trained regularly. There was also a supervisor’s manual. All staff were fully authorised to sell alcohol. A Challenge 25 policy was operated. He submitted that there was a very high standard of operation at Shell premises compared with many outlets selling alcohol. A small section for chilled drinks, such as lager, would be added, and the alcohol section would in future be in a single line, which would make it easier to monitor. The range of alcoholic drinks sold would not change dramatically.

 

In conclusion Ms Clover requested Members to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 110.