Agenda and minutes

The Democratic Services Officer drew attention to the Emergency Evacuation Procedure.

There were none.

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

(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 4.4 Appendix 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 Officer or a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

There were none.

There was none.

The Sub-Committee RESOLVED to approve the minutes for the meeting held on 10th August 2023 and they were duly signed by the Chair.

The applicant and other parties that were present confirmed that they had received and understood the licensing procedure.

The Chair referenced the procedure and stated that the applicant and the other parties would be given a fair amount of time to make a statement and give their evidence to the Sub-Committee.

The Sub-Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution:

“the Sub-Committee having been satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, in accordance with the provisions of Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, RESOLVES that the public shall be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business and the reporting of the meeting be prevented under Section 100A(5A), because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended.   

The members of the Sub-Committee agreed that they were satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, in accordance with the provisions of Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.

It was RESOLVED that the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business and the reporting of the meeting be prevented under Section 100A(5A), because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended.

Since the publication of the agenda this report has been withdrawn and will no longer be considered by the Sub-Committee.

The Team Leader, Legal Services addressed the Sub-Committee and explained that prior to the meeting commencing the applicant had been shown some footage of her arrest that the Police had requested to submit to the Sub-Committee.

She added that as this was the first time the applicant had become aware of the request it would be at the applicant’s discretion as to whether the footage could be submitted.

The applicant viewed the footage and did not give her consent for the footage to be shown to the Sub-Committee.

The Public Protection Officer (Licensing) introduced the report to the Sub-Committee. He stated that they were being asked to determine an application that had been made under s.117 of the Licensing Act 2003 for the grant of a Personal Licence.

He said that an Objection Notice had been received within the statutory period from the Police which expressed concerns the granting of the application might undermine the Prevention of Crime and Disorder and Public Safety licensing objectives.

He stated that three letters of support for the applicant had also been circulated to the members of the Sub-Committee.

The Police Licensing Officer addressed the Sub-Committee and said that background checks had been carried out on the applicant in response to the submission of the Personal Licence application. He stated that the applicant was not well known to them and only had the one conviction, of three offences.

He added that the behaviour of the applicant did seem unusual, but that the nature of the offences were serious enough to be given suspended imprisonment sentences.

One of the Police Constables involved in the arrest addressed the Sub-Committee. He explained that as the incident was some time ago he would be referring to his statement made at the time of the arrest. He said that the applicant had been detained on the floor at the venue and had then proceeded to attack him and his colleague whilst being arrested.

He stated that the applicant had bitten his colleague on the hand which required him to attend hospital following the completion of the arrest.

He added that on the journey to the custody unit the applicant had used very offensive language towards both of them.

A colleague of the applicant asked when the convictions would be classed as spent.

The Police Licensing Officer replied that this would be 24 months after the last date of the imposed sentence – August 2024.

The applicant, assisted at times by her colleague, addressed the Sub-Committee. They explained that she had a history of issues relating to her mental health and that she had been self-medicating through alcohol.

They said that having briefly exited the venue the applicant was not allowed to re-enter by door staff and that this had upset her as she wanted to return to her friends.

She said that during the arrest she had become afraid and had not intended to hurt anyone. She also apologised for the language that she had used.

She stated that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.