Agenda and minutes

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

The Senior Licensing Officer outlined the purpose of the hearing and explained that on 2 January 2013 an application was received for a variation to the Premises Licence in respect of Up All Night, 3 Regent Square, Northampton to enable the licence holder to deliver alcoholic beverages to customers with or without food.  The application was to supply alcohol between the hours of 5pm and 3am (the premises being open from 4pm until 5am) for consumption off the premises.

An objection to the application had been received from Northamptonshire Police on 29 January 2013 on the grounds of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder.  No other objections had been received.

Application for Premises Licence

The applicant’s representative, Mr Mustafa Mansury, stated that the applicant wished to sell wine and beer to his customers as a service to them.  He considered that it would be irresponsible to sell other strong alcoholic drinks.  He would like to be able to sell these drinks to customers only when they purchased or ordered food from his premises.  He stated that the premises had been serving customers for eighteen years without any incidents and that the majority of the customers were reasonable adults.  He did accept, though, that a small minority of people did look to cause trouble in the evenings.

Mr Mansury stated that he had submitted the application and that the business would be transferred to him at a future date and he would be the Designated Premises Supervisor.

He stated that he had been in discussions with the Police and believed that their objection to the sale of alcoholic drinks with food for consumption off the premises until 3am was a reasonable one.  He proposed now to provide alcoholic drinks with food purchased from his premises until 11pm, which would be in line with the time the off licences closed.  Any sales of alcoholic drinks after that time would be with orders of food delivered to personal addresses.

Questions to the Applicant

In response to questions from the Sub Committee and the respondent the applicant’s representative stated that:

• It was his intention only to provide beer and wine to customers but he could not predict future trends and customers might want stronger drinks in the future.
• Staff would be trained to ask customers their age when ordering drinks and food at personal addresses and informed that photo identification would be required from anyone looking under the age of 21 when the food and alcohol was delivered.  If such identification could not be provided, the alcohol would be returned to the premises and the cost refunded to the customer through cash or via a refund on a credit/debit card.  Advertisements and leaflets for the premises would also indicated this positions
• Identification would primarily be passport or photo driving licence but proof age cards (as approved by the Police and the Home Office would also be acceptable).  It was noted that a birth certificate was not  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.