Agenda and minutes

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

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Introduction by the Licensing Officer

The Senior Licensing Officer outlined the purpose of the hearing and explained that on 28 August 2013 an application was received for a Premises Licence in respect of Fresh, 19A/21 Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE. This application had been heard on 16^th October 2013 and had been refused. The current application was received on 13^th November 2013 and, following some issues with the Statutory Notices being removed by persons unknown, the deadline for representations was extended to 28^th December 2013. The applicant wished to amend the licensed hours of the premises to 08:00 – 22:00.

An objection to the application had been received from Northamptonshire Police, with regard to the Licensing Objectives being upheld. The Senior Licensing Officer explained that PC Bryan would address the Sub-Committee in relation to the objection, which would be followed by any questions from the Sub-Committee and then any questions of clarification to Sgt Bryan from the applicant.

Mr Cander would be given the opportunity to put his case for the application to the Sub-Committee, followed by questions from the Sub Committee led by the Chair. PC Bryan will then have the opportunity to ask the applicant any points of clarification.

Both the applicant and the responsible authority would be given an opportunity to sum up before the Sub-Committee retire to make their decision.

The decision of the Sub-Committee would be given following their deliberations.

Representation by a Responsible Authority – Northamptonshire Police

The Chair invited PC Bryan to present the representation on behalf of Northamptonshire Police. PC Bryan explained that Northamptonshire Police had objected to the original application. He conceded that the latest application contained more detail, but the Police still had concerns that the Licensing Objectives had still not been addressed. They had been unable to contact the applicant to resolve the issues prior to the hearing and he intended to explore the application further during questions.

Representation by the Applicant

The Chair invited Mr Cander to address the Sub-Committee. Mr Cander accepted that the previous application had been incomplete. He outlined the detail in the application, including how the premises would meet their obligation to meet the four Licensing Objectives. These changes included; improved lighting; 12 CCTV cameras; age sales posters to be displayed; any offences by customers to be reported; proper fire prevention controls; no service to drunken customers; no drinking of alcohol on the premises; maintenance of a refusals book; appropriate staff training in age related sales; he would be the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) for the premises and would maintain control over staffing abilities in relationship to appropriate sales. 

In response to questions from the Sub-Committee Mr Cander supplied the following information.

·         There would be two people working in the store at all times, at least one senior member of staff and both appropriately trained. 

·         The CCTV would maintain records for 3 months on a hard drive.

·         The applicant had 10 years’ experience working in retail, including alcohol sales.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.