Agenda and minutes

Venue: The Council Chamber, St. Giles Square, Northampton, NN1 1DE.

Contact: Email: democraticservices@northampton.gov.uk  01604 837722

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcomes

Minutes:

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were none.

3.

New Grant Premises Licence Application - Euro Foods Plus, 167 St James Road pdf icon PDF 4 MB

Minutes:

The Licensing Officer outlined the report for an application for the new grant of a premises licence by Mr Amed Ismael Khudhur in relation to a premises at 167 St James Road, Northampton. The Licensing Enforcement Officer outlined the procedure for the hearing.

 

Mr P Byatt – Licensed Inntuition (the applicants’ representative) explained that the premises was a former bank and had been identified as a space for a grocery store with an off-license. He noted that a risk assessment had been undertaken and formulated them against the Licensing Objectives and informed the Committee that his client had worked closely with the Police and explained that they, as a responsible authority, had not objected to the application.

 

Mr Byatt reported that in accordance with the Licensing Objectives, his client had proposed a number of conditions on his license which included:

 

·         A fully working and maintained CCTV system

·         Staff training to be undertaken; specifically staff would be trained prior to the premises being opened and every 12 months thereafter.

·         Clear notices displayed to remind customers not to drink within the vicinity of the premises.

·         No beer, lager or cider above 6% abv to be sold

·         Challenge 25 scheme

 

Mr Byatt further noted that he was compliant with the 2 conditions proposed by Public Health. He explained that the proportion of goods to alcohol was relatively small and reiterated that neither the Police, nor Public Health had objected other than the proposed conditions referred to in the report.

 

Questions to the applicant:

 

In response to questions asked by the Sub Committee Mr Byatt confirmed the following:

 

The premises was independent and was not a family business

There would be a minimum of 2 employees on the premises at all times, his client being the designated premises supervisor.

Mr Byatts client had experience of working in the industry

 

The Solicitor questioned a disparity between proposed conditions relating to staff training. 

 

Respondents:

 

Ms P Williams spoke on behalf of St James residents association and explained that she had been a resident for 46 years and noted that there were no concerns about the premises selling food, but the proposed alcohol sales between 8am and 11pm was excessive. She commented that the area had experienced problems with prostitution, litter, alcohol and drug abuse, homelessness and begging. She referred to the removal of benches and flowerbeds which were removed by the Council on the advice of Police to deter undesirables from congregating. It was explained that there was a school in close proximity and an alleyway nearby that was used by homeless people and street drinkers to defecate and stated that St James’ already had an abundance of licensed premises and to grant a further one would exacerbate the problems experienced by residents.

 

Questions to the respondents:

 

In response to questions asked, Ms Williams confirmed the following:

 

As the representative of the Residents Association she was representing between 10-30 people

There were numerous licensing premises (including off licences) in the vicinity of the applicants premises and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.