Agenda and minutes

Councillor McPherson was appointed as Chair for the meeting. 

All parties noted the procedure.

The meeting was restarted as there was no sound on the live stream when the meeting initially commenced.

The Senior Technical Officer presented the report and outlined the application.

Applicant’s representative

Mr Hopkins made the following points:

      i.         He was aware the premises was in a cumulative impact zone and the issues which arose within the area.

    ii.         Had taken account of the representations especially those made by the Police and as a result additional conditions had been submitted to accompany the application.

   iii.         Proposed amendments to the licensable hours.

  iv.         Had accepted conditions suggested by the Police detailed in appendix 5 of PC Metcalfe’s presentation pack.

    v.         A ‘challenge 25’ condition was now included, which required proof of age when purchasing alcohol using specified ID.

  vi.         A written refusals record would be maintained, detailing when the sale of alcohol had been refused.

 vii.         Proposed a minimum alcohol content for spirits and also that a minimum of 4 cans of lager, cider or beer to be sold at the premises.

viii.         Proposed a condition that a minimum of 2 staff had to be on duty, but in reality, it was likely that there would be 4 staff members working at a time.

  ix.         Proposed that specified certain people had to be on duty when alcohol was sold.

    x.         Proposed a condition that alcohol supplied off the premises had to be in sealed containers and no alcohol could be consumed on the premises. All alcohol containers had to contain the postcode of the premises.

  xi.         Staff would be trained for their role on induction and would have refresher training.  Staff would also receive conflict management training.

 xii.         Spirits would be displayed behind the counter.

xiii.         All displays of alcohol would be covered by CCTV at all times.

xiv.         Invoices for the premises purchase of alcohol would be retained.

xv.         Management staff to discourage people loitering or drinking outside of the premises. 

xvi.         The CCTV would be monitored and physical checks would be carried out.

xvii.         The applicant was aware of existing problems in the locality and did not want to add to any anti-social behaviour (ASB). He wanted to make his shop less attractive to those with alcohol problems and this was why he had amended the licensable hours being sought in the application to 10.00 - 23.00 and also accepted the Police suggestion to have a minimum strength of alcohol of 5.5%.

xviii.         No small bottles of alcohol below 20cl would be sold on the premises.

xix.         Comments had been made by some of the residents that beggars hung around the ATM machines as they would ask people taking money out for money to buy alcohol.  

xx.         The licensable hours will align with the opening hours of the shop, so the shop would shut at 23.00 rather than 23.30 so that people returning from a night out would not be able to buy alcohol.

xxi.         The minimum purchase was restricted to 4 cans to deter people trying to ‘pre-load’ before  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20/33/Lic