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Nath & Sons - Premises Licence Application PDF 470 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Senior Technical
Officer presented the report and outlined the application. In response to members’ questions the Senior Technical Officer made the following
points:
i.
Considered Waitrose to be the closest business to
the application providing off sales.
ii.
Charlie’s Coffee Company (pizzeria / café) opposite
the application provided on sales of alcohol.
iii.
Possibility the Snug public house (currently
closed) on East Road would re-open and offering on sales.
iv.
There was also a member only sports and snooker bar
(WT’s Sports Bar) which offered on sales of alcohol.
v.
Confirmed that Tesco Express on East Road currently
did not hold a licence to sell alcohol.
vi.
Clarified that the application was for off sales
only (there had been a mistake by the applicant when completing the
application). Mr A Nath made the following points on behalf of his father (the
applicant).
i.
All the necessary precautions as highlighted by the
Police had been put in place and had taken advice from the City Council.
ii.
The Police had made no further objections now their
conditions had been met.
iii.
All staff would be trained to conduct challenge 25
check.
iv.
The applicant had fifteen years’ experience of selling
alcohol in another store which he owned; Mr A Nath himself was a license holder
for the past five years in the same store.
v.
There was a market to sell alcohol as was
consistently asked by the public if they sold alcohol.
vi.
CCTV would be used to monitor the outside space and
any issues would be reported and dealt with. Mr A Nath made the following points in response to Members’ questions:
i.
Had accepted the condition to start the sale of
alcohol at 11.00am until 8.00pm.
ii.
Responsibilities of meeting the licensing
objectives were to ensure that there was no crime due to the sale of alcohol.
iii.
Would monitor any noise pollution and anti-social
behaviour to ensure that immediate neighbours were not affected.
iv.
CCTV would be used to guard the area and staff would
be trained in the sale of alcohol. Councillor Bick (Market Ward Councillor) who had made a written
representation addressed members with the following points:
i.
Highlighted why the application was in a sensitive
location, a.
In area where a large amount of rough sleeping took
place, with those individuals begging in the daytime (primarily Burleigh Street and East Road). b.
Close to Jimmy’s Cambridge (providing help to
people experiencing homelessness). c.
On the route from the city centre to the GP’s
access surgery catering for people living on the street; this was also a
meeting point for street life individuals, the location had a history of
anti-social behaviour and public nuisance. d.
There were individuals who slept rough who were
dependent on alcohol and or other drugs, some suffered with mental ill health. e.
There had been occasion when there was boisterous
and sometime intimidating behaviour and waste being left on the streets. ii. The application was in an area ... view the full minutes text for item 20/25/Lic |