Agenda and minutes

Licensing Committee - Tuesday 26 August 2014 10.00 am, NEW

Venue: Council House (Next to the Civic Centre), Plymouth

Contact: Helen Rickman / Katey Johns / Lynn Young  Email: katey.johns@plymouth.gov.uk / Email: helen.rickman@plymouth.gov.uk / Email: lynn.young@plymouth.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

38.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this Agenda.

Minutes:

The following declaration of interest was made by a member in accordance with the code of conduct –

 

Name

Minute Number

Reason

Interest

Councillor John

Smith

38

Board member of Credit

Union, an organisation with

premises located within

the proposed DPPO

Personal

 

39.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 59 KB

To confirm the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on 29 April 2014 and the Licensing Sub Committee meetings held on 15 April 2014, 29 April 2014, 13 May 2014 and 15 July 2014.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Agreed that the following minutes are approved as an accurate record of the meeting:

 

·         Licensing Committee – 29 April 2014

·         Licensing Sub Committee – 15 April 2014, 29 April 2014, 13 May 2014 and 15 July 2014.

40.

CHAIR'S URGENT BUSINESS

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

Minutes:

There were no items of Chair’s urgent business.

41.

INFORMATION REGARDING DELEGATED DECISIONS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT/VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCES pdf icon PDF 47 KB

The Director of Public Health will submit a report on delegated decisions for applications for the grant/variation of premises licences.

Minutes:

Fred Prout (Senior Licensing Officer) provided Members with an update on information regarding delegated decisions for applications for the grant or variation of premises licences.

 

Members were advised that the licensing department had received representations from responsible authorities or other parties that had been mediated out by agreement with both the applicant and the respective responsible authority without the need to bring the application before the committee for determination. The majority of issues raised linked to conditions on the license in relation to noise issues, cctv, training for members of staff and outside bar issues.

 

The Chair thanked Fred Prout for his report and attendance at the meeting.

 

Members noted the update.

42.

APPLICATION FOR THE DESIGNATED PUBLIC PLACES ORDER (DPPO) TO CONTROL STREET DRINKING IN MARLBOROUGH STREET, DEVONPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA pdf icon PDF 66 KB

The Director of Public Health will submit a report detailing the results of the public consultation for a Designated Public Places Order (DPPO), covering Marlborough Street and the surrounding area within Devonport.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Dave Hughes (Senior Environmental Health Officer), Inspector Sean Harris (Sector Inspector Devonport & West),PC Ryan Pengelly (Neighbourhood Beat Manager) and Councillor Coker (Devonport Ward Councillor) provided the Committee with the application for the Designated Public Places Order (DPPO) to control street drinking in Marlborough Street, Devonport and the surrounding area.

 

Members were advised that –

 

(a)

on 29 April the Licensing Committee agreed that the Public Protection Service was authorised to facilitate the public consultation in the specified DPPO area in Devonport;

(b)

as part of the six week consultation process a public notice was displayed in the Evening Herald, an information pack was sent to various community groups, information was posted on the Council’s website, a mail shot was undertaken in the proposed DPPO area and 6000 leaflets were distributed; 82 DPPO feedback questionnaires were also completed by local business and residents;

 

(c)

a scatter diagram was provided within the agenda pack to detail where respondents lived who responded to the consultation;

 

(d)

there was an overwhelming majority in support of the DPPO; in total 91 residents responded;

 

(e)

a second notice was required to be published in the Evening Herald confirming the date the DPPO was due to come into effect, if granted by Members;

 

(f)

throughout ‘Community Focus Week’ the Police had undertaken questionnaires in specific streets in Devonport regarding the proposed DPPO and residents experiences of alcohol related problems; 82 questionnaires were completed in which 81 were in support of the introduction of a DPPO in Devonport;

 

(g)

82% of people questioned confirmed that they had experienced alcohol related crime in the past 12 months within the proposed DPPO area including Devonport park, Marlborough Street, Stoke Village and Mount Wise;

 

(h)

78% of people questioned confirmed that they had been subject to alcohol-related behaviour or anti-social behaviour on a weekly or monthly basis;

 

(i)

residents were asked to specify what type of alcohol-related behaviour they had experienced due to street drinking including intimidation, alcohol litter, urination/ defecation, verbal abuse, physical assault or noise/ begging; there were 190 responses to this question from 82 questionnaires completed;

 

(j)

residents were asked what action they took as a result of behaviour; 60% of respondents confirmed that they had not reported this to the police;

 

(k)

81 of 82 questionnaires completed confirmed that they did support the proposed DPPO;

 

(l)

the Police recorded incidents in Devonport between 1 January 2014 to 31 July 2014 in order to evidence the continued on-going problem with alcohol related crime and disorder; 95 Police logs were created during this period and 53 were specifically linked to alcohol related crimes. Members were advised that crimes could be recorded without a log being generated and most police logs generated did not result in a crime being recorded;

 

(m)

20 key offenders had been identified by the Police as causing ASB and alcohol related crime in this area; those identified had been put on an acceptable behaviour programme and were being supported by Harbour;

 

(n)

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43.

EXEMPT BUSINESS

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s)of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Minutes:

There were no items of exempt business.