Name

Item

Interest

Reason

Councillor Ian Gordon

42, Grant of Premises Licence – Tesco, Unit 1, St. Mary’s Bridge, Plympton, Plymouth

Personal

He knew one of the parties objecting to the application

(i)

considered the report from the Director for Community Services;

(ii)

considered the written representations and heard from interested parties present;

(iii)

considered representations from the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary;

(iv)

heard from the applicant and their legal representative in support of the application and in particular that -

the premises had been open for the last couple of months acting with Temporary Events Notice’s and there had been no reported problems

the application had been amended so that the hours of operation and sale of alcohol took place between 0700 and 2300 hours rather than starting at 0600;

the store manager was committed to working with the local community and ward councillors and was willing to provide his contact number for use if problems arose. The committee noted this and welcomed this gesture;

(v)

heard and considered representations under the licensing objectives as follows:

(a)

Prevention of Public Nuisance –

problems existed at other such stores with young people congregating outside and harassing local residents.  Interested parties were concerned this would occur at these premises. This was considered to be relevant however there was no evidence to suggest this would be a problem at these premises;

St Mary’s Church, opposite Market Road, attracted young people using the area as a playground and interested parties were concerned that this would be exacerbated with a shop nearby and that it would lead to areas such as the church and the nearby Infant School being used as a depository for empty can/bottles etc. This was considered to be relevant however there was no evidence that this would be a problem at these premises. Members also noted the fact that non alcoholic drinks were also sold in glass bottles and that the applicant had indicated they were prepared to work with the local residents to do a ‘clear up’ in the area from time to time.

(b)

Prevention of Crime and Disorder –

the Police made representations that the applicant’s initial operating schedule did not adequately cover their concerns under this objective however conditions had since been agreed which the Police as follows:

(1)

CCTV cameras would be kept clean and maintained;

(2)

at the request of the Police CCTV images would be downloaded to a recognised format as soon as practicable and within 24 hours;

(3)

if for any reason the CCTV was not working correctly the Premise will take appropriate steps to ensure any faults were rectified as soon as possible;

the Police confirmed that this would address their initial concerns.  This was considered relevant and members agreed that these conditions should be attached to the licence to promote this licensing objective;

the police also advised that having checked their records for the area there had only been 5 reported problems in the area with youths in the last year.

(c)

Protection of Children from Harm –

the premises were located next to St Mary’s Playing fields which had an alleged reputation as a location  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.