The Committee will appoint a Chair and Vice-Chair for this particular meeting.

Agreed that Councillor Rennie is appointed Chair and Councillor Gordon is appointed as Vice Chair for this meeting.

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

There were no declarations of interest.

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

There were no Chair’s urgent business.

The committee:

a.           Considered the:

·         Application from Devon and Cornwall constabulary for a review of the premises licence at 99 - 101 Union Street known as The Venue under section 53A of the Licensing Act 2003;

·         The certificate issued under section 53A(1)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003 signed by Superintendent Christopher Singer, that in his opinion the premises are associated with both serious crime and serious disorder;

·         Representations from the premises licence holder’s representatives that the problems had been down to the door security company who had now been sacked but there was no new security company in place yet. That they disagreed with some of the evidence from the police and said that they recorded incidents within the log book and provided CCTV to the Police immediately. They did not believe it was necessary to suspend the licence as they believed that a new door security company would address the problems.

Having considered the above the committee was:

·         satisfied that serious crime and serious disorder is occurring on the premises which is affecting the promotion of the crime prevention licensing objective and that it is necessary and appropriate to take interim steps to promote the licensing objectives.

Members agreed that it was proportionate to suspend the premises licence with immediate effect in order to promote the crime prevention objective to prevent serious crime occurring on the premises as the committee did not consider that conditions, removal of Designated Premises Supervisor or removal of alcohol sales would promote the licensing objectives as the issues at the premises were down to deeper management problems.