Name

Minute No.

Reason

Interest

Councillor Rennie

75, 76 and 77

Used to live next

door to the

applicant

Personal

(a)

considered the reports from the Strategic Director for People and agreed that they would deal with all three reports together as the applications in respect of each date were the same and the issues raised by the Police were the same in respect of each application;

(b)

heard from the Police that –

·         no proper plan of the area to be covered had been provided

·         no operating schedule showing how the events would be controlled had been provided

·         no method or policy had been supplied as to how the numbers in the area will be restricted to 499

·         in relation to sale of alcohol no details had been supplied as to how and where that licensable activity will take place within the area

·         three door supervisors would not be sufficient to monitor the area; at least 6 would be needed

·         putting barriers around to define the area and keep the pathway clear would cause a safety issue in relation to the access of patrons to the area and also entry to the area by the emergency services in the event of an incident

·         leaving chairs and tables in the area would create an obstruction and had the potential to cause a public safety issue as people tend to dance on the tables and injure themselves when they fall off

·         there were concerns over the ability to control glass and bottles from other premises being brought into the area

·         PC Wilkins statement provided details of his experience of working on these bank holiday Sundays over 9 years and evidence of disorder, littering and density of the crowd making it difficult to move through the area. His opinion that the area is unsuitable for this type of event

His statement detailed that in the past there have been problems with the concentration and lack of control of customers.  There had been incidents of disorder and as a result his concern was for the potential for crime and disorder in that area

He stated that as a police officer it had been virtually impossible to walk through the area in front of the premises and incidents had occurred in the past which had been difficult to see and then get to

Barriers in the area made access to the controlled area very difficult and he had had to ask for them to be removed to allow ready access to developing situations

·         CCTV footage was produced of 5/5/13 showing the difficulty door supervisors and police had in controlling the area during these events. The time of the CCTV was 11.25pm which was after the TEN had finished

·         the planned area is in a Cumulative Impact Area and in 2012 in the area surrounding the premises 81 offences occurred between 7pm and 7am. 37 of which occurred between 7pm and midnight. In 2013, 62 offences occurred between 7am and 7pm, 36 of which occurred between 7pm and midnight. Figures indicated that in 2011 39% of all crime, in 2012 42% of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 75.