(a)

considered the report from the Director for Public Health:

(b)

heard from the applicant that:

·         He will have CCTV at the premises;

·         Staff will be CRB checked;

·         They will have a challenge 21 underage sales policy;

·         Alcohol will only be served with food;

·         They are not seeking to attract a rowdy clientele;

·         The alcohol sales are an add on to the main business which will be a deli, café and shop;

·         Only bottled beer and wine will be served;

·         There is no bar in the premises;

·         They have a no drugs policy and a four drink policy;

·         Noise will be kept to a minimum;

·         One member of staff will be working at the counter with another on the shop floor;

·         He lives in the village;

·         The application no longer included off sales following consultation with the police;

·         He would be happy to restrict delivery times to address the concerns of local residents;

·         The maximum capacity of the premises is 60 people which is a figure set by the fire authority. There will be approximately 19 tables;

·         There is no application for an outside seating area. This would form a separate application at a later date if necessary;

·         He sees the premises as being a social hub for the village;

·         The location of a smoking area is under discussion with the developer as is storage for refuse;

·         He was willing to restrict the times when he would dispose of glass in response to representations from local residents;

·         He has been in the trade for 25 years, has had residents meetings and provided his contact details to local residents in case there are any problems;

·         He was happy for the smoking area to be monitored with CCTV and noise monitoring equipment;

(c)

Considered the written and verbal representations made by local residents (including a petition) as follows:

Prevention of Public Nuisance:

• The premises are situated with residential properties both directly above, next to and opposite.  There was concern that the residents would be disturbed by noise from the premises until 10 pm.  Residents felt that the hours of operation were excessive and should be reduced to avoid disturbing the peace and quiet of a residential area.  One resident suggested that the hours of operation should be limited to 10 am to 8 pm on a Sunday and 8.30 am to 9.30 pm on a Monday to Friday.  Concerns were also raised about potential noise issues from the smoking area.

            This was relevant under this licensing objective but members considered             that the concerns could be addressed by conditions 1 – 4 set out below.

• There was concern from local residents about noise and disturbance from deliveries taking place at the premises at times outside of the operating hours.

            This was relevant under this licensing objective and members considered that the concerns could be addressed by the imposition of condition 5 below.

• There was a potential for a nuisance to be caused from deliveries taking place in that they  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

(a)

considered the report from the Director for Public Health;

(b)

heard from the applicant that:

·         The service station was a twenty four hour operation which offered cold snacks and drinks at the moment.  They had originally applied for a twenty four hour alcohol licence but following consultation with the Police had reduced this to 8 am to midnight;

·         The application for late night refreshment was really to cover the sale of hot drinks.  Hot food would be a minimal part of the business and they were happy to be limited to the sale of hot drinks only if committee thought this was appropriate having considered the representations;

·         The police had made representations but withdrawn them and there had been no other representations from other responsible authorities;

·         With regard to the proposed DPPO for the area the applicant was happy to support this but did not consider granting the licence would undermine it in any way or contribute to street drinking;

·         The company had 200 service stations already;

·         With regard to attracting late night revellers, the applicant stated that they already open until 11 pm and the only problems they have ever had were minor thefts which did not involve theft of alcohol;

·         The alcohol is positioned next to the counter and the shop doors are closed from 11 pm onwards;

·         Schools will not be open during the time the variation application is made for;

·         With regards to litter there was other legislation to deal with any associated problems;

(c)

considered written and verbal representations from other parties:

Prevention of Crime and Disorder

·         There is an existing problem with street drinkers and associated anti-social behaviour which has resulted in an application for a DPPO for the area which is currently under consideration.

            This was relevant under this licensing objective however the committee             considered that the conditions agreed with the Police would prevent any             potential problems.

·         The premises are situated within a few metres of a hostel for persons with drug and alcohol dependency issues.

            This was relevant under this licensing objective however the committee             considered that the conditions agreed with the Police would prevent any             potential problems.

·         The premises are on the main route home from the City Centre and may attract already intoxicated people on their way home from clubs and bars in town late at night or early hours of the morning.

             This was relevant under this licensing objective however from the information it had been given the committee did not consider that this would be a problem.

Public Safety

·         It is not appropriate for a garage to sell alcohol to drivers at all let alone 24 hours a day.

            This was not considered relevant under this licensing objective.

·         It is not appropriate to permit sales to people who are already intoxicated on their way home from clubs and bars in town late at night or in the early hours of the morning.

             This was considered to be relevant under this licensing objective however  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.