Venue: Committee Room 4 - City Hall, Bradford. View directions
Contact: Claire Tomenson
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DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST (Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution)
To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.
An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.
Notes:
(1) Members may remain in the meeting and take part fully in discussion and voting unless the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an interest which the Member feels would call into question their compliance with the wider principles set out in the Code of Conduct. Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.
(2) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(3) Members are also welcome to disclose interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity.
(4) Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.
Minutes: No disclosures of interest in matters under consideration were received.
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INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS (Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)
Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item. Certain reports and background papers may be restricted.
Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report.
If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting.
Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal.
(Claire Tomenson - 01274 432457)
Minutes: There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents.
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MRH EAST BOWLING, WAKEFIELD ROAD, BRADFORD The Assistant Director Waste, Fleet and Transport Services will present Document “V” which outlines an application for a new premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises and the provision of late night refreshment.
Members are invited to consider the information and documents referred to in this report and, after hearing interested parties, determine the related application.
(Melanie McGurk – 01274 431873)
Additional documents:
Minutes: RECORD OF A HEARING FOR A PREMISES LICENCE FOR MRH EAST BOWLING, WAKEFIELD ROAD, BRADFORD
Commenced:1015 Adjourned:1050 Reconvened:1055 Concluded:1100
Present
Members of the Panel Bradford District Licensing Panel: Councillor Slater (Ch), Councillor Ellis and Councillor Godwin
Parties to the Hearing
Representing the Applicant: Mr Leaning – Area Manager, Malthurst Retail Limited Mr Botkai – Solicitor
Interested Parties Mr Singh – objector Mr Abdullah – objector
Observers
Mrs & Mrs McHugh – local residents
Representations
The Assistant Director Waste, Fleet and Transport Services presented Document “V” which outlined an application for a new premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises and the provision of late night refreshment at MRH East Bowling.
The solicitor for the company made representations in support of the application, giving the background to the company and explaining that it now owned 824 licensed petrol stations, of which over 500 were twenty-four hour premises. This particular store had been acquired recently from another company which had not sold alcohol in any of its stores. Malthurst was in the process of applying for licenses for all the premises which it had acquired from that company.
The solicitor referred to the relevant legislation which, he stated, presumed in favour of granting such applications and highlighted that no objections had been received from any of the responsible authorities. He then addressed the objections received from local residents and noted that objections made on the basis of competition for trade were not relevant; that there was no evidence of the alleged anti-social behaviour and that there was no proven link between sales of alcohol at petrol stations and drink driving. He pointed out that it was possible to drive to the neighbouring off-licence or to a supermarket and purchase alcohol. He noted also that attaching any weight to the petition appended to one of the letters of objection would be difficult as it was not possible to assess how the petition was garnered.
He advised that the store used a night pay till between the hours of 2300 and 0600; that a Challenge 25 system would be operated; that both a refusal log and an incident log would be kept; that CCTV was already in place and that the sale of alcohol would be restricted to exclude high strength beers/ciders or single cans of alcoholic drink.
A member asked the Panel’s legal advisor if, having approved the application, anti-social behaviour subsequently occurred, a review of the licence would be possible. He was informed that this was the case.
Another member queried the need to sell alcohol at these premises on a 24 hour basis. He was informed that it was merely part of the estate policy for this company. The applicant’s solicitor also advised that, if the fears of local residents did come to fruition, the company would always take steps to address problems. He therefore urged residents to contact the company in the first instance if there was a problem.
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