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13.

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.

 

14.

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. 

 

(Jane Lythgow - 01274 432270)

 

Minutes:

There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents. 

 

15.

APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF A PREMISES LICENCE FOR KEIGHLEY MINI MARKET, 125 NORTH STREET, KEIGHLEY BD21 3AD. pdf icon PDF 190 KB

The Interim Assistant Director Waste, Fleet and Transport Services will present a report (Document “E”) which outlines an application for the grant of a Premises Licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises.

 

 

Members are invited to consider the information and documents referred to in Document “E” and, after hearing interested parties, determine the related application.

 

(Melanie McGurk – 01274 431873)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Interim Assistant Director Waste, Fleet and Transport Services presented a report (Document “E”) which outlined an application for the grant of a Premises Licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises.

 

The Licensing Officer in attendance outlined the background to the application for a Premises License for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises and valid representations as set out in the report.  In response to a request for clarification from the Chair that the representation received was from a local business owner, the Licensing Officer confirmed that on checking the Bradford Council Business Rates records the address given was a business address.

 

The application was for the grant of a Premises Licence.  The operating schedule described the relevant licensable activities applied for as the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises on Monday to Sunday from 08.00 to 23.00.

 

The applicants representative advised the Panel that the applicant was a hard working man who had worked in the licensing trade for a number of years and had attended licensing training.  He gave an assurance that he would address any issues that arose.  He noted that the objector had given their address as 127 North Street which was the business address for K L Fishing Tackle.  He was of the opinion that the objection had been submitted mischievously by another business.  He contended that if he was a fit and proper person he should be granted the license.

 

In response to questions from the Panel the applicants representative:

·         Confirmed that the license holder would be on the premises at all times.

·         Confirmed CCTV was installed inside and outside the premises (2 cameras faced North Street and one faced the town centre and 2 were inside the store) and recordings would be shared with the police to provide evidence of any wrongdoing.

·         The prevention of public nuisance involved not allowing drinking or causing a nuisance outside the shop.

·         Confirmed that Challenge 21 was in place to protect children form harm.

·         He attributed the objector’s comment that, too many alcoholics are roaming close by, to mischievousness by another business as the address given was a business and not a residential address.  He added that no more alcoholics roamed round North Street than other parts of Keighley or the UK.

·         He confirmed that there were flats above the shops in North Street but that no residents had objected to the application.

·         In response to a question as to why there was a need to sell alcohol at 08.00 and who the customers would be, the applicants representative stated that the shop had previously been an off license before becoming a general store and that customers had asked to purchase alcohol so there was a demand.  He noted that the shop opened at 08.00 but in response to a suggestion  that it would be more appropriate that alcohol be served from 11.00 rather than 08.00 be agreed to this suggestion.

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