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Notes:

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(3)       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. 

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The Assistant Director Waste, Fleet and Transport Services will present a report (Document “G”) which outlines an application for the grant of a premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises and the provision of regulated entertainment indoors and outdoors in respect of Wishbone Tap, 60 Low Street, Keighley, BD21 3PT.

Recommended –

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)

Commenced: 10:00

Adjourned: 10:35

Recommenced: 10:45

Concluded: 10:50

PRESENT

Members of the Bradford District Licensing Panel

Councillor Slater (Chair), Councillor Hawkesworth, Councillor Cunningham

Legal Representative

Nighat Rasool

Licensing Officer

Melanie McGurk

Applicant

Adrian Chapman

Minutes

The Licensing Officer provided a summary of the report (Document “G”) which outlined the application for the grant of a premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises and the provision of regulated entertainment indoors and outdoors in respect of Wishbone Tap, 60 Low Street, Keighley, BD21 3PT.

The Licensing Officer informed Panel Members of the representations received from a local business, which raised concerns of noise nuisance from regulated entertainment which could cause disturbance to residents in the living accommodation and also to the health care business which operated 24 hours a day. Safety concerns for female staff were also raised with reference to the crime rate in the area.

The Applicant provided details of the application to Panel Members advising Members that Wishbone Tap was a local market brewery in Keighley and had been operating for 7 years with no issues with the Police. Wishbone Tap specialised in making brewery in-house which was not sold in any supermarkets, this has appealed to consumers looking for unique tastes in beer.

The Applicant further advised Members of the Panel of the proposed operating hours and assured that consumers would be off the premises by 22:30. Any early opening hours were to be used for local community groups serving tea and coffee only.

The Applicant informed that there were no restrictions on the street for emergency vehicles and the rear yard would be fenced off so as not to cause any nuisance to local residents. Other safety measures would be put in place i.e. good lighting at the rear of the building, refuse to serve intoxicated customers, no under 18’s would be allowed after 18:00 and to be accompanied by a parent/responsible adult after 18:00, CCTV cameras would be in all public areas of the premises and all staff would be trained to enforce the Challenge 21/25 scheme.

Panel Members requested to know if the residents living accommodation was in operation.

In response the Applicant advised that there were no residents currently living at the accommodation, however people had been seen carrying out works at the building.

Panel Members were keen to understand how outdoor live music entertainment would affect local residents.

In response Members were advised that the opening hours would not affect local residents much, entertainment would be stopped by 22:30.

Panel Members were keen to understand the concept behind drinks for the modern drinker.

In response the Applicant explained that the beer environment had changed over the years and modern beers had a wide range of flavours and tastes, this was an interesting and more modern form of drinking. The aim was to provide Keighley something new and interesting, something customers would not need to travel far to enjoy.

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The Assistant Director, The Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services will present a report (Document “H”) which invites Members to consider a personal licence holder, who has been convicted of a relevant offence (Section 132A of the Licensing Act 2003).

Recommended –

Members are invited to consider the information and documents referred to in this report and determine what action should be taken.

(Melanie McGurk – 01274 431873)

Commenced: 10:55

Concluded: 11:05

PRESENT

Members of the Bradford District Licensing Panel

Councillor Slater (Chair), Councillor Hawkesworth, Councillor Cunningham

Legal Representative

Nighat Rasool

Licensing Officer

Melanie McGurk

Applicant

Aziz Abdullah

Minutes

The Licensing Officer presented the report (Document “H”) which invited Members to consider a personal licence holder, who had been convicted of a relevant offence (Section 132A of the Licensing Act 2003).

Resolved –

That having considered the evidence contained in the report of the Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services (Document H), the published statement of licensing policy and relevant guidance, evidence from all representatives and to support Part 4 of the licensing policy objectives:

·         the Prevention of Crime and Disorder objective of the Licensing Act.

·         the Prevention of Public Nuisance objective of the Licensing Act.

·         the Public Safety objective of the Licensing Act.

·         the Protection of Children from Harm objective of the Licensing Act.

The panel

REVOKE the Personal Licence in respect of Mr Abdullah.

ACTION: Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services