Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Friday 22nd April 2016 10.00 am

Venue: Bad Homburg Room, Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter

Contact: Howard Bassett, Democratic Services Officer (Committees) Telephone 01392 265107 or email howard.bassett@exeter.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
19.	Appointment of Chair To appoint a Chair for the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Sheldon was appointed Chair for this meeting.
20.	Declarations of Interest Councillors are reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests that relate to business on the agenda and which have not already been included in the register of interests, before any discussion takes place on the item. Unless the interest is sensitive, you must also disclose the nature of the interest. In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, you must then leave the room and must not participate in any further discussion of the item. Councillors requiring clarification should seek the advice of the Monitoring Officer prior to the day of the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of interest were made by Members.
21.	LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ACCESS TO INFORMATION) ACT 1985 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To pass the following resolution: RESOLVED that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press excluded from the meeting for items 4 and 5 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act. Minutes: RESOLVED that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of the following items on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I, Schedule 12A of the Act.
	LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976
22.	To consider if an individual is a fit and proper person to hold a Hackney Carriage/PHV Licence View the reasons why item 22. is restricted To consider the report of the Assistant Director Environment. Minutes: The Chair introduced the Sub Committee. The Solicitor introduced the Officers and set out the procedure for the hearing advising of the Council’s policy objectives under paragraph 1.2 and the Code of Conduct for Licensed Drivers. The Solicitor explained that Section 51 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 stated that before granting a drivers licence the Licensing Authority must be satisfied that the driver is a fit and proper person to hold a drivers licence. The Senior Licensing Officer presented the report and gave evidence in respect of the application. The applicant attended the meeting and spoke in support of himself expanding on the points made in his written statement to the Sub-Committee. The Sub Committee retired to make its decision in the presence of the Solicitor and the Democratic Services Officer (Committees) (HB) RESOLVED that the Licensing Sub-Committee found the applicant not to be a fit and proper person to drive a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle and that, accordingly, the application for a licence be refused.
	LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1982
23.	Application to change location for an existing Street Trading Consent Holder View the reasons why item 23. is restricted To consider the report of the Assistant Director Environment. Minutes: The Acting Principal Licensing Officer presented an application for a change in location of an existing street trading consent to another designated street. The new location would be Cofton Road which was a designated Consent Street under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1982. Ms M currently held a consent to trade in Manston Close, Marsh Barton selling fast food from a 12ft by 7ft catering unit. She wished to relocate to Cofton Road, Marsh Barton. Her consent to trade in Manaton Close dated from October 2011 She was seeking to trade from Monday to Sunday between 09:00hrs until 17:00hrs as a continuation by 12 months of the consent previously. Ms M was not in attendance. RESOLVED that the street trading consent be amended to trade from Cofton Road.
	LICENSING ACT 2003
24.	To consider an application for the grant of a Premises Licence for Camper Coffee, McCoy's Arcade, Exeter PDF 65 KB To consider the report of the Assistant Director Environment. Details of the application may be found at http://www/exeter.gov.uk/licensing Search the public register and the link is to the right of the page or may be viewed at the Licensing office between 09.00 and 16.00 Monday to Friday. Additional documents: Camper Coffee application , item 24. PDF 2 MB Camper Coffee plans , item 24. PDF 417 KB Spectrum Housing , item 24. PDF 105 KB Mansons Guitar Shop , item 24. PDF 335 KB Broadside Printing , item 24. PDF 19 KB Bunyip Beads , item 24. PDF 290 KB Hops and Crafts , item 24. PDF 4 KB Illicit Web Design , item 24. PDF 80 KB Kathy Silvester , item 24. PDF 4 KB Letter from C D Burnett-Hitchcock , item 24. PDF 178 KB No Guts no Glory , item 24. PDF 6 KB OMG Comics , item 24. PDF 4 KB Roberta Juxon-Keen , item 24. PDF 7 KB South West Land Ltd , item 24. PDF 6 KB DN Camper Coffee clean copy , item 24. PDF 198 KB Minutes: Decision notice attached.