Agenda and minutes

Councillor Snow was appointed as Chair for this meeting.

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.

No declarations of interest were made by Members.

To consider the report of the Service Lead – Environmental Health and Community Safety.

The Chair introduced the Members of the Licensing Sub-Committee together with the Legal Advisor, Apprentice Solicitor, Principal Licensing Officer and Democratic Services Officer. The Legal Advisor set out the hearing procedure and the Applicant’s representatives, who were in attendance, agreed that the procedure was understood.

The Licensing Officer presented the application to grant a Bingo Premises Licence at 47 – 48 Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6NS as set out in the report.

The application included a plan of the proposed new licensable area and the Applicant had included additional conditions in the application to promote the Licensing Objectives.  It was confirmed that the application had been advertised on the premises and in the local newspaper in accordance with the requirements of the Gambling Act 2005, with the last date for representations being 12 August 2024.

It was confirmed that three representations had been received objecting to the Application relating to the Licensing Objectives of protecting children and other vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling, preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder, or being used to support crime and ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way. The representations were from three residents. The representations were listed in an appendix to the report.

The Applicant’s representatives spoke in support of their application and responded to questions from Members and the Legal team.

Representations were made by a member of the public against the application.

All parties present were advised that a Decision Notice would be issued within five workings days of the hearing.

The meeting was closed so that the Members could determine the application.

RESOLVED that the application be granted as applied for, subject to conditions for the reasons set out in the formal decision notice attached.