Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

21.

Appointment of Chairman for the meeting of the Sub-Committee

Minutes:

The Democratic Services Officer opened the meeting and invited Councillors to appoint a Chair of the Sub-Committee Hearing. It was proposed by Councillor Sally Beardsworth and seconded by Councillor Mike Warren that Councillor Andrew Kilbride be appointed Chair of the Sub-Committee Hearing.

 

Resolved

 

(1)       That Councillor Andrew Kilbride be appointed Chair of the Sub-Committee Hearing.

 

22.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest that they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

 

Note: Any Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest will not be able to participate in the hearing, and should therefore notify Democratic Services in advance so that arrangements may be made for an alternate Member to attend.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

23.

Premises Licence Review Hearing pdf icon PDF 292 KB

Report of the Assistant Director – Regulatory Services

 

Purpose of report

 

To consider a request from Northamptonshire Police for the Review of the Premises Licence for The Crown Hotel, 20 Market Place, Brackley, NN13 7DP.

 

Recommendations

          

1.1       To determine the application for a review of a premises licence in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Enforcement Officer presented a report which requested that the Sub-Committee Hearing consider an application from Northamptonshire Police for a review of the Premises Licence for The Crown Hotel, 20 Market Place, Brackley, NN13 7DP.

 

Resolved

 

(1)  As set out in the attached determination letter.

24.

Exclusion of Press and Public

Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to the report are exempt under Paragraph 14(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, which permits the Licensing Authority to exclude the press and public from all or part of the Hearing when it considers that the public interest in doing so outweighs the public interest in the hearing. The reasons for doing so are as follows:

 

-       Compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018

-       The protection of personal data

 

Members are reminded that whilst the aforementioned appendices have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them in private or in public. In making the decision, members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

 

Should Members decide to exclude the press and public, they are recommended to resolve as follows:

 

“That under Paragraph 14(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

(1)  That under Paragraph 14(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) ofbusiness on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

25.

Exempt Appendices

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered the exempt appendices to the report of the Licensing Enforcement Officer.