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Introduction and Recording Arrangements. The Chair welcomed all those in attendance
and introductions were made. The Chair reminded those present that the meeting was being recorded and
would be made available following the meeting via the Council’s website – Click
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Apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were
received from Councillor A. Farina-Childs (Blackwood Local Ward Member) and Mr
H. Edwards (local business owner). |
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Declarations of Interest. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest made at the beginning or during
the course of the meeting. |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The Legal Advisor to the Sub Committee outlined the procedure for the meeting, including
the order of representations and the opportunities for all parties to ask
questions. Mr Lee Morgan (Licensing Manager) presented the
report and outlined the application submitted by Mr A. Xavier for a new
premises licence for Clarence Food and Wine located at 88 High Street,
Blackwood. It was noted that as part of
the hours applied for in the initial application, Mr Xavier had sought to
permit off-sale
of alcohol between the hours of 07.00 – 01.00 Friday &
Saturday. However, following
representations received, the applicant subsequently modified his application
to Supply of Alcohol (Off Sales only) Monday – Sunday 07.00 –
22.00. A number of steps had also been volunteered
by the applicant as part of the Operating Schedule, to promote the Licensing
Objectives, and were set out in the report.
During the consultation process, representations were received from
Gwent Police and Trading Standards who advocated conditions which were accepted
by the applicant, and these Responsible Authorities were subsequently satisfied
with the applicant’s ability to promote the Licensing Objectives. Relevant representations were also received
from two local ward members, two local residents and a local business owner and
full details were appended to the Officer’s report. It was noted that since the preparation of the
report, one local resident (Mr Llewellyn) had withdrawn his representation in
view of the above modification. The
other local resident (Mr Bennett) had confirmed he did not wish to attend and
his comments were included in the meeting papers for Members’ consideration. Furthermore, Mr Edwards (local business
owner) had given apologies for the meeting but had indicated he would be
satisfied with the modified hours.
Councillor Farina-Childs (Blackwood Local Ward Member had also given
apologies and it was noted that his concerns would be relayed via the Licensing
Manager later in the meeting. Attention
was drawn to the local policy considerations as set out in the report and to
the way in which the Sub-Committee would deal with the application. Members were referred to
the recommendation set out in the Licensing Manager’s report, which recommended
that the application for a premises licence be granted for off-sales of alcohol
between the hours of 07.00 - 22.00 Monday to Sunday, subject to the conditions
in the report. All parties present were afforded the opportunity
to ask questions of the Licensing Manager.
A Member asked if the proposed CCTV condition could be strengthened to
state that images must be of a good quality in order to clearly identify
persons of interest on the footage.
Following discussion, it was confirmed that this could be added to the
condition if the Sub Committee were minded to do so, although it was emphasised
that the reliability of CCTV imagery also depends on other factors such as
camera positioning. Representations were then invited from the
applicant, Mr Alex Xavier. Mr Xavier summarised his application and confirmed that high quality 4K resolution CCTV would be installed at the premises, ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |