LICENSING
SUB-COMMITTEE 18
January 2001
(4.00
– 5.35pm)
PRESENT: Councillors Knowles (Chair),
Cowell, Dixon, Hipkin, J Rosenstiel and T Schofield
FOR THE
INFORMATION OF THE COUNCIL
01/m/01
APOLOGIES
There were no
apologies for absence.
01m/02 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Councillor J
Rosenstiel declared a Code of Conduct (non-financial) interest in minute number
01/m/06 - “Public Entertainment
Licence: CC’s Sports Venue Café” - as
she was a member of the Red Studio Users’ Committee; she withdrew from the room
for the duration of the item.
01/m/03 ISSUE OF NEW HACKNEY CARRIAGE VEHICLE LICENCE
The Head of
Transport Services presented a report which explained that one Hackney Carriage
Vehicle Licence was available for issue to a prospective Licensee following its
return to the City Council. Three eligible applications had been received, and
the Sub-Committee would choose the successful candidates by means of a ballot
drawn by the Chair. The prospective
Licence-holder would be the first to be drawn; a reserve candidate list would
be drawn afterwards.
The successful
candidate, whose ticket was drawn first, was Mr Camacho (ticket number 42).
The reserve
list was drawn in the following order:
Mrs Carr
(ticket number 43)
Mr Radley
(ticket number 41).
01/m/04 REVIEW OF PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
The Head of Environmental Health and Waste Strategy presented a report which sought approval for a change in the fees payable for processing applications for Public Entertainment Licences.
Resolved (with
no votes against) that the changes in the fee structure identified in the
report be approved.
01/m/05
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE: THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD PUBLIC HOUSE
The Head of
Environmental Health and Waste Strategy presented a report which recommended
that a Public Entertainment Licence be granted for The Earl of Beaconsfield
Public House, Mill Road, to allow 100 events per year, Mondays to Saturdays
8.00-11.00pm and Sundays 8.00-10.30pm, subject to conditions.
The Police Service
and the Fire Service advised that they had no objections to the application,
subject to the recommended conditions.
Mr Thompson of The
Earl of Beaconsfield Public House attended in support of the application.
Resolved (with no votes against) that a Public Entertainment Licence be granted
for The Earl of Beaconsfield Public House, Mill Road, to allow 100 events per
year, Mondays to Saturdays 8.00-11.00pm and Sundays 8.00-10.30pm, subject to
the conditions recommended in the report.
01/m/06 PUBLIC
ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE: CC’s SPORTS
VENUE CAFE
The Head of
Environmental Health and Waste Strategy presented a report which described an
application for the Public Entertainment Licence for CC’s Sports Venue Café,
Sturton Street, to be renewed, the finishing hour to be varied to 11.30pm, and
an unlimited number of events to be permitted per year, with no more than four
events per week. He also reported the
view of Councillor Bradnack that only one event per week should be
permitted. Correspondence and a
petition relating to the application had been circulated in advance of the
meeting.
The report
recommended that the finishing hour be limited to 11.00pm, and that 100 events
be permitted per year, with no more than two events per week, subject to
conditions.
Glenys
Malyon of the Petersfield Action Community Trust attended to speak on the
application. She said that CC’s was
situated in a densely populated residential area; a maximum of only one event
per week would therefore be appropriate, preferably on a Friday or Saturday
night. The noise treatment work at the
premises was effective, but there had been problems in the past when the doors
had been left open. Many of the houses
in the area were close to the pavement, with the result that the occupants
suffered disturbance when customers left the premises; a finishing time of
11.00pm would therefore be appropriate, to ensure that the area was clear by
11.30pm.
Lee
Sirett of CC’s attended in support of the application and answered members’
questions. He confirmed that he was
happy with the recommendations in the report.
He explained that the door had been left open on one occasion in the
past when he had been unavoidably absent from the premises, but he had ensured
that this had not happened again.
01/m/07 PUBLIC
ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE: THE CAMBRIDGE RATTLE & HUM PUBLIC HOUSE
The Head of
Environmental Health and Waste Strategy presented a report which described an
application for a variation to the Public Entertainment Licence for The
Cambridge Rattle & Hum Public House, King Street, to allow the finishing
hour on Friday and Saturday evenings to be extended until 1.00am. Correspondence relating to the application
had been circulated in advance of the meeting and further correspondence was
tabled at the meeting.
The report
recommended that a general extension be permitted until 11.00pm Monday to
Saturday and until 10.00pm on Sundays, and that, initially, three events be
allowed until midnight on a Friday or a Saturday.
The Fire
Service advised that it had no objections subject to the conditions recommended
in the report. The Police Service
advised that it was concerned that an extension could result in disturbance to
residents late at night from customers leaving the premises, particularly if an
extension to the liquor licence was also granted.
Mr
Molyneux-Downs of the Cambridge Rattle & Hum attended in support of the
application and answered questions from members. He said that by extending the finishing hour, it would ease the
problem of disturbance on the streets caused by all the public houses closing
at the same time. He would accept an
extension to midnight, as recommended by the officers. He had noted that concerns had been
expressed by University colleges, and he suggested that an extension be limited
to outside term times.
The Head of
Environmental Health and Waste Strategy responded that the Council was
currently looking at staggering the finishing times across the city. It would not be appropriate to limit the
extension to outside term times, as many people lived in the colleges all year
round.
Resolved (with no votes against) that a variation to the Public Entertainment
Licence for The Cambridge Rattle & Hum Public House, King Street, be
granted, subject to the conditions recommended in the report.
01/m/08 EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
Resolved (with
no votes against) that the public be excluded from the meeting for the next
items on the grounds that if they were present there would be disclosure to
them of information defined as exempt from publication by paragraphs 4, 7, 13
and 14 of Part I of Schedule 12a of the Local Government Act 1972.
01/m/09 APPLICATION FOR A PRIVATE HIRE
DRIVER’S LICENCE
The Head of
Transport Services presented a report which explained the circumstances of an
individual who had indicated an intention to apply for a Private Hire Driver’s
Licence and asked the Sub-Committee to decide whether or not it considered the
individual to be a fit and proper person to be granted such a Licence.
The prospective
applicant attended with his legal representative. Both addressed the Sub-Committee and answered questions from
members, and then withdrew from the room whilst the Sub-Committee took its
decision.
Resolved (with no votes against) that the individual named in the report be advised to continue with his application for a Private Hire Driver’s Licence, on the grounds that he is considered to be a fit and proper person to hold such a Licence.
01/m/10 STANDING OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S “TAXIS” LICENCES
The Head of
Transport Services presented a report which requested the Sub-Committee to
review the standing of an individual’s Private Hire Driving Licence and Private
Hire Vehicle Licence, in the light of his recent conduct and behaviour
identified in the report that had resulted in him being disqualified from
driving by the Cambridge Magistrates’ Court.
The individual
concerned attended with his brother.
Both addressed the Sub-Committee and answered questions from members.
Resolved that
1) After having regard to the information contained in the report, the
Private Hire Driving Licence of the individual named in the report be revoked,
on the grounds that, on the basis of his convictions, he is not a fit and
proper person to hold such a Licence.
2) After having regard to the information contained in the report, the
Private Hire Vehicle Licence of the individual named in the report be revoked,
on the grounds that, on the basis of his convictions, he is not a fit and
proper person to hold such a Licence.
The meeting
ended at 5.35pm.
CHAIR