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Licensing Committee
Wednesday, 4th March, 2015

Licensing Committee Minutes

Date:
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Time:
6.30pm
Place:
Room F5, The Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon, CR0 1NX
 

Attendance Details

Present:

Councillor Jane Avis (Chair);

Councillor Karen Jewitt (Vice-Chair);

Councillors Margaret Bird, Pat Clouder, Jason Cummings, Maddie Henson, Matthew Kyeremeh, Andrew Pelling,
and Sue Winborn.

 

[Reserve Members: Jeet Bains, Carole Bonner, Simon Brew, Alisa Flemming, Bernadette Khan, Oliver Lewis, Helen Pollard, Badsha Quadir, Andrew Rendle, Pat Ryan, James Thomson, and John Wentworth.]
 

Absent:
Councillors Sue Bennett and Richard Chatterjee
Apologies for absence:
Councillors Sue Bennett and Richard Chatterjee

Item Item/Resolution
MINUTES - PART A
A1/15 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2014

RESOLVED: that, subject to the addition of Councillor Matthew Kyeremeh to those Members listed as submitting apologies, the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on Wednesday 10 December 2014 be signed as accurate records of the meetings.

A2/15 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

In respect of item 6d, an existing designated site located next to the Town Hall, all Members asked that a non-disclosable personal, non-pecuniary, interest be recorded in the spirit of transparency.

A3/15 URGENT BUSINESS (IF ANY)

None.

A4/15 EXEMPT ITEMS

RESOLVED: that the allocation of business between Part A and Part B of the agenda be confirmed, as printed.

A5/15 LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES ACT 1990: APPLICATIONS FOR THREE STREET DESIGNATION ORDERS AND ONE VARIATION TO A STREET TRADING LICENCE

The Licensing Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Development and Environment proposing the designation of three sites in the Borough as a ‘licence street' for street trading under the provisions of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 (as amended) and, if the designation were agreed, to consider the granting of a street trading licence at those sites.

 

The Licensing Committee also considered an application for a variation to an existing street trading licence.

Applicants or their representatives were present for items 6a, 6b & 6d.

a. Site on the footway outside 10 Central Parade, Denning Avenue, Croydon, CR0 4DJ

The Licensing Committee considered appendix A to the report and the verbal representations made by the applicant and RESOLVED that the site be designated for the purposes of street trading, as set out in Appendix A, and that a street trading licence be granted on the Council's standard conditions.

 

b. Site on the footway outside 960 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2LP

The Licensing Committee considered appendix B to the report and the verbal representations made by the applicant.

 

At 7.15pm, the Licensing Committee RESOLVED under paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, that the press and public be excluded to enable Members to take confidential legal advice from the legal advisor to the Committee.

 

At 7.45pm, following consideration of the legal advice, the public was readmitted to the meeting room.

 

The applicant confirmed that, since the temporary licence had only been in place since 17 December 2014, no hot food had yet been served within the applied for area. The applicant also indicated that it was expected that food would be served from outside the enclosed area.

 

The Licensing Committee RESOLVED to adjourn consideration of the application until its next meeting.

 

The Committee reached this decision on for the following reasons:

 

• health and safety concerns should hot food be served from the public pavement, especially given the location of the site on a busy junction, and how this would comply with the application submitted which the Council would have to enforce.

• the existing temporary licence would allow the applicant to access how the applied for site could best be managed when serving hot food in the coming three months;

• which in turn would enable the applicant to revisit the application to see whether any changes could be made to address the concerns of the Committee and resubmit to the next Licensing Committee on 17 June 2015

 

d. Site outside Spread Eagle, 39-41 Katharine Street, Croydon, CR0 1NX

The Licensing Committee considered appendix D to the report and the verbal representations made by the applicant and RESOLVED that the application to vary the hours and the goods and services provided on the existing street trading licence be GRANTED.

 

The Licensing Committee NOTED that the applicant indicated that facilities did exist for the storage of all the furniture used on the site, but that it was not currently the intention to remove all of it outside of operating hours.

 

c. Site on the footway outside 52 Westow Street, Upper Norwood, SE19 3AD

The Licensing Committee considered appendix C to the report and RESOLVED that the site be designated for the purposes of street trading, as set out in Appendix C, and that a street trading licence be granted on the Council's standard conditions.
 

A6/15 CAMERA RESOLUTION
MINUTES - PART B
  None
The meeting ended at 8:20pm