Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Councillor Nina Degrads nominated Councillor Karen Jewitt as Chair and Councillor Margaret Bird seconded the motion.

The Sub-Committee RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Karen Jewitt as Chair for the duration of the meeting of the Sub Committee.

Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that, in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, they are required to consider in advance of each meeting whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI), an other registrable interest (ORI) or a non-registrable interest (NRI) in relation to any matter on the agenda. If advice is needed, Members should contact the Monitoring Officer in good time before the meeting.

If any Member or co-opted Member of the Council identifies a DPI or ORI which they have not already registered on the Council’s register of interests or which requires updating, they should complete the disclosure form which can be obtained from Democratic Services at any time, copies of which will be available at the meeting for return to the Monitoring Officer.

Members and co-opted Members are required to disclose any DPIs and ORIs at the meeting.

·       Where the matter relates to a DPI they may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not stay in the meeting unless granted a dispensation.

·       Where the matter relates to an ORI they may not vote on the matter unless granted a dispensation.

·       Where a Member or co-opted Member has an NRI which directly relates to their financial interest or wellbeing, or that of a relative or close associate, they must disclose the interest at the meeting, may not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not stay in the meeting unless granted a dispensation. Where a matter affects the NRI of a Member or co-opted Member, section 9 of Appendix B of the Code of Conduct sets out the test which must be applied by the Member to decide whether disclosure is required.

The Chair will invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3, to be recorded in the minutes.

There were none.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no items of urgent business.

The sub-committee is asked to consider the application for a review of the premises licence.

The Licensing Sub-Committee considered an application to adjourn the hearing for a Review of the premises licence held by Oceanic Bar Ltd, in respect of Oceanic Bar, 83-84 High Street, South Norwood, SE25 6EA. The Sub-Committee considered representations on behalf of Oceanic Bar Ltd. and representations on behalf of the Police.

The Sub-Committee, having reference to the licensing objectives under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 RESOLVED to ADJOURN the Review until 28 July at 3pm on the basis that the Sub-Committee was satisfied that it was in the public interest to do so and that this was necessary for the Sub-Committee’s consideration of representations made on behalf of a party, namely Oceanic Bar Ltd.  

The reasons of the Sub-Committee were as follows:

1. The Sub-Committee noted in particular the difficulties with viewing video evidence submitted by the Police.
2. The Sub-Committee also noted the shortness of time available to Oceanic Bar’s representative to prepare and put forward representations and the reason put forward by Oceanic Bar Ltd. for this

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed

to exclude the press and public during the course of a meeting:

Pursuant to the provisions of regulation 14 paragraph (2) of the

Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, the licensing authority

may exclude the public from all or part of a hearing where it considers

that the public interest in so doing outweighs the public interest in the

hearing, or that part of the hearing, taking place in public. For the

purposes of paragraph (2), a party and any person assisting or

representing a party may be treated as a member of the public.

The following motion was moved to exclude the press and public:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

The motion was put and it was agreed by the Committee to exclude the press and public for the remainder of the meeting.