Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

It was MOVED by Councillor Parker and SECONDED by Councillor Srinivasan and RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Denton as Chair of the meeting.

Members are invited to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and other registrable and non-registrable interests they may have in relation to any item(s) of business on today’s agenda.

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 at 15 Central Parade, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0JB and whether to take such of the following steps as it considers necessary for the promotion of the licensing objectives:

·       To modify the conditions of the licence

·       To exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the licence

·       To remove the designated premises supervisor

·       To suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 3 months

·       To revoke the licence

For this purpose, the conditions of the licence are modified if any of them is altered or omitted or any new condition is added.

The Chair outlined the procedures for the Licensing Hearing in line with the Licensing Act 2003 and the Council’s protocol.

The applicants, Caroline Dawson and Trish Burls were present.

The premises licence holder, Mr Vijay Komar and his representative, Surendra Panchal, were also present.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing introduced the application to the Sub Committee.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that once a licence was granted, if one of the responsible authorities or a member of the public believed that the operation of the premises licence had compromised one of the licensing objectives then they could seek a review of the premises licence.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing stated that when an application for review was made, other responsible authorities could make representations, as could the premises licence holder. The application was advertised in a similar fashion to an application for a license which brought the application to the attention of the public, who could also make representations on a review if they wished.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that the application had been made by the Council's Trading Standards Department, who were considered as a responsible authority under the Licensing Act. The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing informed the Sub Committee that the premises licence had been granted to Mr Komar by way of transfer on 25th of June 2019, and the police were the only party who were able to comment on an application for a transfer.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that the recommendations were for the Sub Committee to consider the application for a review of the premises licence at 15 Central parade and whether to take steps to ensure the promotion of the licensing objectives, the recommended steps were to modify the conditions of the licence; to exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the licence; to remove the designated premises supervisor; to suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 3 months or to revoke the licence.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing stated that Members needed to focus on whether the licensable activities at the premises had compromised on or more of the four licensing objectives.

The premise licence holder’s representative was given the opportunity to speak. Surendra Panchal advised:

• That Mister Kumar is Kumar's company Waheguru International Limited were prosecuted at the court hearing on 11th May.
• Mr Komar did not possess a criminal record.
• Mk Komar had paid most of the fine which had been issued to Waheguru International Limited and there were only two or three instalments left to be paid.
• Several site visits by officer from the Council had been made and test purchases had been conducted at the shop which had been passed by Mr Komar.
• Mr Komar was happy to be removed as the DPS of the premises as per the recommendation from trading standards.
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The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting:

“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.”

This was not required.