Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors P D Jull and S M Le Chevalier.

It was noted that in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4, Councillors M J Ovenden and P Walker had been appointed as substitute members for Councillors S M Le Chevalier and P D Jull respectively.

To receive any declarations of interest from Members in respect of business to be transacted on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest made by Members.

The Sub-Committee is requested to determine the application.

Applicant:   Admiral Taverns Limited

The following papers are attached.

(i)         Licensing Team Leader’s report.

(ii)        Appendix A – Application to vary the Premises Licence.

(iii)       Appendix B – Objection notice submitted by Kent Police.

The procedure to be followed by the Sub-Committee is attached to this agenda.

The Sub-Committee considered an application from Admiral Taverns for the variation of the premises licence to specify an individual as the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS).

The hearing was required due to Chief Inspector M Weller, on behalf of Kent Police, giving notice to the licensing authority under section 37(5) of the Licensing Act 2003, within the required period, that to grant the application would undermine the licensing objective of prevention of crime and disorder.

On the basis of the representations of the applicant and the responsible authority, the Sub-Committee found the following facts to be established:

(i)            The Mill Inn was situated in a challenging area of Deal

(ii)           That an incident had occurred at the Mill Inn on 19 June 2018 at 02:55 hours when an unknown male arrived at the premises after an England football match and was allowed to remain in the premises with others until a fight broke out in the bar area. A further scuffle followed outside when the offender was ejected from the premises by the applicant for the DPS, who had at the time been working behind the bar. Kent Police were called to the incident and launched an investigation.

(iii)          It subsequently emerged that the applicant for the DPS had been left to run the premises by the appointed Designated Premises Supervisor at the time as they were out of the country. At the time of the incident, the then Designated Premises Supervisor had been out of the country for about 2 months.

(iv)         The DPS applicant had worked at the premises since around September 2015 and had been in place as the premises manager for a period of approximately 12 months.

(v)        During the investigation, it was established that on the night of the incident, 11 alcohol sales had taken place between the terminal hour of 00:00 hours and 00:30 hours. The Mill Inn Premises licence requires the terminal hour for service of alcohol to be 00.00 hours and for it to close to the public at 00:30 hours. However, on 19 June 2018 there were a number of people who had been allowed to remain on the premises until 02:55 hours when the incident took place.

(vi)       That, having completed his BIIAB Licensing Course in December 2017, the DPS applicant should have been aware of the licensing objectives and the terminal hours of operation of the premises. This course was undertaken before the incident on 19 June 2018. 

(vii)      That at the time of the incident on 19 June 2018, the DPS applicant had not applied for a personal licence. 

(viii)       That the applicant’s reference to the lack of ‘exceptional circumstances’ was a matter only for Kent Police under section 37(5) of the Licensing Act 2003. By service of a notice under s.37(5), the Police had demonstrated that they considered there to be exceptional circumstances and it was not a matter for the Licensing Sub-Committee to consider in its deliberations.

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The Sub-Committee is requested to determine the application.

Applicant:   William Greenham

The following papers are attached.

(i)         Licensing Team Leader’s report.

(ii)        Appendix A – Application and plan.

(iii)       Appendix B – Map of the area.

(iv)       Appendix C – Copies of Representations.

The procedure to be followed by the Sub-Committee is attached to this agenda.

            On the basis of the representations of the applicant and his representative, and other persons, the Sub-Committee finds the following facts to be established.

(i)            There had been no representations made by any of the Responsible Authorities, including the Police. PC S Noddings had not made representation but asked the applicant that the following conditions should be attached to the premises licence, should it be granted:

CCTV

CCTV will be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of evidential quality in all lighting conditions particularly facial recognition.

·         Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress areas to the premises and all areas where the sale, supply and consumption of alcohol occurs.

·         Equipment must be maintained in good working order, be correctly time and date stamped, recordings MUST be kept on the hard drive and kept for a period of 28 days and handed to Police or authorised bodies upon reasonable request.

·         The premises licence holder must ensure at all times a DPS or appointed member of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage in a recordable format to the Police and Local Authority upon reasonable request.

·         In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the premises licence holder or DPS must report the failure to the Police Licensing Officer within 24 hours unless the CCTV will be repaired before that time

Challenge 25 Policy

A ‘Challenge 25’ policy will be adopted at the premises and all staff will be fully trained and posters advertising the policy will be placed in prominent places.

Training

All staff engaged in the supply of alcohol are to be fully trained in their responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003 and a training record is to be maintained and provided to Police or Local Authority Officers on reasonable request.

Incident Register

The premises licence holder or designated premises supervisor must keep an incident register. Staff are to be trained to complete an incident book/records immediately after the incident but no later than the end of their shift.

The register must be kept on the premises and will detail

·         Day, date and time of incident

·         Nature of incident

·         Resolution

            Each entry is to be checked and signed by the DPS/Licensee no later than 1 week after the entry has been made. The register must be made available to Police, Police Licensing Officers and authorised officers from the Local Authority either electronically or hard copy.

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