Agenda and draft minutes

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.

You are also invited to disclose any dispensations that have been granted to you in relation to any matters appearing on the agenda.

You are also requested to complete the Declarations of Interest Card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before the end of the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest or dispensations reported.

To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on 31 March and 8 December 2022

Resolved that the minutes of the meetings held on 31 March 2022 and 8 December 2022 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To note the minutes of the Licensing Sub-committee hearings held during 2022-23 as follows:

·       17 May 2022 – Sands of Tyne, 12 Forest Hall Road, Forest Hall

·       1 June 2022 – Killingworth Young Peoples Club, Garth 21, Killingworth

·       24 June 2022 – Booze Master Food Centre, 43 High Street East, Wallsend

·       3 August 2022 – Allards, 19 Seatonville Road, Whitley Bay

·       7 September 2022 – Supersave Food and Wine (Whitley Bay) Limited, 50 Eastbourne Gardens, Whitley Bay

·       28 September 2022 – Heron Foods, 2 Churchill Street, Wallsend

·       3 October 2022 – Cullercoats Coffee and Bistro, 1-5 Countess Avenue, Whitley Bay

·       31 October 2022 – Cullercoats Coffee, 69 Front Street, Tynemouth

·       9 November 2022 – Gills Off Licence (Trading as Lifestyle Express), 13 Station Road, Whitley Bay

The Committee received copies of the minutes of the following Sub-committee hearings held since the last ordinary meeting:

·       17 May 2022 – Sands of Tyne, 12 Forest Hall Road, Forest Hall.

·       1 June 2022 – Killingworth Young Peoples Club, Garth 21, Killingworth.

·       24 June 2022 – Booze Master Food Centre, 43 High Street East, Wallsend.

·       3 August 2022 – Allards, 19 Seatonville Road, Whitley Bay.

·       7 September 2022 – Supersave Food and Wine (Whitley Bay) Limited, 50 Eastbourne Gardens, Whitley Bay.

·       28 September 2022 – Heron Foods, 2 Churchill Street, Wallsend.

·       3 October 2022 – Cullercoats Coffee and Bistro, 1-5 Countess Avenue, Whitley Bay.

·       31 October 2022 – Cullercoats Coffee, 69 Front Street, Tynemouth.

·       9 November 2022 – Gills Off Licence (Trading as Lifestyle Express), 13 Station Road, Whitley Bay.

Resolved that the minutes of the Licensing Sub-committee hearings, as listed above, be noted.

To consider a report which sets out the decisions taken by officers under delegated authority between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023.

The Committee considered a report which set out the various applications under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005 which had been determined by officers under delegated authority between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023.

It was explained that during the period the following had been processed:

·       123 new Personal Licences issued;

·       39 Premises Licences transferred;

·       117 Designated Premises Supervisor variations issued;

·       21 new Premises Licences issued;

·       7 Premises/Club Premises variations issued;

·       230 Temporary Event Notices issued;

·       6 Gambling Permits issued;

·       1 new Gambling Premises Licence issued;

·       3 Gambling Premises Licences transferred or varied.

In addition to the above as part of the department’s enforcement activities officers had carried out 139 compliance inspections and checked that the required statutory notices had been correctly displayed on licensed premises on 65 occasions.

Resolved that the decisions taken by Officers between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023 be noted.

The Committee will be requested to pass the following resolution:

Resolved that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in Part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Resolved that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act, 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 as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

To give consideration to a report which sets out the action taken by Members in relation to the holder of a Personal Licence.

Consideration was given to a report in relation to the holder of a Personal Licence who had been convicted of a relevant offence. Following consideration of the offence and the representations submitted by the licence holder the Members agreed that the Licence holder’s Personal Licence be revoked.

Resolved that the report be noted