Agenda and minutes

The Sub-Committee to appoint a Chair for this meeting.

Resolved that Councillor T Mulvenna be appointed Chair for this meeting.

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 in relation to any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

You are also requested to complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before leaving the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest or dispensations reported.

To consider an application for the grant of a new Premises Licence.

The Sub-committee met to consider an application for the grant of a Premises Licence in respect of Modern Tandoori, 174 High Street West, Wallsend NE28 8HZ.

The Applicant, Mr M Miah, sought permission for the supply of alcohol on premises each day of the week between 11:00 hours and 23.30 hours. It was also proposed that the premises would be open to the public between 11:00 hours and 00:00 hours, every day.

Following introductions, the Chair set out the procedure which would be followed during the course of the hearing. Mr A Burnett, Trading Standards and Licensing Group Leader, presented details of the application, the representations received and the options available to the Sub-committee

Mr Miah, the applicant was present and accompanied by his son, Mr T Mohammed.

Mr A Asfar, objector was not present at the meeting.

Members of the Sub Committee considered Mr Asfars’ objection letter.

Mr Miah addressed the Sub Committee in relation to the application.

Members of the Sub Committee asked several questions which were responded to by Mr Miah and Mr Mohammed

All parties were given the opportunity of summing up their respective submissions.

The Sub-committee withdrew from the meeting to make its decision in private.

The Sub-committee returned and the Chair announced its decision.

Resolved that the application for the grant of a Premises Licence in respect of Modern Tandoori, 174 High Street West, Wallsend be approved subject to the following conditions:

1.         A CCTV system will be designed, installed and maintained in proper working order at the Premises. Such a system shall:-

i)          Provide continuous recording for each camera to a good standard of clarity, with a minimum of four frames per second.

ii)         Ensure coverage of all entrances and exits to the Premises both internally and externally.

iii)        Ensure coverage of such other areas as may be required by the Licensing Authority

iv)        Retain recordings on hard drive, disk or other storage device for a minimum period of 28 days.

v)         Be in operation at all times the Premises are open to the public.

vi)        Be fitted with security functions to prevent recordings being tampered with such as password protection.

2.         There will be at least one person at the Premises during operating hours that is trained to provide viewable copies of the CCTV images following a request from an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or other Responsible Authority made in accordance with a Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (or successor legislation). The CCTV recordings will be supplied in a removable format.

3.         All staff at the Premises who are responsible for selling and supplying alcohol will seek credible photographic proof of age evidence from any person who appears to be under the age of 25 years and who is seeking to purchase alcohol. Such credible evidence, which shall include photograph of the customer, will either be a current passport, photographic driving licence or proof of age card carrying a PASS logo and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.