Agenda and draft minutes

The Membership of the Sub-Committee for this meeting will be Councillors Blackwell, Gibbard and Hallchurch.

Please contact Louise Aston (01295 221601) to tender apologies.

The Membership of the Licensing Sub-Committee for this meeting was Councillors Blackwell, Gibbard and Hallchurch.

The following item of business contains confidential information. Under Section 100A(2) of Local Government Act 1972 the public must be excluded from the meeting during an item of business ‘whenever it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that, if members of the public were present during that item, confidential information would be disclosed to them in breach of the obligation of confidence’.

Members are advised that as the following item has been marked as confidential the exclusion of the press and public is compulsory in law and the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business.

Resolved

That the press and public be excluded as the following item had been marked as confidential and the exclusion of the press and public is compulsory in law.

Report of Head of Public Protection and Development Management.

Summary

To provide an outline of an application to for the grant of a Personal Licence and detail the representations received from Thames Valley Police that have resulted in the need for a hearing to determine the application.

Recommendations

There is no recommendation. In considering the representations received and what is appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives, the options open to the Sub-Committee are, in broad terms:

(1)               reject the application if it considers it necessary for the promotion of the crime prevention objective to do so, and grant the application in any other case.

(2)               grant the application in any other case.

24 January 2012

Dear Sir,

I refer to the hearing of the Licensing Sub-Committee today at which the Sub-Committee considered an application in respect of the above named person for the grant of a personal licence under the Licensing Act 2003.  The decision contained in this letter is a decision of the Licensing Authority.

After considering all the representations made at the hearing the Sub-Committee decided as follows;

The Committee have considered the representations of the parties. Though the Committee sympathise with the applicant, they do not feel there were exceptional circumstances. The Committee therefore reject the application and refuse to grant a personal licence. They do not feel it would further the licensing objective of preventing crime and disorder.

You have a right of appeal against this decision to the Magistrates' Court within 21 days of the date of this letter. The relevant Magistrates Court for the area is;

Northern Oxfordshire Magistrates Court

The Courthouse

Warwick Road

Banbury

Oxon

OX16 2AW

Tel: 01295 452000

Fax: 01295 452050

Finally, if you have any queries regarding this notice, please contact a member of the Licensing Team on 01295 753744.

Natasha Barnes

Licensing & Vehicle Parks Manager