Agenda and decisions

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors

There were no declarations of interest.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the Committee for the 2021/22 Municipal Year.

It was moved, seconded and RESOLVED that Councillor Loraine Rossati be elected Vice Chair of the Licensing Committee for the Municipal year 2021/22.

To note the procedure for the Hearing of Licence Applications.

Noted.

To determine an application for a new Premises Licence for City Tree Ltd – Station Shop, Unit 1 Lytton Way, Stevenage, SG1 1XT. 

The Committee received an application for a new Premises Licence for City Tree Ltd, Station Shop, Unit 1 Lytton Way.

The Committee having considered the matter carefully and taking into account all the relevant factors, RESOLVED that the application be refused on the basis of Public Safety and the evidence provided at the hearing from the British Transport Police, Hertfordshire Constabulary and the Applicant, in conjunction with the Council’s Licensing Policy and stated Licensing Objectives.

The Applicant was advised of his right of appeal to the Magistrates’ Court against the above decision within 21 days of the date of the decision (16 August 2021).

To consider any Part 1 business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

None.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) 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 they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.  That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

Not required.

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

None.