Agenda and minutes

As a Councillor, you are reminded of the requirements under the Council’s Code of Conduct to register interests and to disclose interests in a meeting. You should refer to the requirements set out in the Code of Conduct which are summarised in the notes at the end of this agenda frontsheet.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chair will read the following statement:

The report contains information which the officer recommends should be exempt from publication and also that the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the appeal, in accordance with the provisions of Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act).

The Chair will ask the Sub-Committee the following:

Does the Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee agree that the public interest is outweighed by the recommendation to exclude the press and public for this agenda item?

The press and public were excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with the provisions of Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of the Act).

The Chair of the Sub-Committee will welcome those present and introduce him/herself; the remaining members of the Sub-Committee and the officers will then introduce themselves.

A copy of the Sub-Committee appeals procedure is attached.

The Chair of the Sub-Committee welcomed those present and introduced him/herself; the remaining members of the Sub-Committee and the officers then introduced themselves

·       The Licencing Committee did not feel the appellant had expressed any kind of remorse for their interactions which had impacted on the passenger on 2 October 2021.

·       The appellant had not demonstrated to the Licencing Committee they had become a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

·       The appellant effectively asked for the ‘benefit of the doubt’ as to their future conduct.

·       The appellant’s legal advisor stated having CCTV would lower any risk whereas the Committee felt there should be no risk at all.

·       The Licencing Committee felt it was a relatively short time since 2 October 2021 incident.