The report of the Head of Planning, Building Control and Licensing is enclosed.

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Planning, Building Control and Licensing regarding a Summary Review of the premises licence at Embassy Club, Westbourne Grove, Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 4XJ.

The summary review was requested by GMP following an incident at the premises which took place on 11 March 2022. The application was made under section 53(C) of the Licensing Act 2003.

The Hearing Panel considered the written papers, oral representations of all parties as well as the relevant legislation.

The Chair invited those present to introduce themselves and conducted the hearing in accordance with the procedure that was circulated to those present.

GMP addressed the Hearing Panel, stating that the current licence was issued to Embassy Club Ltd on 13 August 2003. The Designated Premises Supervisor has been in place since12 December 2012. GMP gave details of the reasons for their review application, informing the hearing panel that at 10:45pm on 11 March 2022 a phone call had been received regarding an incident that had taken place at the Embassy Club involving a bladed weapon. During the incident three people were injured in the beer garden area to the front of the premises on Rochdale Road (one person had been cut across the face and one person had been cut on the hand. A door supervisor had been punched in the face).

The hearing panel was shown footage taken from the CCTV on the premises of the build up to the incident and the incident itself.

The footage shown two males in the premises who although were not acting in an aggressive manner to other in the premises did appear to be annoying people through their behaviour. The two males left the premises at 9:57pm and then returned at 10:26pm and tried to re-enter the premises. The door supervisor to refuse both males entry to the premises. Another male with them then entered the premises and returned with the premises manager who spoke to the door supervisor and the two males were then allowed entry. During this time one of the males can be seen holding a bottle of beer that is not from the premises and taking it into the premises. The two males stay in the premises for a few minutes before going into the beer garden area. At 10:33pm the incident took place. There were no door supervisors present during the incident. Two crimes have been classed under Section 18 (Assault – Wounding/Grievous Bodily Harm) and tracing the two males concerned is still ongoing.

The concern expressed by GMP related to the poor behaviour that had taken place within the premises without being addressed, the action of the door supervisor to prevent the two males from entering the premises and the decision of the on-site manager to overrule the door supervisor and to allow them entry resulting in the serious incident taking place. The review of the premises licence was then applied for on 16 March 2022 and the interim steps hearing took  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.