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 Friday 11 March 2022. The application was made under section 53(B) of the Licensing Act 2003.

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

GMP addressed the Hearing Panel and gave details of the reasons for their review application, informing the Panel of a serious crime incident which took place at the premises. GMP received a 999 call at 22.43 to inform them that there was a man at the premises with a knife and someone had been cut. Officers arrived on scene at 22.50, questioning those present on the events. It was established that two unknown males arrived at the premises at around 22.00. Initially, entry was refused due to aggressive behaviour, but a member of staff told the door supervisors to let them in. Once inside, the two males were loud and disruptive to other customers. They then went outside the Premises again and a door supervisor witnessed one of the men arguing with a woman and intervened to stop this, leading to an argument between the door supervisor and male. The other male, whilst the argument was occurring, approached the door supervisor and first male, asking the first male for the knife. At this point, the door supervisor attempted to get other customers inside. One of the males then cut the door supervisors face with the knife and cut a customers hands with it. The door supervisor managed to get all customers inside at which point they were punched in the head from behind by the second male. The door supervisor locked the two males out and they left in a vehicle. The offenders are yet to have been identified. GMP are concerned that the two males were allowed access to the premises. GMP requested CCTV footage from the site that did not arrive until Thursday 17 March.

In questioning, the Panel sought to establish more information on the issues with the CCTV footage, why the door supervisors were overruled and why the males were not searched before entry. GMP explained that they were unaware as to why the door supervisors were overruled but they noted it was unacceptable to do so. In terms of the CCTV, GMP noted it was not normal to wait as long as they did to receive it. GMP attempted to retrieve it on Saturday 12 March but were not successful. A member of staff from the premises thought they had sent it to GMP on Wednesday 16 March, but this also did not work. GMP are not of the mind that the staff member was trying to withhold the footage, they believe it was human error. GMP noted that the footage  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.