Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub Committee Hearing Panel - Tuesday, 30th October, 2018 10.00 am

Venue: Room 132, Ground Floor, The Town Hall (access via Lloyd Street)

Contact: Beth Morgan 

Items
No. Item

159.

Review of Premises Licence or Club Premises Certificate for Chickadoo, 676 Rochdale Road, Manchester, M9 5TT

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Minutes:

The Committee when considering the application for a variation in hours considered the application, the representations of all parties both oral and written as well as the relevant legislation, the guidance issued under s 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 and the Manchester City Council Statement of Licensing Policy.

 

The Out of Hours Team advised the Committee that they had brought the review as the public nuisance objective was being undermined.

 

The Committee heard evidence that the Out of Hours Team had tried to engage firstly with the premises licence holder and secondly with the manager The Manager/DPS with no success. The Committee was advised that the Out of Hours Team had exhausted all avenues and that they had to bring the matter to review. The Committee was invited to consider the Applicant’s representation submitted and in particular to look at the number of times the premises have operated outside their permitted hours.

 

The Out of Hours representation showed that visits carried out at the premises commenced on 23/06/2018 and there had been a total of 9 visits to the premises up to 14/07/2018 and officers had witnessed on 6 of those occasions the premises operating outside their permitted hours. (The licence permits them to open until 11.30pm close on Sunday to Thursday and 12.00am on Friday and Saturday.) Further, The Out of Hours Team had submitted the front page off the ‘Just eat’ website which showed the opening hours as Sunday- Thursday until 01.45 and Friday and Saturday until 03.45. Further the evidence bundle contained photographs of food cooked at the premises after the terminal hour on the licence and a till receipt which showed that an order had been placed at 00:15 after the permitted hours.

 

The Committee was advised by the Out of Hours team there had been complaints made against the premises about noise from the premises in particular regarding their extraction unit and the metal shutters operating after the permitted hours.

 

The Committee was invited to revoke the licence.

 

GMP advised the Committee that they fully supported the application brought by The Out of Hours Team and they also sought revocation of the licence on the grounds of public nuisance and crime and disorder. The Committee was taken through the police’s representation which stated there had been two incidents, the first on the 29th October 2017 and the second on 19th May 2018. The first incident involved a public order matter at the premises where a male was in the premises threatening a member of staff with a bottle. This occurred at 0141 which occurred 1hour and 40 minutes after the premises should have been closed.

 

The second incident involved one of the delivery drives from the premises who was robbed at knife point. The actual robbery occurred at 0120 which again is well after their permitted hours.

 

GMP submitted that this shows that they have no regard for their permitted hours and this has resulted in a serious crime being committed against  ...  view the full minutes text for item 159.