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

The Hearing Panel were informed that the application had been withdrawn and therefore no decision was necessary.

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

The Hearing Panel considered a report of the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing.  The Hearing Panel also considered the written papers of the parties submitted and the oral representations of the parties who attended as well as the relevant legislation.

The applicant addressed the Hearing Panel, noting that they had applied for a 24-hour Premises Licence to provide alcohol sales online via delivery. There would be no public access to the premises, with all orders placed online and delivered to the customers home address. The premises would employ only one delivery driver to start with and see how business was. They would be trained in Challenge 25 and would only deliver to the address provided. The applicant stated that they would follow the rules and regulations.

Under questions from LOOH, the applicant could only name three of the four Licensing Objectives. The applicant accepted that the storage unit would not be accessible for 24-hours and items would be in the delivery driver’s car at the time the unit closed ready for late-night orders. When a customer ordered their alcohol, the driver would take it to their address and check their ID on arrival. A driver would be trained to not leave any orders on a doorstep without the customer. The applicant was familiar with Section 190 of the Licensing Act 2003, that alcohol sales had to come from the Licensing Premises. The applicant could not provide further information on what risks they thought there could be with such an operation. The applicant did not know what a Public Spaces Protection Order was or what they prohibited. The applicant accepted that they would be the DPS, but their home address was in London. They stated that they would remain in Manchester whilst the business became established and then would change the DPS.

Public Health asked questions of the applicant, with the applicant noting that sales in the beginning would be within a five-mile radius. A delivery service app allows for sales within 25-kilometres but with only one driver, the applicant felt that to be too far. The premises would employ their own driver and not use any provided by apps. Drivers would be trained in Challenge 25 and to have no music on in the car to prevent a nuisance. Drivers would refuse to give orders to intoxicated customers and the premises would inform the delivery service app of any sale refusals. The premises would not just be selling alcohol but groceries too. The applicant accepted that their driver would still provide an order to a customer at a house party, provided they had shown proof of age and were not drunk. The length of time an order would take would be dependant on the distance. Delivery service platforms provide the option to use your own drivers or theirs and the applicant would take the option of using their own.

The panel then asked questions and the applicant noted that they would need to load the vehicle with alcohol  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.