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

The Hearing Panel were informed that the applicant had requested an Albanian interpreter. An Albanian interpreter was not available for the date of the hearing and the applicant had been told not to attend.

The Hearing Panel agreed to defer the hearing until 5 August to allow for an Albanian interpreter to attend and assist the applicant.

Decision

To defer the hearing until 5 August 2024.

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

The Hearing Panel were informed that the applicant had requested for the hearing to be deferred to allow for further discussions to take place with those who had made a representation.

The Hearing Panel agreed to defer the hearing to allow for those conversations to take place.

Decision

To defer the hearing until 2 September 2024.

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

The Hearing Panel considered a report from the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing concerning an application for a New Premises Licence. The Hearing Panel 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, supported by an interpreter provided by Manchester City Council, addressed the hearing panel and stated that their application was for one extra hour till 5am. They stated it would not be usual to operate until 5am but wanted the flexibility to do so for their tenant. The application was for the full property. The applicant already held a licence for the first floor and wanted to add a licence for the ground floor. They noted that the first floor was only open at weekends.

The panel adjourned to seek legal advice. The applicant had made one application for a new licence for the ground floor and to vary the existing application for the first floor. The panel could only consider a new licence for the ground floor and the applicant was informed that a separate application would need to be submitted for a variation of the existing licence on the first floor to be considered.

The applicant was offered the opportunity to defer the hearing until the application was made for the variation also. The applicant confirmed that they were happy to proceed in considering the new licence for the ground floor only.

The applicant continued to address the hearing panel, noting that everything had been clearly set out in their application.

The Chair invited questions from Greater Manchester Police (GMP). In those questions, the applicant noted that they were the owner of the business and lived on the second floor of the premises. They would always be there and there was not a tenant, with the applicant noting they had misspoken when referring to a tenant. The applicant had no plans to provide Shisha on the premises and the ground floor would operate as an Egyptian restaurant. GMP noted that no additional conditions had been proposed on the application, yet a later hour of 5.00am had been proposed for alcohol sales, with GMP querying how that would be managed. The applicant noted that each section of the premises would have their own manager. An experienced security company had been employed, with 1 security staff on shift on Friday and Sunday, and 4 on Saturday.

Licensing Out of Hours (LOOH) were then invited to ask questions. The applicant noted that the whole premises was titled 007 but there were four separate sections to it. 007 Lounge was the previous name of the restaurant. The applicant would perform the role of DPS, managing those staff who are managing each of the four areas. The applicant could not name the four licensing objectives. Despite being prompted, the applicant could only name the prevention of children from harm. The applicant had referenced requesting ID from customers who looked under 18. The applicant  ...  view the full minutes text for item 52.