The officers consider that the following item or items contains exempt information as provided for in the Local Government Access to Information Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The Committee is recommended to agree the necessary resolutions excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of these items. At the time this agenda is published no representations have been that this part of the meeting should be open to the public.

A recommendation was made that the public is excluded during consideration of the items of business.

Decision

To exclude the public during consideration of the following items which involved consideration of exempt information relating to the financial or business affairs of particular persons, and public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

The report of the Head of Planning, Building Control and Licencing is attached.

The Committee noted there had been a late objection received on behalf of Safestore Ltd. They noted the objector had been clearly aware in his email of the 5^th of November 2018 that the closing date by which any objections had to be received was the 4^th of December 2018. His objections were not received until the 6^th of December. They were therefore not entered into evidence and disregarded.

The Application was in relation to the siting of a double decker bus, (10 metres in length and 4m in height) on the forecourt of ‘Wash & Glow’ car valet/wash premises located at 210-216 Cheetham Hill Road. The intention was to sell hot food and drinks/shakes from the Bus to customers of the car valet service and members of the public generally with requested operating hours of 11am to 11pm daily.

Representations/objections had been presented by the Licensing Unit, the Council Neighbourhood Team (NT) and the Licensing Out Of Hours Team, (LOOH).

Photographic evidence of the vehicle to be used and the locus were provided within the Application and additional photographic evidence was provided by LOOH on the morning of the hearing which the Applicant and Neighbourhood Team consented to admit in to evidence.

The concern was the impact on road safety and the consequences of additional litter/waste.

The Applicants were in attendance and addressed the objections/representations as follows: -

The bus was to be converted so that the bottom floor would be the kitchen area and the upstairs the seating/dining area; it was to be sited at what was to be referred to as the south exit.

It was explained on Cheetham Hill Road, there were two entry/exit points: the first one, (driving in the general direction of Cheetham Hill) was the South Exit and the second one, the North Exit. There was a further exit at the rear of the land known as the North Street Exit.

The Applicants stated the appearance of the premises/grounds was crucial as to how the venue would be perceived; they were willing to work with the owner of the property, Yousef, in this regard.

They had a waste management plan in place with a multi-focal approach; there would bins inside and outside the bus, a contract in place with ‘Fresh Start ‘for weekly collection of refuse. The Applicants confirmed they were willing to physically collect litter themselves and for any employees to do so.

When questioned they confirmed they were willing to do this not only for the grounds of the car park area but the surrounding area also

They explained that as a food outlet, hygiene was a priority, they had an environmentally friendly ethos so that waste would be recycled i.e. separate bins for bottles and cans and they had also been liaising with the packaging company regarding the use of re-cycleable and biodegradable packaging. Furthermore, the food would be served in baskets so the only waste would be the cups and basket liners.

When questioned they also  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.