Agenda and minutes

Officers:           Environmental Protection & Community Safety Manager (Mr. A. Hill)

                         Principal Environmental Health Officer (Mrs. J. Antrobus)

 Principal Solicitor (Mrs. K. Lovelady)

                         Senior Licensing Officer (Mrs. M. Murray)

                         Member Services/Civic Support Officer (Mrs. J.A. Ryan)

In attendance:    Mr. C. White (Owner)          

There were no apologies for absence received.

To be apprised of any changes to the membership of the Sub-Committee in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.

There were no changes to the Membership of the Committee.

Note: No other business is permitted unless, by reason of special circumstances, which shall be specified at the meeting, the Chairman is of the opinion that the item(s) should be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no urgent items of business.

Party Whips are not to be used by this Committee in respect of its functions concerning the determination of New and Temporary Licence Applications, Reviews, Variations, Transfers, Provisional Statements, Interim Authority, Cancellation of Gaming/Club Machine Permits and Counter Notice to Temporary Use Notice. When considering any other matter which relates to a decision of the Cabinet or the performance of any Member of the Cabinet, in accordance with Regulatory Committee Procedure Rule 9, Members must declare the existence of any Party Whip and the nature of it, before the commencement of the Committee’s deliberations on the matter.

There were no declarations of Party Whip.

If a Member requires advice on Declarations of Interest, he/she is advised to contact the Borough Solicitor in advance of the meeting.  (For the assistance of Members a checklist for use in considering their position on any particular item is included at the end of this agenda sheet.)

There were no Declarations of Interest.

To receive as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 19 July 2016.

RESOLVED:               That the minutes of the meeting held on the 19 July 2016 be received as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Chairman outlined the Licensing Procedure.

Consideration was given to the report of the Director of Leisure and Wellbeing as circulated and contained on pages 63 to 87 of the Book of Reports in respect of an application for a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) for The Loft, 13 Moorgate, Ormskirk, L39 4RT.

In considering the matter the Sub-Committee had regard to its Licensing Policy and the guidance issued under S.182 of the Licensing Act.  It considered the relevant Licensing Objectives.

RESOLVED:   That the Temporary Event Notice (TEN) be granted subject to the conditions on the Statement of Conditions.