Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Gilham, with Councillor Yarrow substituting. Councillor Yarrow in the Chair.

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It was confirmed that all items were Part I and would be considered in public.

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Introduction by Licensing Officer

Ian Meens, Licensing Officer at London Borough of Hillingdon, addressed the Sub-Committee on behalf of Regulatory Services. The Sub-Committee was informed that this was an application initiated by the Metropolitan Police Service seeking a review of the Premises Licence of Lotus Wines, 761 Uxbridge Road, Hayes on the grounds of Prevention of Crime and Disorder, Public Safety and the Protection of Children from Harm. Submissions in support of the review application were received from the Trading Standards and Licensing Authority.

It was confirmed that the applicant was seeking a full revocation of the Premises License and that this was supported by the Trading Standards Service and the Licensing Authority.

Reference was made to the extensive history of the premises, as set out in the report. The supplementary agenda was highlighted, and confirmed to contain additional evidence submitted by the Police Authority relating to visits made by the Police to the premises.

The Sub-Committee was informed that Mr Lamba had held the Premises Licence since a previous Sub-Committee determined to grant the licence, subject to conditions, in May 2016.

The Committee was invited to determine whether to grant, refuse, or amend the application as applied for.

Representation by the Applicant for the review

Acting Sergeant. Ian Wares of the Police Authority addressed the Sub-Committee and set out in detail his statement contained in pages 15-30 of the Committee report.  He detailed the events of 12 October 2016, as well as the follow up visits on 13 October 2016; 20 October 2016; 26 October 2016; 28 October 2016; and 01 November 2016.

On 12 October 2016, the following breaches of the Premises Licence Conditions were noted:

1.    No personal licence holder on premises - Breach of Premises Licence Condition 8;

2.    Mr Amarjeet Singh present on the premises behind the counter completing sales of items to customers - Breach of Premises Licence Condition 17;

3.    The CCTV system was defective and had not working for at least 4 days - Breach of Premises Licence Condition 2 and 3;

4.    Licence Holder  unable to provide copies of invoices or receipts for alcohol stock purchases - Breach of Premises Licence Condition 14;

5.    No entries on incident log book with regard to CCTV - Breach of Conditions Premises Licence Conditions 9,10,11,12;

A closure notice was issued which resulted in the Premises Licence Holder being unable to trade for the remaining trading hours.  The Closure Notice was withdrawn the next day when the CCTV system was repaired.

On 20 October 2016, Acting Sergeant Wares attended the premises with an Images Evidence Recovery Officer.  The Sub Committee was informed that the failure to have in place CCTV recordings for the previous 31days was a breach of Premises Licence Condition 2.  The removal of the hard drive which contained footage up until at least 8 October 2016 was of concern because it effectively prevented officers from investigating the breaches found on 12 October 2016.

The visit of 26 October 2016 found breaches of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.