Agenda, decisions and minutes

SHELL ROMFORD, Licensing Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 24th February, 2016 10.30 am

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APPLICATION FOR A VARIATION OF A PREMISES LICENCE FOR SHELL ROMFORD - 203 BRENTWOOD ROAD, ROMFORD, RM1 2SL pdf icon PDF 4 MB

Application to vary a premises licence made by Motor Fuel Limited under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003

Decision:

 

Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Decision

 

 

PREMISES

Shell Romford

203 Brentwood Road

Romford

Essex

RM1 2SL

 

 

APPLICANT

Motor Fuel Ltd

Clock House Court

5-7 London Road

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 1LA

 

 

1.    Details of Application

 

Variation applied for:

 

Late Night Refreshment

Day

Start

Finish

Monday - Sunday

23:00

05:00

 

 

The application sought to vary the premises licence to allow Late Night Refreshment to be served from 23:00 – 05:00, thus making the provision of hot food and drink 24 hours a day. It had been further stipulated by the applicant that only hot drinks would be provided for the licensable hours. And, following consultation with the police a further condition had been volunteered that all such sales would be made via the serving hatch from 23:00 – 05:30 hours.

 

The premises were currently open 24 hours a day to provide fuel.

 

The applicant had acted in accordance with regulations 25 and 26 of The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005 relating to the advertising of the application. The required public notice was installed in the Yellow Advertiser on the 20 January 2016.

 

It was pointed out that there had been three applications made by the licence holder to vary the licence in the past 18 months. The first was withdrawn by the applicant; the others were rejected on administrative failures.

 

 

2.    Details of Representations

 

There were three (3) representations against this application from interested persons.  The previous applications were essentially the same and representations were received from other interested parties in response to those applications.  However, they had not submitted representations to this application.

 

There were two (2) representations against this application from responsible authorities.

 

Details of representations

 

Valid representations may only address the following licensing objectives:

 

  • The prevention of crime and disorder
  • The prevention of public nuisance
  • The protection of children from harm
  • Public safety

 

The representation submitted by Ms Witchells addressed all four licensing objectives. Her representation appeared to deal with the issue of extended alcohol supply times.  However, when it was pointed out that the application sought only late night refreshment, she confirmed that her representation stood.

 

Mr Parker had submitted a representation covering the crime and disorder, prevention of public nuisance and public safety licensing objectives.

 

Councillor Thompson had based his representation on the prevention of public nuisance and crime and disorder objectives.

 

The two representations submitted by the responsible authorities had both been withdrawn prior to the hearing commencing.

 

 

3.    Applicant’s response.

 

The applicant’s agent, Mr Mitchener, addressed the Sub-Committee and confirmed that the applicant had agreed to the police’s recommended condition that all sales were of hot drinks only and not hot food and that all sales were to take place via the serving hatch.

 

In relation to the representations that had been received Mr Mitchener made reference to paragraphs 9.12 and 9.15 of the Revised Guidance under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 which detailed the role of the responsible authorities and their duties as a source  ...  view the full decision text for item 1.

Minutes:

 

PREMISES

Shell Romford

203 Brentwood Road

Romford

Essex

RM1 2SL

 

 

APPLICANT

Motor Fuel Ltd

Clock House Court

5-7 London Road

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 1LA

 

 

1.    Details of Application

 

Variation applied for:

 

Late Night Refreshment

Day

Start

Finish

Monday - Sunday

23:00

05:00

 

 

The application sought to vary the premises licence to allow Late Night Refreshment to be served from 23:00 – 05:00, thus making the provision of hot food and drink 24 hours a day. It had been further stipulated by the applicant that only hot drinks would be provided for the licensable hours. And, following consultation with the police a further condition had been volunteered that all such sales would be made via the serving hatch from 23:00 – 05:30 hours.

 

The premises were currently open 24 hours a day to provide fuel.

 

The applicant had acted in accordance with regulations 25 and 26 of The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005 relating to the advertising of the application. The required public notice was installed in the Yellow Advertiser on the 20 January 2016.

 

It was pointed out that there had been three applications made by the licence holder to vary the licence in the past 18 months. The first was withdrawn by the applicant; the others were rejected on administrative failures.

 

 

2.    Details of Representations

 

There were three (3) representations against this application from interested persons.  The previous applications were essentially the same and representations were received from other interested parties in response to those applications.  However, they had not submitted representations to this application.

 

There were two (2) representations against this application from responsible authorities.

 

Details of representations

 

Valid representations may only address the following licensing objectives:

 

  • The prevention of crime and disorder
  • The prevention of public nuisance
  • The protection of children from harm
  • Public safety

 

The representation submitted by Ms Witchells addressed all four licensing objectives. Her representation appeared to deal with the issue of extended alcohol supply times.  However, when it was pointed out that the application sought only late night refreshment, she confirmed that her representation stood.

 

Mr Parker had submitted a representation covering the crime and disorder, prevention of public nuisance and public safety licensing objectives.

 

Councillor Thompson had based his representation on the prevention of public nuisance and crime and disorder objectives.

 

The two representations submitted by the responsible authorities had both been withdrawn prior to the hearing commencing.

 

 

3.    Applicant’s response.

 

The applicant’s agent, Mr Mitchener, addressed the Sub-Committee and confirmed that the applicant had agreed to the police’s recommended condition that all sales were of hot drinks only and not hot food and that all sales were to take place via the serving hatch.

 

In relation to the representations that had been received Mr Mitchener made reference to paragraphs 9.12 and 9.15 of the Revised Guidance under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 which detailed the role of the responsible authorities and their duties as a source of information and advice and evidence  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.