Agenda and minutes

To elect a Councillor from the Sub-Committee to act as Chair for the meeting.

Councillor Tom Baker-Price was elected as Chair for the meeting.

The Chair welcomed the Committee members, officers, the applicant and his representatives to the Licensing Sub-Committee meeting.  At the request of the Chair, all those present briefly introduced themselves.

There were no apologies or substitutions on the part of the Councillors making up the Sub-Committee.

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and/or Other Disclosable Interests they may have on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Sub-Committee then considered an application for a Premises Licence, submitted by Mr. Arfaq Hussain Khan and Purple Beret Limited, in respect of Pink Flamingo, 22 Unicorn Hill, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 4QU.  

The application was subject to a Hearing in light of one representation being received from Westgrove Property Management.  The basis of their representations was on the grounds of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder and Public Safety, as detailed at Appendix 3 to the report. 

PC Norris, West Mercia Police had agreed a number of conditions and changes to the opening hours, as detailed at Appendix 2 to the report. 

The Technical Officer (Licensing) WRS, introduced the report and in doing so highlighted that, during the application process, and since the publication of the Licensing Sub-Committee agenda; that the applicants had agreed with PC Norris, West Mercia Police, to the conditions and amended opening hours, as detailed at Appendix 2 to the report, as follows: -

Sale of Alcohol

Sunday to Thursday                        08:00 to 00:00 hours

Friday and Saturday                        08:00 to 02:00 hours

Music (live and recorded)

Sunday to Thursday                        08:00 to 00:00 hours

Friday and Saturday                        08:00 to 02:00 hours

Late Night Refreshments

Sunday to Thursday                        08:00 to 00:00 hours

Friday and Saturday                        08:00 to 02:00 hours

It was noted that the police had also requested the following opening hours to the public:-

Sunday to Thursday                        08:00 to 00:30 hours

Friday and Saturday                        08:00 to 02:30 hours

The Chair then invited Mr. Arfaq Hussain Khan, to put forward the case in support of the application.

At this stage in the meeting, Mr. Billy Chauhan, Director of Business Operations at Global Venues, the applicant’s representative addressed Members on behalf of the applicants.

Mr. Chauhan commented that the person who had sent in a representation was not present at today’s meeting, and he questioned if he had withdrawn his objection. 

In response the Technical Officer stated that he had contacted the person who had submitted a representation on a number of occasions, with regard to attending the Hearing to address Sub-Committee Members; however, he had not received a reply.  The Technical Officer further clarified that the representation had not been withdrawn.

Mr. Sutch, Hemmings, who was also present on behalf of the applicant, stated that he had spoken to the person who had submitted the representation to inform him that the applicant had agreed to reduce the opening hours, as agreed with West Mercia Police.  Mr. Sutch had received a text message from them just saying ‘cool’.

Mr. Chauhan briefly referred to the fire escape and rights of access as detailed in the representation.

In response the Chair stated that with regard to the fire escape that would be the responsibility of Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service and was not a matter for Members to consider.

The Council’s Legal Advisor reiterated this and highlighted that Sub-Committee Members would only consider those matters relevant to the four licensing objectives.  Two of which, namely Crime and Disorder and Public Safety,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.