The Licensing Sub-Committee considered the Application for a Review of a Premises Licence at The Goat Public House, 1-3 Broom Road, Shirley, Croydon and the representations received from the Police as contained in the report of the Executive Director ‘Place’.
The Sub-Committee also considered the verbal representations made at the hearing by the police as applicant, the representative of the freeholders and the premises licence holder and his representative.
The Licensing Sub-Committee adjourned to consider its decision at 9:18pm. At 9:56pm, the Sub-Committee reconvened and the Chair informed all those present that it needed more time for it's deliberations and that the decision would be sent to all parties within 5 days. The meeting concluded at 9:57pm. The decision was sent to all parties on 10 April 2016.
The Sub-Committee considered whether taking any of the following steps were necessary to promote the four licensing objectives:
• To modify the conditions of the licence
• To exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the licence
• To remove the designated premises supervisor
• To suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 3 months
• To revoke the premises licence
The Sub-Committee, having reference to the licensing objectives under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Council Licensing Policy RESOLVED to remove the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) because the Sub-Committee considered that the current DPS has failed to ensure the licensing conditions are met.
The removal is necessary and proportionate in order to prevent crime and disorder and public nuisance.
The Sub-Committee was mindful that the Councils Licensing Policy provides that licensing authorities should not merely repeat warnings that have already been given and should take this into account when considering further actions.
The Sub-Committee noted that the Police have issued warnings and the licence was modified accordingly. However since then it remains that the licensing conditions have not been complied with. For example:
• No incident report in the incident book on 25 December 2015
• No security guards/door supervisors on 25 December 2015
• No CCTV coverage from the incident on 25 December 2015 was made available to the Police on the visit on 6 January 2016
• As at 6 January 2016 CCTV was not recording for the required number of days