Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairman

Minutes:

Resolved: That Cllr. Raikes be appointed as the Chairman of the meeting.

 

2.

Declarations of interest.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

3.

Application for a Premises Licence - Martins, 19 - 21 The Row, New Ash Green, Kent. DA3 8JB pdf icon PDF 45 KB

(Ash and New Ash Green)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Hearing gave consideration to a report by the Head of Environmental and Operational Services giving details of an application from Martin McColl Ltd for a new Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 for Martins, 19-21 The Row, New Ash Green, Kent.  DA3 8JB. It was noted that objections had been received and that accordingly the application had been referred to the Sub-Committee for determination.

 

The Hearing heard from the applicant’s solicitorwho explained that throughout the country there were more than 800 Martin stores with premises licenses. He explained that Martin McColl Ltd understood the concerns that had been expressed and procedures were in place to address these. A meeting had taken place between the Police and the Store Manager on the prevention of crime and recommendations made by the Police had been adopted. There would be CCTV in key locations which included oversight of areas where alcohol is kept on display. Recordings would be retained in store and at Head Office. A Challenge 25 policy on age restricted products would operate. The CCTV and the till were linked so that the timing of transactions linked to the timing of images. The videos would be kept for 31 days. The till would keep a record of all the successful and unsuccessful sales of age restricted products. If someone was denied a purchase for not having the correct identification this would be recorded indefinitely. 

 

Other procedures would also be in place such as test purchases. These test purchases would be undertaken by an external company. Training would also be given to all staff on the sales of age restricted products and this would be updated every three months.  It was also considered to be a serious disciplinary offence for employees to sell alcohol to those under the age of 18 years.

 

In response to questions from the Sub-Committee the applicant’s solicitor replied that a paper refusal register would not be kept as records were stored electronically on the till at the point of sale. If any sale was rejected then the product, date and time would be recorded. CCTV would also record this. The Area Manager would visit every six weeks and would inspect the electronic record held. Evidence of these inspections would also be recorded on the system.

 

The applicant’s solicitor confirmed that the Premises Licence would be from 6am to 11pm. The store currently closed at 8.pm, however if in the future the store wished to extend its opening hours the Premises Licence would then be in place.

 

The Hearing heard from Mrs Boniface, one of the objectors, who stated that she objected to another premises selling alcohol which would affect the village life as there was already a Co-op and a pub which sold alcohol. She objected to the selling of age restricted products to those who were underage, especially cigarettes. Another premises selling alcohol would increase the under age drinking problem which already affected the village and could lead to an increase in littering.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Notice of determination pdf icon PDF 37 KB

 

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