Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that Councillor L Bigham be appointed as Chair for the hearing.

There were no apologies for absence.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider an application for a Premises Licence for McDonalds, 275 London Road, Coventry

Note: The applicant and their representative have been invited to attend the

  hearing.

  Persons who have made representations have been invited to attend.

The City Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy is available on the Council’s website. Alternatively, please contact us if you require a hard copy.

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a Premises Licence in respect of McDonalds, 275 London Road, Coventry. The application was for a Late Night Refreshment Licence from Monday to Sunday from 23:00-05:00.

Six representations objecting to the application had been received from interested persons, on the basis that should the application be granted, it could undermine the licensing objectives of Prevention of Crime and Disorder and the Prevention of Public Nuisance.

None of the Responsible Authorities had objected to the application.

The Licensing Officer gave a brief summary of the application and confirmed that all licensing formalities had been complied with.

The Applicant had voluntarily added the following condition which has been agreed with the Police:

“The premises CCTV digital recording system will have a minimum of 28 days recording capability and will be in operation whenever the premises are open for a licensable activity. At least on member of staff, fully trained to operate the CCTV shall be on duty at all times. All CCTV recordings shall be made available to the Responsible Authorities within 48 hours of a request”.

The applicant has also added the following conditions to the operating schedule, attached as Appendix 1:

“Litter

McDonalds were the first company in our sector to introduce litter patrols in the early 1980s. McDonalds is committed to carry out litter patrols collecting both McDonalds packaging and any other litter that had been carelessly discarded. We are happy to act on recommendations from the Environmental Health Officer should they feel that we should extend our patrol to a nearby area, as far as this is reasonably practicable.

All of McDonalds packaging displays the “Bin it” symbol to encourage our customers to deal with their waste responsibly. Further details regarding McDonalds commitment to reducing waste and litter nuisance can be found at the “Our World” section of the McDonalds website.

Noise

Where it is practicable to do so we are content to put measures in place to limit noise. All McDonalds restaurant doors are self closing, and we try to encourage our customers to be considerable to our neighbours and to limit noise both when ordering their food and on leaving the local area”.

At the start of the hearing, Counsel for the Applicant objected to the involvement of the witnesses on behalf of some the Interested Persons on the basis that such witnesses were not mentioned at the time of the submission of the original objections.

Regulation 8 (2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 states:

  “In a case where a party wishes any other person (other than the person he intend to represent him at the hearing) to appear at the hearing, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall contain a request for permission for such other person to appear at the hearing accompanied by details of the name of that person and a brief description of the point or points on which that person may be able to assist the authority in relation to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

To consider any other items of business which the Chair decides to take as a matter of urgency because of the special circumstances involved.

There were no other items of business.