Councillor A Seldon was elected as Chairman for the Regulatory Sub-Committee hearing.

To receive any declarations of interest by Members in respect of items on the agenda.

To consider an application for the variation of a premises licence in respect of ‘Yates, 58 Commercial Road, Hereford, HR1 2BP.

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To consider an application for the grant of a premises licence in respect of ‘Zabka,16 Eign Gate, Hereford, HR4 0AB.

Members of the Licensing Panel of the Council’s Regulatory Sub-Committee considered the above application, full details of which appeared before the Members in their agenda and the background papers.

Prior to making their decision the Members heard from Fred Spriggs, representing the Licensing Authority, Tim Thorne Herefordshire Council Trading Standards, Jim Mooney West Mercia Police and Neil Coulson solicitor for the applicant

Having carefully considered those matters brought before them, the Sub-Committee determined the application as follows, with a view to promoting the four licensing objectives, namely the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm, as set out in the guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, and the Council’s Licensing Policy:

The Licensing Panel of the Council’s Regulatory Sub-Committee are mindful to approve the application with the proviso that a copy of the signed lease is provided to the Licensing Authority within 28 days otherwise the licence will be refused.

subject to the following conditions:

1.    CCTV will be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of EVIDENTIAL QUALITY in all lighting conditions particularly facial recognition.

Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress to the premises, fire exits, outside areas, and all areas where the sale/ supply of alcohol occurs.

A monitor shall be mounted on the wall at the premises where it is clearly visible to all members of the public. The monitor shall show the live CCTV footage being recorded.

Equipment MUST be maintained in good working order , be correctly time and date stamped , recordings MUST be kept in date order, numbered sequentially and kept for a period of 31 days and handed to Police on demand.

The Premises Licence Holder must ensure at all times a DPS or appointed member of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage onto recordable media on demand of the Police/Local Authority.

The Recording equipment and tapes/discs shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the DPS or other responsible named individual. An operational daily log report must be maintained endorsed by signature, indicating the system has been checked and is compliant, in the event of any failings actions taken are to be recorded.

In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the Premises Licence holder/DPS MUST report the failure to the Police on contact number 101 immediately.

2.    All staff engaged in the sale of alcohol to be trained in Responsible alcohol retailing to the minimum standard of BIIAB level 1 or any equivalent training agreed by Herefordshire Council Trading Standards within 1 month of commencing employment at the premises. (Where there are existing staff this training shall be completed within 1 month of the date that this condition first appears on the licence). Retraining to take place every 6 months. Training records shall be kept on the premises and produced to the police or an ‘authorised person’ (as defined  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.