Agenda and minutes

No apologies were received for the meeting.

There were no declarations of interests.

An application for a Premises Licence in respect of The Cave Lounge, Frederick Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV2 4DU was considered following representations received from Public Health, Licensing Authority and West Midlands Police.

The Chair led round-table introductions and outlined the procedure to be followed.

Chris Howell, Licensing Manager, provided an outline of the application.  By way of clarification he reported that the representations letter from West Midlands Police in respect of The Cave Lounge referred to the premises being allowed A5 usage.  This was an error, the premise had A3 usage which precluded the premises being used as a shisha bar.  Mr Alex Abdelaal on behalf of the applicant, Mr Jalal Said confirmed that the summary was accurate.

The Chair invited the applicant to present the application. Mr Alex Abdelaal on behalf of the applicant did so.

Mr Paul Leese, the applicant’s Architect arrived during Mr Alex Abdelaal’s presentation. The Authority had not received prior notification that Mr Leese would be attending the hearing to support the application.  Following advice from the Council’s Solicitor, the Chair asked all parties present whether they were happy to give consent for Mr Leese to speak in support of the application during the meeting. All parties presented gave their consent.

The Chair afforded all parties present the opportunity to question the applicant in relation to his submission.  Mr Alex Abdelaal provided responses to questions asked.

The Chair invited West Midlands Police to make representations.  PC Michelle Churm did so.

The Chair invited all parties present to question West Midlands Police in relation to its submission.  PC Churm provided responses to questions asked.

The Chair invited the Licensing Authority to make representations.  Elaine Moreton, Section Leader - Licensing, did so.

The Chair invited all parties present to question the Licensing Authority in relation to its submission.  The Section Leader - Licensing provided responses to questions asked.

The Chair invited Public Health to make representations.  Parpinder Singh, Senior Public Health Specialist did so.

The Chair invited all parties present to question Public Health in relation to its submission. The Senior Public Health Specialist provided responses to questions asked.

The Chair invited all parties present to make their final address and Mr Alex Abdelaal made a closing statement on behalf of the applicant during which he confirmed that there would be no smoking inside the premises. 

All interested parties, with the exception of the Council’s Solicitor and the Democratic Services Officer, withdrew from the meeting to enable the Sub-Committee to determine the matter.

All interested parties were invited back to the meeting and the Chair advised them of the decision of the Sub-Committee, which was read out in full by the Solicitor.

Resolved:

That the Licensing Sub-Committee listened carefully to all of the representations made by those attending and carefully considered the paperwork placed before them. They also had regard to the guidance issued by the Secretary of State under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 and Wolverhampton Council’s Licensing Policy Statement.

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