Agenda and draft minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

There were no declarations of interest.

[To consider the application]

In Attendance

For the Premises

Mr R K Saharan – Applicant

Mr T Raj – father of Applicant

Mr R Craig – installed fire safety systems at premises

Responsible Authorities

PC Mitch Harvey – West Midlands Police

Elaine Moreton – Licensing Authority

Dawn Erkek and Sheetal Panchmatia – West Midlands Fire Service

The Chair introduced the parties and outlined the procedure to be followed at the meeting.

Rob Edge, Section Leader (Licensing) presented the report circulated in advance of the hearing and drew attention to a typographical error in section 2.1 relating to the name of the applicant.

At this juncture the applicant outlined the application for a new premises licence and answered questions raised by the Sub-Committee and other parties as appropriate.

At this juncture, the Responsible Authorities presented their objections.  PC Harvey advised that he had worked with the applicant and had agreed a set of conditions to be added to the premises licence.

Ms Erkek outlined the concerns regarding the original plans for the premises in terms of fire safety, and primarily the means of escape from the second floor.  The concerns had been discussed with the applicant who had agreed to make the appropriate alterations.  However, the Fire Service had not yet received any revised plans. 

The applicant advised that the required alterations should take two to three weeks to complete. Following discussion, it was agreed by all parties that the hearing be adjourned to a specific date to enable applicant to carry out the necessary work to the premises.

It was therefore:

Resolved:

            That the Licensing Sub-Committee be adjourned to a specific date and time, that being at the Civic Centre at 1 pm on 4 November 2015, to consider the application for a new premises licence in  respect of House of India, 25 Market Street, Wolverhampton.