Decisions and minutes

Expedited Review, Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committee - Tuesday 11th March, 2014

Proposed venue: Town Hall

Contact: Gemma George; Senior Governance Officer

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Expedited Review of Premises Licence for - Solstice/Radius, Northminster Road, Peterborough, PE1 1SQ

Decision:

NOTIFICATION OF DECISION OF LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE

APPLICATION FOR SUMMARY REVIEW OF PREMISES LICENCE UNDER SECTION 53(A) OF THE LICENSING ACT 2003

Date of Review: 11 March 2014

Premises: Solstice/Radius, Northminster Road, Peterborough, PE1 1SQ

Applicants: Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Decision:

The ability to employ an 'In House Door Supervisor Team' is revoked, by imposing the following conditions onto the Premises License:

1. All Licensable activity will cease at 02:00am

2. All SIA Registered door supervisors must be employed from a recognised and qualified SIA registered Door Supervisor Security Company that is approved by the Licensing Authority.

3. A minimum of 8 SIA registered door supervisors will be employed at all times a licensable activity takes place from 21:00 hours on each Friday and Saturday night. A minimum of 2 SIA door supervisors will be employed where capacity is expected to exceed 100 on any other night. They will be employed on the main access door and at strategic points around the venue to:

a. Prevent the admission of drunk and disorderly persons.

b. Maintain an orderly queue outside the venue

c. Count those entering and leaving the premises to ensure building capacity is not breached.

d. Assist customers leaving the venue to ensure they leave in a quiet and orderly fashion.

e. To keep out excluded persons circulated via the NightSafe Pub Watch Scheme.

f. Search and exclude those persons suspected of carrying illegal drugs or offensive weapons.

g. Maintain effective communication via City Link Radio, or other means with Peterborough CCTV or the Police when requesting assistance.

4. All door staff shall be trained in the requirements of the Challenge 25 policy, the identification & recognition of drunks and the correct procedures to be followed when refusing service.

5. The premises licence holder and / or the designated premises supervisor shall ensure door supervisors are properly briefed and trained to manage queues in a safe and efficient manner.

6. All door supervisors employed at the entrance / exit of the licensed premises will wear high visibility clothing and display their SIA badge in an arm badge holder.

7. All door staff engaged in searching persons (as a condition of entry) shall be fully trained in the use of their powers to do so.

8. Where a licensed premises engages in searching persons, the premises licence holder and / or designated premises supervisor shall ensure that door supervisors of both sexes are on duty.

9. The premises licence holder and / or designated premises supervisor shall ensure that the following details for each door supervisor are contemporaneously entered into a bound register kept for that purpose :

Full Name

SIA badge number in full

The time they begun duty

The time they completed their duty

The full details of any agency through which they have been allocated

work at the premises.

10.The premises licence holder and / or designated premises supervisor or in their absence another responsible person to keep an 'incident report register' in a bound book in which full details ... view the full decision text for item 1.

Minutes:

Expedited Review, Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committee

undertaken Wednesday 11 March 2014

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS*

*There is no requirement for a formal hearing of the Sub-Committee to take place to determine the question of interim steps and the determination may take place over the telephone or other ‘remote means’. This expedited review was conducted with Members via email.

1. Apologies for Absence		Not applicable.
2. Declarations of Interest		There were no declarations of interest.
3. Application		Expedited Review of Licence – Solstice/Radius, Northminster Road, Peterborough, PE1 1SQ
3.1	Application Reference
3.2	Sub-Committee Members	Councillor Thacker (Chairman) Councillor Peach Councillor Saltmarsh
3.3	Officers	Darren Dolby, Regulatory Officer – Licensing Nigel Joseph, Lawyer – Legal Advisor to the Sub-Committee Karen S Dunleavy, Governance Officer – Clerk to the Sub-Committee
3.4	Applicant	Cambridgeshire Constabulary
3.5	Nature of Application	Application Type Expedited review of existing premises licence. Summary of Expedited Review Application An Expedited Review was deemed necessary for the following reasons: A serious disorder took place which involved a member of the public on Sunday, 9 March between the hours of 2:30am and 2:50am; It is the view of the police that there was a reluctance and ineffectiveness of the part of management to deal effectively with the current ‘In House’ door supervisors; Issues of excessive use of force over the last 12 months, whereby Security Industry Authority (SIA) door supervisors utilised by the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) who were concerned in the disorder had used excessive force previously on customers; and Lack of appropriate conditions on the premises licence that would effectively assist the DPS in promoting the Licensing objectives.
3.6	Licensing Objective(s) under which representations were made	3.7 1. The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
3.7	Parties/Representatives and witnesses present	Not applicable.
3.8	Pre-hearing considerations and any decisions taken by the Sub-Committee relating to ancillary matters	Not applicable.
3.9	Oral representations	Not applicable.
3.100	Written representations and supplementary material taken into consideration	Responsible Authority – Cambridgeshire Constabulary Consideration was given to the application submitted by Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the certificate under Section 53A(1)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003.
3.11	Facts/Issues in dispute	Issue 1 Whether the expedited review application would further support the ‘Prevention of Crime and Disorder’ Licensing Objective.
3.10 4. Decision		The Sub-Committee took account of the contents of the application and the certificate issued under Section 53A(1)(b) of the Licensing Act 2003. The Sub-Committee also considered all of the various options available and found as follows: The Sub-Committee considered representations made by the police contained within the application and certificate in support of the expedited review. The representation detailed an incident which took place on 9th March 2014 between the hours of 02:30am and 2:50am. The Sub-Committee considered whether in the light of the representations made by the police, if it was necessary to take interim steps to address the immediate problems with the premises. The Sub-committee considered paragraph 3 of the Home office guidance and the powers available to it under Section 53A of the Licensing Act ... view the full minutes text for item 1.