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Minutes: The Committee (acting as
Licensing Committee under the Licensing Act 2003) met following an application
to review the Establishment Old Town Hall Victoria Square Widnes made by
Cheshire Police. In attendance was the
applicant In addition the Premises
Licence Holder Stephen Lawler was present and represented by Martin Stafford
(DWF Solicitors) also in attendance were Dennis Riley Designated Premises
Supervisor and Steve Gibbons Head Doorman. The Council’s legal
advisor, John Tully, introduced the parties, outlined the procedure to be
followed and summarised the nature of the application. Mr Tully also advised the Committee of the
following documents which were to be referred to at the hearing:-
To avoid confusion Mr
Tully explained that the agenda contained a verbatim extract from the White
Bundle and summarised the content of the White Bundle. The Pink Bundle replaced
pages 10 to 25 of the White Bundle (thereby extending the period in which
incidents were listed to 1st January 2011). The Pink Bundle also
included a statement by Superintendent Boycott. The Green Bundle replaced pages
22 to 32 of the Pink Bundle and comprised an amended statement by
Superintendent Boycott. Mr. Whur confirmed that this
was a correct summary. The premises licence
holder had previously supplied to the Licensing Section (on 11th
January) and to the Police a DVD comprising CCTV footage of The Police grounds for the
review were set out in the committee item.
The full review file was copied and sent to the Committee members prior
to the hearing. The hearing Prior to the hearing
commencing Mr Whur requested an additional 10 minutes
for the applicant to put their case making a total of 30 minutes. Both the Committee and Mr Stafford agreed to
the time extension. Mr Whur
presented the case on behalf of the Applicant Cheshire Police and called on
Superintendent Boycott, PC Carney and Inspector Blackwell to give evidence
relating to the documents supplied by the Police. The question was raised as to whether
it was appropriate for the Committee to consider those incidents in the Pink
Bundle which had occurred prior to 17th August 2010. Those incidents
had already been taken into account by the Committee at a hearing held on 17th
August 2010 in respect of the same premises. Mr. Whur confirmed that he would not be ... view the full minutes text for item 13. |