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Election of Chairman and Statement for the Procedure of the Meeting PDF 133 KB To elect a Chairman for the meeting and the Chairman to
present and explain the procedure for the meeting. Minutes: It was proposed by Cllr Andrews, seconded by Cllr Fry. Decision: that Cllr Emma Parker be elected as Chairman for the duration of the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest To disclose any pecuniary,
other registrable or non-registrable interests as set out in the adopted Code
of Conduct. In making their disclosure councillors are asked to state the
agenda item, the nature of the interest and any action they propose to take as
part of their declaration. If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting. |
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Urgent items To consider any items of
business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be
urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The
reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes. Minutes: There were no urgent items. |
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Summary Review of Actors in Weymouth PDF 374 KB An application for a summary review
of a premises licence was made by Dorset
Police on 15th December 2021 following serious crime
associated with the premises. The application
must be considered at a hearing by a licensing Sub-Committee within 28 days of
that application Additional documents:
Minutes: The report for an application for a summary review
of a premises licence made by Dorset Police on 15th December
2021, following serious crime associated with the premises, was presented
by the Licensing Team Leader who advised that Dorset Council had 1697 alcohol licensed
premises, and in the 16 years of the Licensing Act there had only been 2
Summary Reviews. The
time scales for a summary review was very tight and the whole process had
be completed with 28 calendar days of the police serving the application,
however due to the Christmas break people had a longer period of time to send
representations in and supplementary information had been supplied after the
report was published. All
parties present at the sub-committee meeting had received three paginated
bundles and eight CCTV clips together with a schedule of times of specific
instances. Due to the sensitivity and
highly personal nature of some of the content, not all of the information had
been published. The Licensing Team Leader drew the sub-committee’s attention to the
relevant roles on a licence, the Licence Holder and the DPS. She
stressed that it was the licence holder that "owned" the licence and
against whom this application was made. It would normally be the licence holder
who would be the responding party. The
licence holder in this case was a company called Darya Ltd, a private limited
company which listed the nature of the business as “Other business support
service activities not elsewhere classified” Darya
Ltd had no employees. The company had been without a director or a person
with significant control between 1 October and 22 December 2021. There was
still no one listed with significant control. Although there was now a director
– Ms Phillipa Holt. Mr
Praviz Marseh had been the
person with significant control of the company until 25 May 2017 when it was
passed to Afsheen Marseh,
who was the sole share-holder. According
to council records Mr Parviz Marseh
had been the premises licence holder from July 2013 - January 2017 when the
licence was transferred to Darya Ltd. He
had been the DPS from 5 August 2015 to August 2017 when Kyle O'Connor was
the DPS and from August 2020 to the present day. Members
were advised that a decision had to be made that day and once made
consideration would need to be given to whether the interim steps should
remain, as any decision would not take effect for the 21 day period when
any party could lodge an appeal. If a party were to appeal then any interim
steps would remain in place until that appeal was determined. All present in the
meeting were invited to ask questions of the Licensing Team Leader prior to
moving into exempt business. |
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Exempt Business To move the exclusion of the press and the public
for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within
the meaning of paragraph x of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972
(as amended). The public and the press will be asked to leave the
meeting whilst the item of business is considered. Minutes: Proposed by Cllr Andrews, seconded by Cllr
Fry. Decision That the press and the public be excluded for
the following item(s) in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information
within the meaning of paragraph 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as
amended). The Dorset Police Representatives were invited to put their
case forward with the assistance of documented evidence and an explanation of the findings set out in the submitted heat
maps covering the general Weymouth Town Centre area. All Parties were given the opportunity to ask questions of Dorset Police. 11:47 – 12:00 comfort break. On returning to the meeting the Barrister for the premises’ owner put his case forward together with input from Mr Marseh and Ms Holt. All Parties were given the opportunity to ask questions of the Barrister, Mr Marseh and Ms Holt. The Service Manager Licensing and Community Safety put Dorset Council’s case forward in support of Dorset Police’s application. All Parties were given the opportunity to ask questions of The Service Manager Licensing and Community Safety. All parties were given the opportunity to sum up their cases prior to the sub-committee retiring to make their decision. 14:10 – 15:00 Lunch break. Sub-committee decision: That the
premises licence for Actors should be revoked. In addition, the Sub-Committee
decided that the Interim Step of suspending the Premises Licence should remain
in place pending any appeal to the Magistrates’ Court and determination of that
appeal. |