Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.

The report details an application from Stockport Council (the Licensing Authority) for a review of the Premises Licence for Malik News, 8 Adswood Road, Cheadle Hulme.

The Sub-Committee is recommended to consider the application for the review of the Premises Licence at Malik News, 8 Adswood Road, Cheadle Hulme.

Officer contact: Patrick Ware on 0161 474 4188 or email: patrick.ware@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing an application made by a representative of the Stockport Licensing Authority being a responsible authority under the Licensing Act 2003 exercising its statutory function to promote the protection of children from harm licensing objective for a review of the Premises Licence at Malik News, 8 Adswood Road, Cheadle Hulme.

A representative of the Stockport Licensing Authority in addition to the Premises Licence Holder attended the meeting and answered Councillors’ questions in relation to the application.

The Sub-Committee, having heard the interested parties, proceeded to consider the protection of children from harm licensing objective in respect of the application, together with the relevant parts of the Council’s Licensing Policy and the guidance from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.  However, the decision was reached on consideration of all arguments given in relation to this specific application.

It was then

RESOLVED – That, having heard the application for a review of the premises licence at Malik News, 8 Adswood Road, Cheadle Hulme, made on behalf of the Licensing Authority at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, the Sub-Committee was satisfied that the premises had demonstrated its inability to satisfactorily address the protection of children from harm licensing objective by virtue of the two evidenced occasions upon which the premises had sold alcohol to underage patrons.

The Sub-Committee noted the additional representation submitted by the Director of Public Health in support of the application for the review of the premises licence on the same bases.

The Sub-Committee was of the view that in the light of the sustained disregard, demonstrated by Mr Malik as the Designated Premises Supervisor and Premises Licence Holder, for the protection of children from harm licensing objective there were no further conditions that could be imposed which would ameliorate the concerns expressed by the Licensing Authority during the hearing, and accordingly it was determined that the Premises Licence should be revoked.