Issue - meetings

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

The report details an application for a personal licence.

The Sub-Committee is recommended to consider the application.

Officer contact: Sarah Tooth on 0161 474 4176, email: sarah.tooth@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Sub-Committee to consider an application for a personal licence to authorise and supervise the sale of alcohol.

In accordance with Section 120(4) of the Licensing Act 2003, the Licensing Authority notified Greater Manchester Police that the applicant had convictions for a relevant offence as is defined in Schedule 4 of the Act.   In such circumstances, the Police if satisfied that granting of the Licence would undermine the crime prevention objective, must state the reasons why they are so satisfied.  A notice of objection on the grounds of the nature of previous convictions had been received from Greater Manchester Police.

The applicant and representatives of Greater Manchester Police attended the meeting and answered Councillors’ questions in relation to the application.

The Sub-Committee, having heard both interested parties, proceeded to consider the prevention of crime and disorder 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 the arguments given in relation to this specific application.

RESOLVED - That having heard all the evidence presented by both the applicant and Greater Manchester Police, and having considered the applicant’s relevant unspent convictions for serious criminal offences in 2001 relating to fraud and dishonesty, and the Sub-Committee being unable to establish that the applicant did not have a propensity to reoffend as result of the subsequent conviction in 2009, the Sub-Committee refused the application on the ground that to grant a personal licence to the applicant would consequently undermine the prevention of crime and disorder licensing objective.