Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were made at the meeting.

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a new premises licence in respect of Everyday Best (former Plant Hotel), 6 Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, DN4 0BG.  The procedure for considering the application was set out in Appendix A.

The Sub-Committee Members, the Applicant and Responsible Authorities had, received the agenda prior to the meeting.

Representations had been received from two Local Ward Councillors and a neighbouring resident/business owner, which were attached at Appendix E of the report.

At the commencement of the hearing, the Chair made introductions and outlined the procedure to be followed.

David Smith, the Licensing Officer, introduced the report and outlined the salient points.

The Applicant, Volkan Ertas, and a representative acting on behalf of the Applicant, Steve Butler, were in attendance at the meeting, made representations and answered questions.

The Applicant submitted that as this was a new premise, existing problems of anti-social behaviour could not be attributed to him.  He had recently graduated from Derby University and was keen to make this a professional business.  He had worked with the Police Licensing Officer and would work with the police if there were any problems.

The Deputy Mayor and Local Ward Member, Councillor Glyn Jones who had made a written representation, made representations in respect of his objections to the application and answered questions.

The interested party representing local constituents, Councillor Glyn Jones, expressed concern at the Applicant’s lack of knowledge of the 4 licensing objectives and made the Sub-Committee aware of problems in the area with regards to anti-social behaviour and pointed out that there was a Public Space Protection Order in place for the Hexthorpe area.

The Applicant’s representative acknowledged that the Applicant was not fully aware of the licensing objectives, but he gave an assurance that he would apply for a Personal Licence today if the application was granted and he wasn’t the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS); the DPS was already in place and was the landlord of the building.

It was also pointed out that South Yorkshire Police had proposed conditions that the Applicant has agreed to.

All parties were then asked to leave the room whilst the Sub-Committee deliberated on the Application and reached a decision.

The Sub-Committee have decided to grant the licence in the terms set out in Appendix B,

All parties were then asked to leave the room whilst the Sub-Committee deliberated on the Application and reached a decision.

RESOLVED that the Licensing Sub-Committee having considered the application for a new premises licence for Everyday Best (former Plant Hotel), 6 Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, DN4 0BG and having taken into account the written representations made and the evidence presented today, the steps that are appropriate to promote the Licensing Objectives, the Home Office Guidance and our Statement of Licensing Policy have decided to grant the application in the terms as set out in Appendix B subject to the Conditions put forward by South Yorkshire Police set out at Appendix F and the addition of the following Conditions:-

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