Agenda and draft minutes

No declarations were reported at the meeting.

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a review of an existing premises licence for Mambo, 14 Silver Street, Doncaster DN1 1HQ.

The Sub-Committee Members, the Applicant, South Yorkshire Police, the Premises Licence Holder, their representative and any persons making representations had received a copy of the agenda papers prior to the meeting. A copy of the representations was attached at Appendix F. Appendix F was not for publication and exempt under Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as amended.

A copy of an additional witness statement was also provided to all parties prior to the commencement of the meeting. The additional statement was not for publication and exempt under Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.

At the commencement of the meeting, the Chair welcomed everyone back to the reconvened meeting, introductions were made, and she outlined the procedure to be followed.

The Senior Licensing Practitioner, Hayley Oxley introduced the report and outlined the key points to the application.

The Applicant’s representative, Mr Oliver Norman, PC Gourdin and Catherine Jarvis, South Yorkshire Police attended the meeting, made representations and answered questions.

Mr Andrew Delany, Senior Environmental Health Practitioner for City of Doncaster Council and Mrs Michelle Clark, Regulatory Manager for Food and Animal Health at City of Doncaster Council attended the meeting and also made representations further to their written evidence supplied within the agenda papers and additional documents.

The Premises Licence Holder’s representative, Mr Paddy Whur, Mr Julian Clark (Mambo) Mr Gary Smith (Mambo) and other persons from Mambo attended the meeting, made representations and answered questions.

All parties were then asked to leave the meeting whilst the sub-committee deliberated on the application and reached a decision.

All parties were brought back into the meeting and the Chair of the Sub-Committee stated that the decision would be communicated to all parties in writing either later that afternoon or on Monday morning.

Subsequently it was

RESOLVED that having considered the application for the review of the existing premises licence for Mambo, 14 Silver Street, Doncaster DN1 1HQ, taken into account the representations made and evidence presented today, the steps that are appropriate to promote the Licensing Objectives, the Home Office Guidance and the Statement of Licensing Policy and have decided to amend the licence to add a number of conditions.

It was submitted by Oliver Norman, representing South Yorkshire Police, a Responsible Authority, that SYP were seeking to modify the license conditions, to exclude the Crisis Buster promotion. 

The Crisis Buster promotion refers to a promotion offering unlimited drinks & pizza, over a 4-hour period of time over numerous bars, for the price of £20. The Sub-Committee had seen a Facebook post, where this offer was being advertised.

It was submitted that this promotion was a breach of a mandatory licensing condition, specifically to not carry out irresponsible promotions.  The test for this was promotions which carry a significant risk of undermining a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43.