Agenda and minutes

The Chair welcomed all to the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest received.

3.          Application for the Review of a Premises Licence

Members were asked to consider an application for the review of the premises licence for the Crown Inn.

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

Ms Catherine Cody, Legal Regulatory Services officer, introduced the report and outlined the key points in relation to the review.

Mr Nicholas Bailey, for and on behalf of the Applicant (South Wales Police), attended the meeting, and presented evidence and answered questions.

Mr Peter Malough, for and on behalf of the Legal Regulatory Service, attended the meeting and made representations.

Ms Rebecca Farley, for an on behalf of the Premises Licence Holder, attended the meeting, made representations and answered questions.

Decision:

With a view to ensuring the promotion of the four licensing objectives, and in accordance with the principles of the Council’s own ‘Statement of Licensing Policy (2021)’, and the provisions of the Statutory Guidance issued under s.182 of the Licensing Act 2003, the Sub-Committee resolved that the conditions of the Premises Licence should be Modified, pursuant to s.52(4)(a) of the Licensing Act 2003, subject to the conditions outlined in the report which had been agreed between South Wales Police, Legal Regulatory Service and the Premises Licence Holder.

Condition[s] imposed by the Committee after a hearing

1. The following condition[s] will be added to the Premises Licence, namely:

a.     A Digital CCTV system shall be installed, or existing system maintained, at the Premises, which will be operational at all times when the Premises is open to the public, and capable of providing pictures/photographs of evidential quality in all lighting conditions, particularly facial identification. The CCTV recordings must be correctly timed and date stamped, and retained for a period of 31 days, and made available for viewing by the Police, authorised officer(s) of the Council or other Responsible Authorities, on request;

The system must provide coverage of the following areas:

                                               i.          The exterior perimeter of the Premises;

                                              ii.          The entrance(s) and exit(s) to the Premises; and

                                            iii.          The interior public areas of the Premises.

b.     A staff member from the Premises, who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the Premises at all times when the Premises is open to the public. This staff member must be able to show and provide the Police, authorised officer(s) of the Council or Responsible Authorities copies of recent data or CCTV recordings (including footage, images and/or data) in a recordable format either to a USB and/or on-line evidence facility and/or a disk as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and/or UK-GDPR (or any replacement legislation);

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There were no urgent items received.

That pursuant to Section 100BA (2) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following items of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 and 15 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the above Act.

To resolve to exclude the public for the following items pursuant to Regulation 4 (3) and (5) of Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2290 and the relevant exempt paragraphs of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972