Issue - meetings
Application for Review of a Premises Licence - Capitol Express, 11 Snowden Parade, Vinters Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5NS
Meeting: 16/11/2017 - Licensing Act 2003 Sub Committee (Item 37)
Additional documents:
- A Appendix - Licence review Capitol Express, item 37 PDF 2 MB
- B Appendix - Police reps - Capitol Express, item 37 PDF 1 MB
- C Appendix - Capitol Premise Licence A, item 37 PDF 115 KB View as HTML (37/4) 43 KB
- D Appendix Plan of the premises, item 37 PDF 59 KB
- E Appendix Plan of the area, item 37 PDF 182 KB
- F Appendix HUMAN RIGHTS, item 37 PDF 34 KB View as HTML (37/7) 11 KB
- G Appendix Review Hearing Procedure, item 37 PDF 125 KB View as HTML (37/8) 42 KB
- Urgent Update to Report, item 37 PDF 30 KB View as HTML (37/9) 2 KB
Minutes:
The Chairman requested that all those participating in the hearing identified themselves as follows:
Councillor Mrs Springett – Committee Chairman
Councillor Newton – Committee Member
Councillor Mrs Robertson – Committee Member
Mr Robin Harris – Legal Advisor
Mrs Lorraine Neale – Senior Licensing Officer
Mrs Caroline Matthews – Democratic Services Officer
Mr Ferhat Ok – Applicant
Mr Bulent Ok – Witness and Representative
Mr Oliver Jewell – Kent County Council Trading Standards
PC Neil Barnes – Kent Police
The Chairman asked all parties to confirm that they were aware of the hearing procedure and that each had a copy of the procedure document.
The Committee Members confirmed that they had pre-read all the papers and any other documents contained in the report regarding the hearing.
The Legal Advisor outlined the application and advised that an application for a review of the premises licence had been brought by Mr Jewell on behalf of Kent County Council Trading Standards in respect of the premises Capitol Express, 11 Snowden Parade, Vinters Park, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5NS.
The Members of the Committee were advised that during the consultation period representations were received from Police in support of the review application made by Kent County Council Trading Standards.
The Chairman invited the applicant, Mr Jewell on behalf of Trading Standards to provide his opening remarks. Mr Jewell detailed the incidences that had led up to the request for a review of the premises licence which included:
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The premises licence was reviewed by Trading
Standards in 2013 following a failed test purchase where Mr B Ok
had sold alcohol and cigarettes to minors.
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In March 2015 complaints were made to Trading
Standards about the possibility of counterfeit spirits being on
sale in the premises.
·
In June 2015 a member of the public reported that
Capitol Express was known to local children that they sold alcohol
and tobacco to minors who would be instructed to wait out the back
to receive their purchases.
·
In February 2017 there were complaints of
anti-social behaviour in the Snowden Parade area which the
residents had attributed to young people drinking alcohol having
purchased it at Capitol Express.
In February 2017 a test purchase was made by a 15 year old
volunteer who managed to successfully buy a single can of beer from
Mr F Ok even though he had challenged him about his age and the
test purchaser could not provide any ID.
PC Barnes and himself attended the premises soon
after and spoke to Mr F Ok. Photographs
were taken of the refusals book and training records. Photographs were also taken around the store to
show that Challenge 25 posters were no longer on display.
Whilst in the store their attention was drawn to a number of
bottles of spirits which showed signs of duty evasion due to
labelling inconsistencies or extremely poor quality on other
labels. A total of 28 bottles of
spirits were seized for further investigation.
A follow up visit was made by Trading Standards and ... view the full minutes text for item 37