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Consideration was given to an application (made in accordance with Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003) for the grant of a Premises Licence in respect of the premises to be known as Mardin Mini Market and Off Licence situated at 67 Wellgate, Rotherham S60  2LT.

The applicant, Mr. Miran Ahmad Mohammad, was seeking authorisation to allow the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises on every day of the week between 08:00 hours and 23:00 hours.

Mr. Mohammad had named himself as the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) in the application.

Consultation on the application had been carried out in accordance with all statutory requirements and the Council procedure.  At the end of the prescribed 28 days period, representations in support of the review application were lodged by 4 “other persons” who were all opposed to the granting of the application.  However, to be relevant, representations must relate to one or more of the licensing objectives; 2 of the representations were discussed as they failed to comply.  Both parties who submitted irrelevant representations were provided with appropriate advice and support so as to allow them to make relevant representation if they so wished.

During the consultation period South Yorkshire Police had made representations seeking the addition of a further 2 management control conditions in addition to those offered in the application as follows:-

¾     No singular alcoholic drinks of beer, lager and cider in cans or bottles (smaller than 500 ml) shall be sold and a minimum purchase of 4 shall be required

¾     No beers, lager or cider of 6.5% ABV and above shall be sold

The applicant had agreed to amend the application to include the above conditions in their operating schedule.  The representations were then withdrawn by the Police.

The Sub-Committee heard that written representations had been submitted by 2 “other persons”.  They had been invited to the hearing but had confirmed they would not be in attendance.  One of the written representations was submitted on behalf of 18 people.  The representations centred on concerns regarding:-

¾     The public nuisance and disorder already in existence on Wellgate; it was believed that approval of the licence would exacerbate the situation

¾     It would lead to additional public drinking, noise nuisance, vandalism and danger to people and property

¾     The proximity of 2 existing off-licence premises as well as other premises on Wellgate/in the town centre

¾     An additional late opening premise would potentially add further disturbance, noise, litter and anti-social behaviour so near to a residential street

¾     Ongoing problems on Wellgate which was currently designated as an anti-social behaviour hotspot

¾     Litter problem on Wellgate Mount and Wellgate with drinks and alcohol cans

¾     The multi-storey car park had a history of misuse street drinkers due to is close proximity to licensed premises and screening from more open public spaces.  67 Wellgate was directly across from the car park

Mr. Semper (Licensing Guys), Mr. Lucan (Licensing Guys) and Mr. Mohammad, applicant, addressed the concerns  ...  view the full minutes text for item 19.