Agenda and draft minutes

Further to Minute No. 21 of 13^th March, 2024, the Licensing Sub-Committee reconvened to give consideration 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 La Sandy situated at 34 Kimberworth Road, Rotherham S61  1AE.

The previous meeting had been adjourned to allow the applicant sufficient time to carry out a further review of the application and confirm that it correctly set out her requirements.

The applicant, Mrs. Denisa Mirela Linca, was seeking authorisation to allow the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises on each of the days Monday to Thursday between 1000 hours and 2200 hours and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 1000 hours and 2300 hours  Mrs. Linca has named herself as the Designated Premises Supervisor and held a Personal Licence.

When the applicant had first been submitted on 17^th January, 2024, it had sought consent to allow the sale of alcohol and the provision of live and recorded music at the premises.  This had been amended on 8^th February and the request to allow live and recorded music withdrawn from the application with immediate effect.

It was noted that a licence was not required for the playing of live or recorded music if a premises had an alcohol licence subject to certain criteria.  Any condition attached to a licence referring to the playing of live or recorded music would not come into force until after the hours applied for i.e. in this case after 2200 hours Monday to Thursday and after 2300 hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs. Linca was present together with her husband, Mr. Aurel Sandi – applicant’s husband, and with the aid of Ms. Ina Spinei, Interpreter.

Consultation on the application had been carried out in accordance with all statutory requirements and the Council procedure.  During the consultation period the Licensing Authority had made representations seeking the addition of a further management control conditions which the applicant had agreed to include i.e:-

-        A CCTV system shall be installed at premises and shall

·        Be maintained fully operational and in good working order at all times

·        Make and retain clear images

·        Show an accurate date and time that the images were made

-        All CCTV images shall be retained for a period of not less than 31 days

-        CCTV images shall be made immediately available for viewing, upon request, of the Police or an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority

-        The original CCTV images, or a copy, shall be provided to any police officer or authorised officer of the Licensing Authority within 48 hours of a request having been made in a format that can be viewed on readily available equipment without the need for specialist software

-        A member of staff trained on the operation of the CCTV system shall be on duty at the premises, or on call and available  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.