To appoint a Chairman for the duration of the meeting.

Councillor Bhangra proposed that Councillor Cannon be Chairman. This was seconded by Councillor Hill.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Councillor Cannon be Chairman for the remainder of the hearing.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Craig Hawkings, Reporting Officer for RBWM. Greg Nelson acted as the Reporting Officer for the hearing.

To receive any declarations of interest.

There were no declarations of interest made.

To note the procedural details for the meeting.

Members noted the procedures for the sub-committee.

To consider an application for a new premises license under the Licensing Act 2003.

Greg Nelson, RBWM Trading Standards and Licensing Manager began by stating that the application was to renew the Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) license for the premises known as The Honeypot, 81 Queen Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1LT. This SEV license needed to be renewed on an annual basis. Greg Nelson then defined what this license entailed.

In terms of objections, Greg Nelson stated that no objections had been made by Thames Valley Police, but there had been 2 objections made by outside individuals. These objections were noted in Appendix C of the report.

Greg Nelson outlined the premises’ application history which was as followed:

·       12.10.2011 - Application for new license - Licence granted

·       16.12.2012 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       15.11.2013 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       31.10.2014 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       16.11.2015 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       10.11.2016 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       07.02.2017 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       22.01.2018 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       15.12.2019 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       08.01.2020 - Renewal of SEV - licence renewed

·       13.04.2021 – Renewal Granted after Hearing Held on 07.04.21

·       22.03.2022 – Renewal application received

Greg Nelson set out the grounds for refusing an application for the grant, renewal, or transfer of a licence. He said that a licence must not be granted:

(a) to a person under the age of 18.

(b) to a person who is for the time being disqualified due to the person having had a previous licence revoked in the area of the appropriate authority within the last 12 months.

(c) to a person, other than a body corporate, who is not a resident in an EEA State or was not so resident throughout the period of six months immediately preceding the date when the application was made; or

(d) to a body corporate which is not incorporated in an EEA State; or

(e) to a person who had, within a period of 12 months immediately preceding the date when the application was made, been refused the grant or renewal of a licence for the premises, vehicle, vessel, or stall in respect of which the application is made, unless the refusal has been reversed on appeal.

Greg Nelson added that a licence may be refused where:

(a) the applicant is unsuitable to hold the licence by reason of having been convicted of an offence or for any other reason.

(b) if the licence were to be granted, renewed, or transferred the business to which it relates would be managed by or carried on for the benefit of a person, other than the applicant, who would be refused the grant, renewal, or transfer of such a licence if he made the application himself.

(c) the number of sex establishments, or of sex establishments of a particular kind, in the relevant locality at the time the application is determined is equal to or exceeds the number which the authority consider is appropriate for that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.