North Yorkshire Council
Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee
Minutes of the meeting held on Friday, 22 August 2025 commencing at 10.00 am.
Councillors Kevin Foster, Tim Grogan and Andy Paraskos.
Officers present: Ms Sue Iceton (Licensing Enforcement Officer); Ms Jade Reynolds (Regulatory Solicitor) and Mr Stephen Loach (Principal Democratic Services Officer) .
Other Attendees: The personal licence holder .
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Copies of all documents considered are in the Minute Book
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Election of Chair
Resolved –
That Councillor Grogan is appointed Chair for the duration of the meeting.
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Apologies for absence
There were no apologies for absence.
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Disclosures of interest
There were no declarations of interest.
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Exclusion of the press and public
Resolved –
That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public were excluded from the meeting during consideration of the item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as the Sub-Committee was satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
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Procedure for meeting
Resolved –
That the Sub-Committee agreed the procedure for the meeting as outlined by the Chair.
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Application to Review a Personal Licence
The Sub-Committee considered the following:
1. The report from the Corporate Director of Environment which included appendices 1 – 7. 2. Oral representations made by the personal licence holder. 3. Oral submissions from the Licensing Authority. 4. The Licensing Act 2003 (as amended). 5. Guidance issued under Section 182 of the 2003 Act. 6. Relevant licensing objectives as detailed in the written report. 7. North Yorkshire Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy. 8. The form provided by the personal licence holder to the Sub-Committee at the commencement of the hearing.
Cross questioning was undertaken following the presentations.
The Sub-Committee carefully considered all matters that had been presented at the hearing, as well as all information available to them. The Sub-Committee was reminded by the legal advisor that they could not look behind the conviction the licence holder had and in relation to previous convictions, they were reminded that a licence holder’s convictions for a relevant offence must be disregarded if they are spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The reasons provided by the Sub-Committee for their decision were set out in the Decision Notice provided to the licence holder.
Resolved – To take no action.
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