Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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79.

Election of Chair

The Sub Committee elects Councillor …. to be the Chair for this meeting.

 

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to elect Councillor Coulter as Chair for this meeting.

 

80.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Wolff

 

81.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None received

 

82.

Procedure to be followed pdf icon PDF 38 KB

Guidance is attached

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to NOTE the procedure.

 

83.

Breach of Street Trading Consent Conditions - Mr Haroon Khan pdf icon PDF 91 KB

The Head of Environmental Development has submitted a report which seeks determination of an application for a street trading consent where the street trader has not adhered to the conditions of the Street Trading Policy.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Environmental Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which detailed a street trading consent where the street trader had breached the conditions of the Street Trading Policy.

 

 The Licensing Officer presented the report to the Sub-Committee. She explained that Mr Khan (consent holder) had failed to make a valid renewal application at least one month prior to the expiry of his previous consent.  Breach of conditions 6, 9 and 17 of the street trading consent in regards to food safety standards had also been reported by Environmental Health.

 

Mr Haroon Khan (applicant) and Mr Luke Hussain (manager) attended the meeting and presented their case.  Mr Khan had been unwell and Mr Hussain had been responsible for the day to day running of the business. Mr Hussain said that he was in the process of re-training his staff and that there had been a number of new staff since the free staff training by the Food Standards Agency. He asked for a final chance and offered not to trade until standards improved.  Mr Khan promised to get more involved in the running of the business.

 

The Licensing Officer explained that it was the responsibility of the consent holder to renew the consent, not the manager’s. 

 

The renewal consent application was missing the following documents:

  • Public Liability Insurance
  • Valid Waste Transfer Agreement
  • Registered employees and their right to work.

 

Currently, there is no valid consent application for the Sub-Committee to determine.

 

The Principal Lead Environmental Health Officer explained that there had been no real improvement in the food safety practices after the 3 inspections.

 

At this point the Sub-Committee, accompanied by its Legal Advisor and Committee Secretary, withdrew to deliberate and make its decision in private.

 

Having taken into account all submissions, the Sub-Committee then returned and announced its decision.

 

The Sub-Committee NOTED that there was not a valid renewal application to consider as several of the documents were missing from Mr Khan’s application.

 

However if the application had been valid, the Sub-Committee would REFUSE  the application as they had no confidence that the consent holder could meet the public food standard requirements set out in the Council’s General Conditions for Annual Street Trading Consents, specifically conditions 6, 9 and 17.

 

Despite appropriate training being given to the employees of the business by the Food Standards Agency, this training was not being practiced.

 

Mr Khan was informed that he would receive a letter confirming the Sub-Committee’s decision and there was no right of appeal.

 

84.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 34 KB

Minutes from 3 November 2014

 

Recommendation: That the minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2014 be APPROVED as a true and accurate record.

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2014 as a true and accurate record.

 

85.

Dates of future meetings

The Sub Committee NOTES the following future meeting dates:

 

Monday 1 June 2015 (if needed)

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee NOTED the next meeting is scheduled for 1 June 2015 if required.