Agenda and draft minutes

Prior to the meeting Councillor Wheeler was elected as Chair of the sub committee.

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The Licensing Officer introduced the report as published.

The first objector addressed the committee and made the following point:

-       Residents are concerned about the rise in noise and antisocial behaviour.  This was a problem when TGI Fridays were in the premises and the residents are worried that this will be a worse issue with a takeaway.

The second objector addressed the committee and made the following points:

-       Local residents are resigned to the fact that McDonalds will be at the premises, however the concerns are mostly with late night opening.

-       The area that the restaurant is in will not attract the local demographic.

-       There was concern that the diners would not read the signs asking customers to be considerate when they left the building also that the food delivery drivers would cause a lot of disruption and noise from mopeds etc.

The third objector as County Councillor for St Marks and St Peters addressed the committee and made the following points:

-       Stated that had received lots of correspondence from concerned residents with regard to the application.

-       The issue is not with who the applicant is, the issues are with the hours and the way the business will affect the local area.

-       As the applicant is a nationwide operator it is easy to find problems that have occurred elsewhere in the country.

-       The operating schedule does not use good licensing conditions.  Section 182 guidance has not been taken into account.  Conditions need to be precise.

-       There has been no consideration for the Councils statement of licensing policy.

-       The applicant states that they want to work with communities, however there has been no contact made in the seeking of mediation.

-       There seems to be no interest in the applicant joining the Council’s Nightsafe scheme.

-       The area that the restaurant is in is an area of high deprivation and high crime.

-       On balance of probability the negative articles that appear in the press with regard to McDonalds are probably true otherwise McDonalds would have sought to take action.

-       The 2 companies that McDonalds are using for CCTV are not known to the objector and after some research it was discovered that 1 of the companies mentioned ceased training in 2011 and the other appears to have nothing to do with CCTV.  The point was raised as to why the applicant is not using British standard CCTV.

-       The point was raised that there is no condition regarding door staff.

-       The applicant should have a responsibility with regard to delivery drivers (just eat etc) to ensure that they have working lights etc.

-       McDonalds have not made a commitment to the “Ask Angela” scheme.

-       The condition with respect to no open alcohol needs to be more prescriptive.

-       Cheltenham has a problem with gulls, the bins that are provided for outside use should be gull proof.

-       Signs about noise when leaving the premises are not mentioned  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

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