To consider an application for the grant of a premises licence in respect of Gulab Dining, 130-134 Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JL.

The Sub-Committee considered a report on an application for the grant of a premises licence in respect of Gulab Dining, 130-134 Wokingham Road, Reading RG6 1JL. The report explained that the application was for a grant of a premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises.

The report stated that the application was for the grant of a Premises Licence to permit the following licensable activities:

Provision of Recorded Music:

Monday to Sunday from 2300hrs to 0030hrs

Provision of Late Night Refreshment:

Monday to Sunday from 2300hrs to 0030hrs

Sale by Retail of Alcohol (On & Off the Premises):

Monday to Sunday from 1100hrs until 0030hrs

Hours the Premises is Open to the Public:

Monday to Sunday from 1100hrs until 0100hrs

Following correspondence between Reading Borough Council’s Environmental Protection Team and the applicant, the applicant had agreed to reduce all terminal hours listed above to 2300hrs.

A copy of the Premises Licence Application Form was attached to the report at Appendix RS-1.

During the 28-day consultation period for the application representations had been received by Reading Borough Council (RBC) from RBC Licensing Team and Thames Valley Police and these were attached to the report at Appendices RS-2 and RS-3 respectively.

The report explained that there was currently no licence in force at the premises. The business has been operating at this address for over 34 years and had held a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 from 2005 until it was revoked at a Sub-Committee hearing on 01 November 2018 (Minute 14 refers), due to the employment of persons who did not have validleave to remainor permission to work. An appeal against this decision, lodged by the licence holder, was dismissed at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 25 June 2019.

The report added that prior to the Sub-Committee hearing at which the previous premises licence had been revoked, a transfer application had been received by Reading Borough Council, submitted on behalf of Mr Mouadjul Miah, who was the son of the previous licence holder, Mr Jamshed Miah, and was one of the directors of the current applicant company, GM Restaurants Ltd. The transfer was refused at a Sub-Committee hearing on 08 November 2018 (Minute 15 refers) as the Sub-Committee were concerned that Mr Jamshed Miah would continue as the Designated Premises Supervisor and that he would still be actively involved in the business and would influence the applicant. The applicant appealed this decision, and the appeal was dismissed at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 25 June 2019 due to the licence revocation being upheld by the magistrates. A further application for the grant of a premises licence was submitted on behalf of Berkshire Restaurant Ltd on 26 January 2019. This received representations from RBC's Licensing Team, Environmental Protection Team, Planning Team and Thames Valley Police. The director for Berkshire Restaurants Ltd had a previous working relationship with Mr Jamshed Miah and RBC Licensing and Thames Valley Police were concerned that Mr  ...  view the full minutes text for item 44.