Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Charlotte Forrest, Senior Democratic Services Officer on Email: charlotte.forrest@tameside.gov.uk or 0161 342 2346 

Items
No. Item

20.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest from Members of the Panel.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

21.

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The Minutes of the proceedings of the meeting of the Speakers’ Panel (Licensing) held on 24 January 2017, to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the Speakers Panel (Licensing) meeting held on 24 January 2017 were approved and signed as a correct record.

22.

Exempt Items

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the public be excluded for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, because disclosure of the personal information contained in the reports would not be fair to the license holders and would therefore be in breach of Data Protection principles.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the public were excluded for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, because disclosure of the personal information contained in the report would not be fair to the appellant and would therefore be in breach of Data Protection principles.

23.

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF AN ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT LICENCE - TAMESIDE ANIMAL SHELTER

To consider a report of the Assistant Executive Director Environmental Enforcement.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Assistant Executive Director of Environmental Enforcement submitted a report requesting that the Panel determined the application for renewal of an Animal Boarding Establishment Licence for Tameside Animal Shelter.

 

The Panel considered the written information that had been submitted in advance, which included a report, application form and written representations from Environmental Healthand the RSPCA.  The Panel heard a brief explanation from the Licensing Manager of the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963, Section 1 and Section 2 paragraph (2) and (2A).

 

The applicant addressed the Panel and began by offering an apology.  They told the Panel that a considerable amount of effort had been made at the Shelter to bring the premises up to standard.  They advised that a maintenance man had been employed since March 2017 to carry out a variety of work at the Shelter and the Panel were provided with a report on repairs undertaken to date, which included a plan of action going forward.  The Panel were also provided with a variety of photographs detailing the improvement work, before and after pictures and a number of reviews of the Shelter.

 

It was explained that funding for the Shelter was an issue and the revenue made from Boarding funded the rescue work in addition to public donations and fund raising activities.  The applicant further explained that they had experienced difficulties employing a maintenance man to carry out the necessary daily tasks.

 

The applicant advised that they were not on site every day but were contactable by phone and spoke with staff at the Shelter numerous times each day.  They further added that the manager was responsible for the day to day activities at the Shelter.

 

Having heard the applicant’s case the Panel and meeting attendees were provided with the opportunity to ask questions.

 

The Business Compliance Officer (Environmental Health), who had submitted a representation against the application, advised the Panel that Tameside Animal Shelter were a not for profit organisation that rescued animals and had held a licence to board animals since June 2012.  During 2015 four complaints had been received and investigated, which raised concerns around conditions at the Shelter.  A further inspection of the Shelter had also been conducted in 2016 followed by an advisory letter.

 

The Panel were notified that an inspection of the premise had been carried out on 16 February 2017, following receipt of the application, and found that there were items from previous visits which remained outstanding, including an approved plan of the site, risk assessments and a training policy.  A subsequent visit to the premises was carried out on 2 March 2017.

 

As a result of the evidence obtained during the investigations, the Business Compliance Officer (Environmental Health)advised that Tameside Animal Shelter were not adhering to the following conditions of their licence:-

3.1.4, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.5, 5.3.7, 5.4.3, 5.5.1, 1.01, 1.04, 1.06, 2.08, 3.02, 4.01, 4.02, 8.02, 9.02,  10.02, 13.01, 14.01, 14.03, 15.01, 16.02, 16.05, 17.01, 17.02, 19.01, 19.02, 22.05, 22.06, 23.01  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23.

24.

Urgent Items

To consider any items which the Chair is of the opinion shall be considered as a matter of urgency

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.