Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be considered at item 7 below).

There were no items of urgent business.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgement of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Licensing Sub Committee B held on 27 February 2012.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 February 2012 be approved and signed by the Chair.

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003 or the Gambling Act 2005. A copy of the procedure is attached.

NOTED the summary of procedure.

Councillor Demirci asked whether there were any requests by any party to introduce late documentary evidence.  Paul Bernard, Applicant Representative, informed the Committee that he had a petition and two letters of support which he would like to submit to the Committee.  Councillor Demirci asked the Interested Parties whether they would accept the late documentary evidence, to which they responded that they would not.

To consider an application to allow the Supply of Alcohol, the Provision of Late Night Refreshment, the Provision of Regulated Entertainment, Plays, Films, Indoor Sporting Events, Boxing or Wrestling Entertainments, Live Music, Recorded Music and the Provision for Making Music.

Dale Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the application for a new premises licence, as set out in the agenda reports pack.  The premises had previously operated as a snooker hall, but in 2010 a new licence was granted to permit regulated entertainment, and the premises was now used as a function hall with a restaurant now incorporated within the building.  The reason for this new application was that the previous company had dissolved, and the Applicant was applying for the premises licence under his own name.

Representations had been made by the Police (and subsequently withdrawn, following the agreement by the Applicant to the requested conditions), Environmental Health, Planning and Interested Parties.  The Applicant had agreed to all conditions requested by Environmental Health, except for those relating to hours.

Councillor Brabazon referred to the representation made by Planning and asked for Ms Barrett to comment on this.  Ms Barrett explained that she had tried to get clarification from the Planning department on this and her understanding was that there had been no previous issues with the hours as they had stood for the previous licence but that any use of the premises past the permitted hours of 08.00 – 03.00 would be a breach.  Antonios Michael, Legal Officer, added that potential breaches of planning permission should not be a consideration of the Committee when considering the application.

Martin Parrott, Interested Party, outlined his representation against the application.  Mr Parrott lived opposite the premises and had experienced the following issues:

·        Noise from people leaving the premises at 03:00

·        Noise from cars driving away from the premises at 03:00

·        Parking issues

·        Large numbers of people congregating in the streets

Mr Parrott explained that he had not experienced these issues when the premises was a snooker club, it was only since the premises had started to be used as a music / party venue.  He requested that the Committee refuse the application.

In response to Councillor Brabazon, Mr Parrott stated that the late night noise disturbance was mainly at the weekends, Sunday night being the worst.  He had contacted the Council noise team some time in December and they had attended the premises to turn the music down.

In response to Councillor Beacham, Mr Parrott explained that he slept at the rear of his premises with the windows closed, and he was still disturbed by the noise.

Derek Pearce, Enforcement Response Service, outlined the representation against the application.  A number of conditions were requested for inclusion in the operating schedule, all of which, except for the one referring to opening hours of the premises, had been agreed by the Applicant.  Mr Pearce stated that in order for the Enforcement Response Service to be satisfied, the closing time of the premises should be 02.00 on weekdays and 03.00 at weekends.  He referred to noise complaints and explained that some complaints were made with regards to the Bruce Grove area, and it was hard to attribute a complaint to a particular premises.

In response to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under item 2 above.

There were no items of urgent business.

The meeting closed at 22.15.