Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

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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 dealt with under item 7 below).

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The Committee will first hear from the Licensing Officer.  After that, the objectors will present their case and the Committee and applicant will have the opportunity to ask questions. Then, the applicant will present their application and the Committee and objectors will have the opportunity to ask questions. 

All parties will then have the opportunity to sum up, and then the meeting will conclude to allow the Committee to deliberate and reach a decision. This decision will then be provided in writing within five working days of this meeting.

The chair summarised the procedure for the meeting.

To consider an application for a new premises licence.

a.    Licensing Officer’s Introduction:

Licensing Officer, informed the sub-committee that:

-       Committee members had notified the Licensing Officer that the limited company name had changed as of the 19 August 2022;

-       The application is seeking to:

o   Supply alcohol on and off the premises Monday-Sunday 10am-10.30pm;

o   The applicant had agreed to forfeit the ability to offer regulated entertainment such as live and recorded music. This condition had been agreed through their agent. However, if the license was granted with the ability to sell alcohol as an on-sale, then the license would be automatically exempt from a prohibition against regulated entertainment;

-       The committee had received two representations. These two objectors had submitted documents from previous license applications for the premises pertaining to different applicants. There was no relation between the previous occupants of the premises and the current applicant;

-       The police had submitted a representation which asked the applicant to ensure that measures such as the installation of CCTV were taken. These measures had all been agreed by the applicant. Subsequently the police had withdrawn their representation;

-       The applicant had agreed to not offer regulated entertainment, due to resident concern, the objectors still wished to provide a representation, as their concerns about the license were not only about regulated entertainment;

-       The premises was located on the first floor of a shop unit, with residential properties laterally and above. It has been owned and operated with different licences as a wine bar. One of these licensees had their licence revoked due to complaints from residents;

-       The licence did not contravene planning restrictions;

-       Key information within the application were:

o   On page 14 regarding the operating schedule;

o   On page 16 the size of the premises was outlined; and

o   On page 24 the police representation, which had now been agreed to by the applicant.

In response to questions, the Licensing Officer provided the following answers:

-       The Licensing Act 2003 covered live and recorded music, not background music, meaning that this legislation did not cover all types of audio that could be played at a premises;

-       The walls of the premises adjoined residential properties, it was part of a mixed-use terrace; and

-       It was explained that hours of use, outlined in planning stipulations on a building could be augmented through the Licensing Act 2003.

b.    Objectors’ representations

The first objector outlined the following points from their representation:

-       The objector lived above the premises;

-       They were related to the second objector. They had both put in objections to previous applications relating to other businesses;

-       They objected to the current application because of:

o   The prevention of crime and disorder;

o   Public Safety; and

o   Prevention of public nuisance.

-       They had lived in the premises for a decade, in that time businesses had been allowed to operate in the shop below their property. These businesses had operated as bars, offering regulated entertainment;

-       They lived at the premises with their  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To consider any items of urgent business as identified at item 3.

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