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Appointment of Chair. Minutes: Councillor Hannah Hockaday was appointed Chair of this hearing. |
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Declarations of Members' Interests. Minutes: No interests were declared. |
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Purpose. The purpose of this report is for the committee to consider an application for the grant of a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 ('the Act'). The matter has been referred to the committee for determination following the receipt of several representations from local residents.
RECOMMENDED that the committee determine this matter.
Additional documents:
Minutes: Present Peter Baulf, Legal Advisor Jason Parker, Applicant Jon Wallsgrove, Solicitor for the applicant. Derek Stone, Principal Licensing Officer Interested parties Mr Jason Bentley Mr Mike Stone Mr Arthur Wrigglesworth Mr Michael Wrigglesworth Mr John Hughes Mr Andrew Parsons (representing himself, Ms Bevis and a number of other residents) Mr Hamed Ammari Ms Barbara Ford
The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained the fire procedures in case of a fire alarm. She asked everyone present to introduce themselves. With the approval of the chair, Mr Parsons circulated a summary table showing the existing, original proposed and amended hours of operation to the committee.
The Principal Licensing Officer introduced the report. He added that following engagement with environmental health some additional conditions on the licence had been agreed with the applicant. These had been circulated to the committee before the meeting. The condition agreed was that other than for access and egress, all doors and windows are to remain closed whilst regulated entertainment is being provided. In response to questions from members the following points were clarified:
In response to questions from Mr Parsons the following points were clarified:
Mr Wallsgrove said that it was wrong to assume that there would be more people making representations to the application if the notice had been displayed in another location and supported the licensing officers in that the application had been advertised properly. He said there were photos to show where the notice was displayed and the fact that there might have been a better location for the notice was irrelevant to today's hearing.
Mr Stone, one of the interested parties, said that most of the residents had only known about the application due to a local councillor informing them of this.
The committee's Legal Advisor advised the committee to ... view the full minutes text for item 41. |