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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Virtual Remote Meeting. View directions

Contact: Lisa Gallacher 02392 834056  Email: Democratic@Portsmouthcc.gov.uk

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1.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

Councillor Udy was elected as chair. She welcomed everyone to the virtual meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee necessitated by the Covid-19 restrictions and explained how the meeting would work and the procedure that would be followed (for hearings where representations are from "other persons" i.e. residents). Introductions were made by those present.

 

2.

Declarations of Members' Interests

Minutes:

There were no declarations of members' interests.

 

3.

Licensing Act 2003 - Application for grant of a premises licence - Delaneys, 77B Castle Road, Southsea, PO5 3AY pdf icon PDF 233 KB

The purpose of this report is for the committee to consider an application for the grant of a new premises licence pursuant to section 18 of the Licensing Act 2003 ("the Act").

 

The matter has been referred to the committee for determination following receipt of relevant representations from one or more of the responsible authorities and from other persons.

 

The committee is requested to determine the application.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Derek Stone, Principal Licensing Officer, introduced his report, noting that the applicant had been granted three TENs (Temporary Event Notice) in December 2020. Representations against the application had been made by Environmental Health and two residents. Four representations had been received in support. There had been no objection from the police to the application.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Mason, the Principal Licensing Officer said that the licensing authority had never issued maps showing the location of those who had made representations in relation to the premises as part of the report pack. However, the representations against the application had been received from residents living above the premises; those in support lived in the same road.

 

There were no questions for the Principal Licensing Officer from the applicant, the responsible authority (Environmental Health) and those who had made representations.

 

Applicant's case

Belinda Delaney asked the committee to consider the following points:

·         The intention is to enhance Delaney's current offering rather than change it greatly. As well as continuing to offer breakfast, brunch, lunch, cakes, savouries and tea (takeaway as well as eat-in) she would like to offer supper on Fridays and Saturdays, staying open until 9 pm, and possibly Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm, although Sunday opening has not been very viable in the past.

·         The premises will not be used as a pub, bar or live music venue. The granting of a licence would allow beer to be offered with lunch, prosecco with tea and wine with supper.

·         There are other licensed premises nearby in the same road.

·         As well as the four representations already received in favour of the application an additional one was received from a neighbour opposite though it was too late to be considered.

 

Questions from members

In response to questions from members, the applicant explained:

·         The closing time of 2300 hours was given on the application on the advice of the Licensing Office as it would cover one-off events and save making a separate application each time.

·         One-off events are very rare. The proposed 0100 hours closing time on New Year's Eve is not set in stone and can be decided nearer the time. So far the premises has not opened over Christmas; it used to close for about ten days over Christmas. The premises is not in a main shopping area so Christmas opening was not very viable.

·         Mr and Mrs May's flat is over no.77 Castle Road but its layout has a walkway across the two properties and the bedroom is over the premises' kitchen. The applicant has spoken to Mr and Mrs May, the landlord and a soundproofing company. It will take about two to three days to remove the kitchen ceiling and put wrapping around joists which should provide sound protection. In addition, the applicant intends to have a door to the kitchen (there is an archway at the moment). Once food has been prepared there is no need to be in the kitchen so there  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.