Agenda and draft minutes

Councillor P. Cumbers proposed Councillor P. Faulkner.

Councillor J. Hurrell seconded.

Vote was unanimous.

Councillor P. Faulkner was elected as Chair.

There were no apologies for absence.

Councillor P. Cumbers recognised the Representatives having known each other as governors on the same body previously. The Representative were asked if they were happy with Councillor P. Cumbers being on the Panel, to which the Representatives agreed.

Councillor E. Holmes asked that as the Ward Councillor the parties were happy for the Councillor not to sit on the panel. Parties agreed.

Councillor E. Holmes left the room.

The Assistant Director of Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services to submit a report with the recommendation for the Panel to determine this application for a Premises Licence having regard to all the information provided by the applicant and the representations, taking into account this Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy.

Chair’s Introduction

The Chair introduced themselves, the other Members on the Panel and asked those present if anyone was aware of any reason for any of the Members to not take part in the Panel, to which there were none.

The Chair introduced all who were in attendance, and asked those whom were making representations to introduce themselves also. There were the Representatives, the Applicant’s Representatives and the Environmental Health Representative.

The Chair then continued to read out the procedure of the Licensing Panel and asked if any representation was likely to be over 10 minutes to which there were none.

The Chair noted an amendment on the report section 3.4 reads 11^th March 2018 this should be 11^th April 2018.

The Chair then asked the Licensing and Compliance Officer (LCO) to present the Application and their report.

The Licensing & Compliance Officer’s Report

The LCO read out their report in full and stated the purpose of this report was to submit an application for consideration by the Licensing Panel for a Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 due to the submission of relevant representations during the statutory consultation period.

The Chair asked if there were any question to the LCO, to which there were none, The Chair then thanked the LCO, and asked the Applicant’s Representative to make their representation.

The Applicant’s Representative’s Statement

The Applicant’s Representative (AR) explained their business background and a brief overview of the events leading up to today’s panel. AR would not want to change anything and keep same terms as previous licence, which had recently lapsed due to insolvency.

The Chair asked if any of the Licensing Panel had any questions.

Questions to the Applicant’s Representative

Members asked questions of the structure of the business now and AR replied that the owner has employed the management team to oversee the running of the Hotel, the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) would see to the day to day running and in future would look at putting a local manager in place. A Member mentioned the history of complaints and asked how AR would deal with complaints received, AR replied they could not comment on previous operators and was not a representation of what they are currently, AR had inherited the business in January 2018 and would keep a book and ensure complaints were reported to AR and residents could be assured that these complaints would be passed on to AR through the Hotel.

Member queried whether noise limiter could be used with live entertainment, to which AR replied that live entertainment can be regulated but does not come without its challenges and that they would take reasonable steps.

Members queried the timings applied for and asked for clarification on what was being applied for. AR explained that there had been some confusion and apologised for any distress caused. The application had been made on erroneous information provided and happy to have it exactly as applied for before.

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