Agenda and minutes

Councillor Michael Lyons was elected Chairman for the meeting.

Members of the Council should declare any interests which fall under the following categories*:

a)        disclosable pecuniary interests (DPI)

b)         other significant interests (OSI)

c)         voluntary announcements of other interests

There were no declarations of interest.

Report DCL/17/06 attached. 

Report DCL/17/06 sets out the facts for the Licensing Committee to consider in determining a premise licence. The licensing committee is the Licensing Authority acting in a role formally taken by the Magistrates Court. It is, therefore, not appropriate for officers to make additional comments other than in the capacity as a Responsible Authority under the legislation of the Licensing Act 2003. Therefore there are no comments from Legal, Finance or other officers included in this report.

The Environmental Health and Licensing Manager presented the report to the sub-committee highlighting that there had been no objections to the application from the necessary responsible authorities and the application was therefore before the sub-committee to determine.

The sub-committee also took into account evidence from 4 representations that had been received regarding the application.

The sub-committee heard evidence from the applicants who answered questions from members paying particular attention to the following:

·         CCTV is installed internally on the premises;

·         There will be a Designated Premise Supervisor on site at all times as is practically possible, this is not a legal requirement but the applicants feel strongly about this;

·         This is a beach site so ID is not always available but the applicants will be working as part of the Challenge 25 scheme and are confident that they will adhere to the age limit for the purchase of alcohol.

·         There is a staff toilet on-site but there is no intention to open this up for members of the public during the day as there are facilities in the vicinity. They are happy to allow customers to use the facilities in the evening if the public toilets have been closed.

Both the officer and applicants were asked to sum up followed by the sub-committee retiring to consider the application.

Proposed by Councillor Roger Wilkins

Seconded by Councillor Len Laws and

Resolved:

1.         To receive and note Report DCL/17/06.

2.         To allow the sale of alcohol between the hours of 10.00am and 20.30pm Monday to Sunday following consideration of the 4 Licensing Objectives:

·         The prevention of crime and disorder.

·         Ensuring public safety.

·         The prevention of public nuisance.

·         The protection of children from harm.

subject to the following conditions:

·         CCTV to be installed outside of the licensed premises.

·         The supply of alcohol is granted for On Sales only, for consumption on the licensed premises.

(Voting: For 3; Against 0; Abstentions 0)