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Election of Chairman for the meeting Minutes: The Council’s Legal Advisor took the opportunity to apologise to all those present for the Hearing commencing late.
The Council’s Legal Advisor opened the Hearing and asked for nominations for Chairman.
RESOLVED that Councillor S. Robinson be appointed Chairman of the Sub-Committee.
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To receive apologies for absence and notification of substitutes Minutes: Prior to the Sub-Committee Hearing commencing, the Reserve Member Councillor D. J. A. Forsythe left the meeting room.
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Declarations of Interest To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes: The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked all parties present to provide a brief introduction.
In response to the Chairman, all parties in attendance agreed that they were satisfied with the Hearing procedures.
The Sub-Committee then considered an application for a variation to a Premises Licence, submitted by Gina Myatt and David Myatt, in respect of The Dodford Inn, Whinfield Road, Dodford, Worcestershire, B61 9BG.
The variation application was subject to a Hearing in light of 13 valid representations being received from members of the public, as detailed at Appendix 3 to the report. The basis of their representations detailed grounds for:-
The Technical Officer (Licensing) WRS, introduced the report and in doing so highlighted that the applicant was applying for the following variation to their existing premises licence, as follows:-
Sale of Alcohol (on the premises) Sunday through to Saturday 10:00 to 00:00 hours
The existing premises licence was for:-
Sale of Alcohol (on the premises) Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 23:00 hours Friday to Saturday 10:00 to 00:00 hours Sunday 11:00 to 23:00 hours
Removal of Annex 3 - This condition currently restricts the use of the outside patio area by customers after 23:20 hours. The applicant was requesting its removal to allow continued monitored use of the area.
Extension of the licensed area in accordance with the attached drawings, as included in Appendix 1 to the report. A colour copy the Location Plan was provided to Members, Officers and all parties to the proceedings; in order to clearly show the ‘Existing and proposed Premises Licence Boundary’.
Members were asked to note that the applicants had requested an extension of Live and Recorded Music, on their application, until 00:00 Sundays to Thursdays. The proposal to extend the hours for Live and Recorded Music was no longer being pursued by the applicants, therefore this proposal would not be considered as part of the application before Members.
As detailed page 11 of the main agenda pack, the Live Music Act permitted licensed premises to have Live and Recorded Music until 23:00 Sundays to Thursdays.
The Technical Officer, WRS informed Members that no representations had been received from any of the Responsible Authorities.
In response to a question raised by Mrs. R. Blacker, with regards to planning and the change of use to a mixed venue in July 2023; the Council’s Legal informed all those present that Sub-Committee Members should consider only those matters directly relevant to the premises under consideration and should disregard any references to any matters that fell outside of the Licensing Act, namely planning issues or conditions.
The Council’s Legal Advisor reminded Members that they should address their minds only to those matters which were directly related to the applicant’s variation application and premises.
The Chairman then invited Mr. D. Myatt, the applicant, to put forward the case in support of the variation application.
Mr. Myatt explained to Members that the premises was a ... view the full minutes text for item 4/25 |