Licensing Act 2003 – An application for a Premises Licence in respect of No 18, 18 Esplanade Road, Paignton TQ4 6BD
Meeting: 24/10/2019 - Licensing Sub-Committee (Item 8)
8 No 18, 18 Esplanade Road, Paignton PDF 218 KB
To consider an application for a Premises Licence in respect of No 18, 18 Esplanade Road, Paignton.
Additional documents:
- 24102019 No 18 App 1.pdf, item 8 PDF 585 KB
- 24102019 No 18 App 2.pdf, item 8 PDF 1 MB
- 24102019 No 18 App 3.pdf, item 8 PDF 407 KB
- 24102019 No 18 App 4.pdf, item 8 PDF 106 KB
- Drugs Policy[89367], item 8 PDF 375 KB
- Noise Report Venue 18[89092], item 8 PDF 368 KB
- Noise Management Plan Venue 18[89091], item 8 PDF 229 KB
- No18 conditions, item 8 PDF 85 KB
Minutes:
Members considered a report on an application for a Premises Licencein respect of No.18, 18 Esplanade Road, Paignton.
Written Representations received from:
Name |
Details |
Date of Representation |
Police |
Representation objecting to the application on the ground of ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’ and ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder’. |
25 September 2018 |
Public Protection |
Representation objecting to the application on the ground of ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’. |
27 September 2019 |
Member of the Public |
Representation objecting to the application on the ground of ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’. |
27 September 2019 and 28 September 2019 |
Additional Information:
Prior to the Hearing the Applicant requested the following documents be circulated:
· Drugs Policy;
· Noise Report;
· Noise Management Plan; and
· Proposed Conditions.
With the agreement of the Chairman the time for oral representations was extended to 15 minutes.
Oral Representations received from:
Name |
Details |
Applicant |
The Applicant presented their application and responded to Members questions. |
Police |
The Police Representative presented their objection to the application and responded to Members questions. |
Public Protection Officer |
The Public Protection Officer presented their representation in respect of the application and responded to Members questions. |
Member of the Public |
The Member of the Public presented their objection to the application. |
Decision
That the application for a Premises Licence in respect of No.18, 18 Esplanade Road, Paignton be refused.
Reasons for Decision
Having carefully considered all the written and oral representations, Members unanimously resolved to refuse the application before them.
In coming to that decision, Members considered the Independent Noise Report and Noise Management Plan submitted by the Applicant and were impressed and pleased to note that the Applicant had thoroughly addressed the issue of potential noise outbreak from inside the premises. Furthermore, Members were reassured by the Public Protection Officer’s (PPO) submissions, that if implemented, the recommendations set out in the Noise Report would in his opinion, eliminate noise outbreak from inside the premises.
However, on the evidence before them, Members were not able to gain the same level of reassurance they required in respect of ensuring that ‘the prevention of public nuisance’ licensing objective was promoted when determining an application for a 3am licence. Members had careful regard to, what in their opinion, was the high likelihood of risk of residents being unreasonably disturbed by patrons leaving the premises and entering in to areas in the immediate vicinity of the premises which are residential, both commercially and private. As such, Members could not be satisfied than in granting the application, ‘the prevention of public nuisance’ licensing objective, would not be undermined.
Whilst Members noted the Applicants submission that a dispersal policy had been written, however without having sight of that policy as the Applicant had omitted to provide this at the hearing, Members were unable to determine for themselves whether the dispersal policy had been given the same level of consideration and attention by the Applicant. This was particularly pertinent, given Members highly perceived risk of such disturbance and therefore found the application lacking ... view the full minutes text for item 8
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