Councillor Thomas (D) was elected as Chairman for the meeting.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 24 March 2016.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 24 March 2016 were deferred until a future meeting.

Prior to consideration of Minute 48 Councillor Manning declared a pecuniary interest and left the meeting.  In order for the meeting to be quorate, Councillor King took the place of Councillor Manning.  The meeting was subsequently adjourned until 10 am to allow Councillor King time to read the papers for the meeting.

To consider an application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Bolton Hotel, New Road, Brixham.

Members considered a report on an application for a Variation to a Premises Licencein respect of the Bolton Hotel, New Road, Brixham. 

Written Representations received from:

Additional Information:

Following the publication of the submitted report the Police Representative and Applicant’s Legal Representative both submitted additional information which was considered by Members of the Sub-Committee.

The Chairman had received a request from the Police Representative to allow 15 minutes for Oral Representations, the Applicant’s Legal Representative requested this be extended further to 30 minutes.  The Chairman permitted the extension of time for Oral Representations to 30 minutes and advised that the same would be permitted to each party.

Oral Representations received from:

Decision:

That the application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of the Bolton Hotel, New Road, Brixham be refused.

Reason for Decision:

Members carefully considered all the oral and written representations and unanimously resolved the following:

Punch Taverns have been the Premises Licence Holder of the Bolton Hotel for the last 16 years; therefore the history of the premises as well as that under the current Designated Premises Supervisor is a relevant consideration, especially given the number of Designated Premises Supervisors at this premise to date.  In determining this and taking in to account the submissions of the Applicant’s Legal Representative and that of the Responsible Authorities that this is a premise with a chequered history, Members could not be satisfied that if this application was granted as applied for that the Licensing Objectives would not be undermined.

Whilst it was submitted that Punch Taverns take their responsibility seriously, Members were alarmed to hear their lack of any real involvement or consideration of the Licensing Objectives in submitting this application.  Instead  ...  view the full minutes text for item 48.