Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday, 23 July 2020 9.30 am

Venue: Zoom Meeting - Virtual (meeting joining details can be found on the agenda frontsheet or agenda reports pack)

Contact: Lisa Antrobus  Governance Support Officer

Items
No. Item

33.

Election of Chairman/woman

To elect a Chairman/woman for the meeting.

Minutes:

Councillor Ellery was elected as Chairman for the meeting.

34.

Hennessey Cocktails, 2 King Street, Brixham pdf icon PDF 424 KB

To consider an application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Hennessey Cocktails, 2 King Street, Brixham.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report on an application for a Variation to a Premises Licencein respect of Hennessey Cocktails, 2 King Street, Brixham.

 

Written Representations received from:

 

Name

Details

Date of Representation

Police

Representation objecting to the application on the grounds of ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder’ and ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’.

30 June 2020

Public Protection

Representation objecting to the application on the ground of ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’.

29 June 2020

11 Members of the Public

11 representations from members of the public objecting to the application on the grounds of ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder’, ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’ and ‘The Protection of Children from Harm’.

Various

 

Additional Information:

 

With the agreement of the Chairman the time permitted for oral representations was extended to 20 minutes.

 

Oral Representations received from:

 

Name

Details

Applicant

The Applicant outlined his application and responded to questions from Members.

Police

The Police outlined their representation.

Public Protection Officer

The Public Protection Officer outlined their representation and responded to Members questions.

Member of the Public

A member of the public outlined their representation and responded to Members questions.

Member of the Public

A member of the public who was registered to address the Committee lost connection to the virtual meeting, despite efforts to reconnect him, the member of the public was unable to do so.  The Sub-Committee proceeded in the absence of the member of the public and took into account his written representation and hearing summary.

 

Decision

That the application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Hennessey Cocktails, 2 King Street, Brixham be granted as follows:

i)     The Premises Licence shall be permitted to sell alcohol from 9 am until midnight, seven days a week.

 

ii)    Off-sales shall be permitted from 9 am to 8 pm, seven days a week.

 

iii)   When off-sales are purchased from the premises, staff shall advise customers that the alcohol should not be consumed within the Public Space Protection Order area and refer them to the Public Space Protection Order map.

 

iv)   A map of the Public Space Protection Order area will be displayed in a prominent position close to the point of sale and the premises exits.

 

All other aspects of the application are refused.

 

Reasons for Decision

 

Having carefully considered all the written and oral Representations, Members resolved to grant the application before them in part, having been satisfied that to grant the application in full, would undermine one or more of the Licensing Objectives.

 

In coming to that decision, Members noted the concerns of the Responsible Authorities and Interested Parties in respect of the Licensing Objective ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’ and resolved to refuse the application in respect of the elements of the application that sought to extend licensable activities beyond the terminal hours contained within the existing Licence.

 

Members were of the view that the application lacked sufficient detail and consideration to Torbay Council’s Licensing Statement of Principles 2016-2021; and how  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.

 

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