To consider an application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of  Waterside Holiday Park, Dartmouth Road, Paignton TQ4 6NS.

Members considered an application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Waterside Holiday Park, Dartmouth Road, Paignton TQ4 6NS.

Written Representations received from:

Members noted there had been no additional Representations received from any other Responsible Authority or any other Interested Party.

Oral Representations received from:

Additional Information:

The Senior Licensing Officer sought clarification from the applicant as to whether sales of alcohol from the shop would be for both on-sales and off-sales, as per the submitted application, and confirmation of the opening times for the shop if it was based within the main reception building and restricted by those times as the application was for 8am to 1 am as per the submitted report.

The applicant advised that the shop would be for off-sales only and that the hours agreed, should be from 8am to 10pm daily.

Decision:

That the application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Waterside Holiday Park, Dartmouth Road, Paignton TQ4 6NS be granted as applied for, subject to the conditions put forward by the Police and agreed by the Applicant with the following amendments:

1.            Condition 1 under the heading ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder’ shall now read, ‘On every occasion that the premises extends its hours of operation for sales of alcohol after midnight and closure to the public after 00.30hrs, from 9.00pm of that operational day, all drinks shall be served in toughened or strengthened glasses and no drinks shall be served in glass bottles from which it is intended or likely that a person shall drink, except where sales of alcohol take place at the shop for consumption off the premises’.

2.            Condition 1 under the heading ‘Protection of Children from Harm’ shall now read, ‘ Children shall not be permitted in any area used for the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor unless accompanied by a responsible adult, excluding the shop.

and, the following additional condition:

Sale of alcohol shall only be permitted at the shop from 8am until 10pm.

Reason for Decision:

Having carefully considered the written and oral representations, Members resolved to grant the licence as decided; having been satisfied that the imposition of the proposed, amended and additional condition would seek to promote the Licensing Objectives and alleviate the concerns raised by the Police.

Members noted that this premise has held a premises licence for some time without any cause for concern and that this application was in large being made to include the addition of a new shop to the site, where the Applicant wished to sell alcohol.

In concluding, Members noted the positive comment of the Police Licensing Officer in that the premise had on site a responsible Designated Premises Supervisor and therefore anticipated no concerns in granting the licence in the manner in which they had.