Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday, 27 July 2023 9.30 am

Venue: Meadfoot Room, Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR

Contact: Governance Support 

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chairman/woman

To elect a Chairman/woman for the meeting.

Minutes:

Councillor Barbara Lewis was elected as Chairwoman for the meeting.

2.

The John Bull, 68-80 Chatto Road, Torquay, TQ1 4HU pdf icon PDF 287 KB

To consider an application for a new Premises Licence for The John Bull, 68-80 Chatto Road, Torquay, TQ1 4HU.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report on an application for a Premises Licence in respect of The John Bull, 68-80 Chatto Road, Torquay.

 

Written Representations received from:

 

Name

Details

Date of Representation

Member of the Public

Representation objecting to the application for a Premises Licence on the ground of ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’.

22 May 2023

Member of the Public

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

28 May 2023

Member of the Public

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

2 June 2023

Member of the Public

Representation objecting to the application for a Premises Licence on the ground of ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’.

Received on 5 June 2023

 

Oral Representations received from:

 

Name

Details

Applicant’s Solicitor

The Applicant’s Solicitor outlined the application and together, with the Applicant and the Premises Manager, responded to questions from Members.

Member of the Public

A Member of the Public outlined their representation objecting to the Premises Licence and responded to questions from Members.

Member of the Public

A Member of the Public outlined their representation objecting to the Premises Licence and responded to questions from Members.

 

Decision:

 

That the application for a Premises Licence in respect of The John Bull, 68-80 Chatto Road, Torquay be approved as applied for, subject to the following amended and additional conditions:

 

1)    There shall be a minimum of 3 members of staff on the premises from 9 pm until the premises close on a Friday and Saturday.

 

2)    Notices shall be displayed on the exits to remind patrons to leave the premises quickly and quietly, and not to loiter in the premises surrounding area.

 

3)    Notices shall be displayed in the premises outside areas, reminding patrons to be respectful towards residents and to keep noise to a minimum so as to not to unreasonably disturb nearby residents.

 

4)    Staff shall routinely monitor the outside area after 9 pm, to ensure that nearby residents are not unreasonably disturbed by its patrons, or that patrons are loitering in the premises surrounding area.

 

5)    That the designated smoking area shall be located in the area to the left of the cellar doors when exiting the premises, as defined on the premises plan.

 

6)    That there shall be no more than 5 patrons permitted in the designated smoking area after 10pm.

 

7)    Patrons using the smoking area after 10pm shall be seated.

 

8)    Drinks shall not be permitted in the designated smoking area after 10pm,

 

9)    The premise designated smoking area shall be routinely monitored after 10pm and any patron causing a nuisance shall be asked to come inside the premises, and where they refuse to do so, they shall be asked to leave the premises immediately.

 

10) Patrons using mobile phones after 10pm shall only be permitted to do so in the designated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

 

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