Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday, 17 July 2014 9.30 am

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

Contact: Kay Heywood  Governance Support Officer 01803 207026

Items
No. Item

4.

Election of Chairman/woman

To elect a Chairman/woman for the meeting.

Minutes:

Councillor Addis was elected as Chairman for the meeting.

5.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 103 KB

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of a Sub-Committee held on 15 May 2014.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 15 May 2014 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

6.

Licensing Act 2003 – An application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Park Lane, 1 Torwood Street, Torquay TQ1 1ED pdf icon PDF 132 KB

To consider an application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Park Lane, 1 Torwood Street, Torquay.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report on an application for a Variation to a Premises Licence in respect of Park Lane, 1 Torwood Street, Torquay TQ1 1ED.

 

The Premises do fall within the Cumulative Impact Area.

 

Written Representations received from:

 

Name

Details

Date of Representation

Police

Representation in relation to Licensing Objective ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder’ and proposed additional conditions.

17 June 2014

Public Protection

Representation in relation to Licensing Objective ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’ proposed recommendation.

18 June 2014

Interested Parties

4 Representations in relation to Licensing Objectives ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder,’ ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’ and ‘Public Safety.’  One Representation represented 8 people and another is in the form of a petition with 20 signatures.

Various dates

 

Oral Representation received from:

 

Name

Details

Applicant

The Applicant outlined the application, as set out in the submitted documents and responded to Members questions.

Police Representative

The Police Representative outlined their representation, as set out in the submitted documents and responded to Members questions.

Environmental Health

The Environmental Health Officer outlined their objection, as set out in the submitted documents and responded to Members questions.

Four Members of the Public

 

Four Members of the Public individually outlined their objection, as set out in the submitted documents and responded to Members questions.

 

Additional Information:

 

At the Hearing the Applicant made a request for additional time for oral representations.  The Chairman agreed to the request from the Applicant and permitted 15 minutes for Oral Representations.

 

With agreement from the interested parties the Applicant and Council’s Environmental Health Officer both circulated additional conditions for consideration.

 

Decision:

 

That the application for a Variation to a Premises Licence, in respect of Park Lane, 1 Torwood Street, Torquay be granted as orally amended by the Applicant at the Hearing, in withdrawing all licensable activities from taking place on the newly constructed roof terrace area.  This Variation is granted with the following conditions:

 

1)    No entry or re-entry into the Premises after 02:00 hours.

 

2)    No amplified or live music on the roof terrace at any time.

 

3)    The volume of background music must be set and maintained at a level that is agreed by a Torbay Council Environmental Health Officer before the roof terrace is open to the public.

 

4)    Background music on the roof terrace must cease at 02:00 hours, and be in accordance with that detailed in Annex 3, conditions 7 and 8 of the Premises existing Premises Licence.

 

5)    Before the roof terrace area is open to the public, the door leading onto the roof terrace area shall be inspected by an Environmental Health Officer of Torbay Council and where it is deemed necessary by that Officer, an acoustic lobby shall be constructed to the satisfaction of Torbay Council to ensure that potential noise outbreak from the Premises does not occur.  Any such lobby shall be constructed before the roof terrace area is open to the public to use.

 

6)    Where it has been necessary to construct a lobby as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

 

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