Tiffany's, First Floor, 17 The Strand, Torquay
- Meeting of Licensing Sub-Committee, Thursday, 15 September 2011 9.30 am (Item 252.)
- View the background to item 252.
An application for a Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence for Tiffanys, 1st Floor, 17 The Strand, Torquay.
Minutes:
Members considered a report on the application for a Sexual Entertainment Venue licence for Tiffany’s, 1st Floor, 17 The Strand, Torquay.
Written Representations received from:
Name |
Details |
Date of Representation |
49 signatures (5 illegible and therefore unconfirmed) |
Petition objecting to the application on the grounds that: a sex entertainment establishment is contrary to Torbay Council’s policy in promoting the Harbourside area as family friendly; crime and anti social behaviour will increase; and the potential for harm, nuisance, noise and detrimental impact is high.
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Unknown |
Member of the Public |
Letter objecting to the application on the grounds that it would not add anything of value to the creation of a family friendly destination and is unsuitable for the area.
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Unknown |
Additional Information:
The Legal Advisor advised the Sub-Committee that the Torquay Harbour Area Action Plan referred to by the Member of the Public and inferred in the Petition wording regarding a family friendly Harbourside should not be taken into account, as it was not yet approved by the Council.
The Licensing Officer circulated four photographs showing the outside frontage of the Premises.
Oral Representations received from:
Name |
Details |
Applicants |
The Applicants outlined the application and responded to Members questions.
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Decision:
That the application for a Sexual Entertainment Venue licence be granted as applied for, subject to the attachment of the standard conditions as set out in Appendix D of the Council’s Statement of Policy for Sex Establishments and as recommended in the report.
Reason for Decision:
Having carefully considered the oral and written Representations, Members resolved to grant the licence as the Premises had been operating for a period of 22 months without any reported incidents of concern from the Police or Environmental Health, and that there had been no Representations objecting to this application by any of the Responsible Authorities.
Members gave careful consideration to the locality of this Premises, noting the Objectors concerns, and resolved that this was an appropriate location for this Premises.
Supporting documents:
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report, item 252. PDF 88 KB
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report App1, item 252. PDF 160 KB
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report App2, item 252. PDF 236 KB
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report App3, item 252. PDF 71 KB
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report App4, item 252. PDF 10 KB
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report App5, item 252. PDF 18 KB
- Tiffany's SEV Licensing Report App6, item 252. PDF 22 KB
- Pictures of Venue - Circulated at Meeting, item 252. PDF 1 MB
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