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Agenda and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings TN34 1QR
Contact: Emily Horne
Items No. Item Appointment of Chair
Minutes:
In accordance with the terms of reference of the Licensing Committee, the Chief Legal Officer invited nominations for the appointment of Chair for the duration of the meeting. Councillor Webb moved that Councillor Roberts should take the Chair. This was seconded by Councillor Sinden.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that Councillor Roberts be appointed as Chair for the duration of the meeting.
Apologies for Absence
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None.
Declarations of Interest
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Councillors made no declarations of interest at this meeting.
Minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2014 (for information) PDF 46 KB
Minutes:
RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2014
be approved and signed by the Chair as a true record.
Notification of any additional urgent items
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None.
Application for the review of a premises licence: Union Bar, Cambridge Road, Hastings
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Councillor Roberts set out the procedure that the Sub-Committee would adopt (in accordance with Standard Practice), all parties confirmed they understood this.
The Corporate Director, Environmental Health, submitted a report on an application for the review of a premises licence for Union Bar, Cambridge Road, Hastings.
Mr Brown, Licensing Manager, presented the report. Since the publication of the report, he informed the committee that a discussion had taken place between Mr Steeds, Principal Environmental Health Officer; the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) and the Leaseholder regarding the revised conditions proposed by Mr Steeds.
Mr Steeds, Principal Environmental Health Officer, who brought the review made his submission on the grounds of the Prevention of Public Nuisance. He informed the committee that the conditions of the licence had been persistently breached by noise outbreak from patrons and music at the premises.
In support of his review, he referred to the longstanding history of complaints received from local residents regarding noise disturbance at the premises and the witness statements received from the Council’s Senior Licensing Officer and the Principal Environmental Health Officer. These complaints and witness statements were appended to the report under Appendix A of the agenda.
Mr Steeds said he had written to the licence holder; designated premises supervisor (DPS) and the leaseholder, routinely regarding complaints received by the Council concerning music escaping from the premises through the windows and doors and patrons standing outside the premises. Mr Steeds said the licence holder and DPS had been offered advice from the council to assist them in complying with the current licence condition’s, however, at no time had either party engaged with him to resolve these issues.
Since the publication of the agenda, Mr Steeds said he had met with the DPS and Licence Holder to discuss the breach of conditions and his recommendations to revise the licence. His recommendations included eight new conditions and the removal of the current DPS, Mr Francis.
Mr Francis, the DPS, informed the committee that due to a recent change of circumstances, he was no longer the DPS of the second premises, only the Union Bar.
Mr Osmond, the Leaseholder, confirmed he was fully in agreement with what had been said and understood that they needed to change the way they operated. He understood that he had not responded in a satisfactory way and the frustration this had caused.
Mr Steeds, sought clarification from Mr Osmond on how they would change the way they operated. Mr Francis said that if he received a letter from the council he would either respond in writing or by telephone to state what action they were taking.
Mr Brown asked Mr Francis what he understood his duties were as the DPS. Mr Francis said he would make sure he was in compliance with the licensing objectives, for example he would close the premises on time, check ID and support the licence holder. Mr Brown also asked what steps he had taken to resolve these issues. Mr Francis said ... view the full minutes text for item 6.
Additional urgent items (if any)
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None.
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