Agenda and draft minutes

It was proposed by Councillor Bassadone and seconded by Councillor Peter that Councillor R Sutton be elected as Chairman for this meeting.

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

To be agreed at the next meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence. 

To receive any declarations of interest.

There were no declarations of interests.

The Sub-Committee were required to consider an application for a review of premises licence for the following premises:

The Craft Yard

The Cottage

Parsonage Place

Tring

Hertfordshire

The Chairman asked S Mcdonald to introduce the report.

S Mcdonald confirmed that all legal requirements had been complied with.

She advised that this application was to vary a premises licence in respect of The Craft Yard. The application submitted sought to extend the licensable area to the front of the premises, and to remove conditions from the current licence that are deemed by the applicant to be unenforceable or unnecessary as a result.

There were 18 representations received in total. 12 of those were from residents living in the vicinity of the premises, and from Tring Town Council, which cited concerns about anti-social behaviour and public nuisance, and these were set out at Annexes D1 to D12.  6 representations supported the application, referring to the promotion of public safety if it was granted.

A further representation was received from Nathan March, Licensing Team Leader, in his capacity as a responsible authority under the Licensing Act on behalf of the Licensing Authority, citing concerns regarding the removal of the requested conditions, and public safety.  Some discussion had taken place between the Licensing Team Leader and the applicant’s solicitor, and, as a result, some amendments had been suggested, although not as yet formally to Licensing as a proposed amendment to the application. 

Promotion of the Licensing objectives was the aim when determining a licensing application, together with consideration of any matters that were specifically relevant to that application, and evidence to support any decision.

For the benefit of all present, the licensing objectives were:

·         Prevention of crime and disorder

·         Public Safety

·         Prevention of public nuisance

·         Protection of children from harm.

The Chairman invited questions for S Mcdonald.

There were no questions.

The Chairman invited the applicant’s representative, Jon Payne, to address the sub-committee.

Mr Payne advised there had been some further discussion on this application since it was first submitted. In terms of the licence area that was sought that already appeared on the licence so the area at the front of the premises already formed part of the licence. It was however subject to a number of conditions and those conditions were the ones that had been applied for to remove from the licence. Firstly, that alcohol supplied in open drinking vessels should be consumed indoors within the licenced premises only or outdoors within the designated smoking area. He said there was an outdoor area and outside drinking was permitted in that area. There was also an area in front of the bay windows which was part of the licensed area but at the moment alcohol consumption in that area was restricted by virtue of that condition. In view of that, he said they were asking for that area to have the restriction removed.

The second condition that the applicant sought to remove from the licence was that all alcohol supplied for consumption  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.