Agenda and minutes

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The procedure the Licensing Panelwillfollowin considering the application is set outin the Licensing Act2003,its attendantRegulations and was agreed by the Licensing Committee on 2nd February2005.  The Licensing Panel,in accordance with rule 14 of the Licensing Act2003 (Hearings)Regulations 2005 decide to exclude the public fromallorpartof the hearing where the Licensing Panelconsiders thatitis in the public interestto do so.

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The minutes of the meetings held on 17 December 2021 and 26 Maywere agreed as a correct record and were signed by the Chairman.

The Chairman opened the meeting by reminding the attendees of the four licensing objectives of the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm.

Introduction and outline of the report

Jon Bryant, Senior Licensing Officer introduced the report noting an application, pursuant to Section 34 Licensing Act 2003 had been made by Mr Thorpe on behalf of ACSC Services Ltd to vary a Premises Licence at Ansty Village Centre, Recreation Ground, Deaks Lane, Ansty. He advised three objections had been received on the grounds of a Public Nuisance.  The Committee was asked to determine the application in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003, MSDC Licensing Policy and the Home Office Guidance issued under Section 182 Licensing Act 2003, whilst having regard to the applicant’s submissions and relevant representations.

The Officer advised ACSC Services Ltd, the Trading subsidiary of Ansty Sports and Social Club were granted a Premises Licence by the Licensing Committee on the 24^th April 2021.  The Sports and Social Club has been operating since the Second World War.  He noted that the application, current premises licence, and timings were all detailed in the report.  There would be no change to the core times, appendix C detailed the conditions imposed by the Committee when appraising the premises licence and he drew attention to condition five which this application sought to vary. The Committee were advised that the Club has lodged an appeal with the Magistrates’ Court in relation to condition five.  However, as they had submitted an application to vary the premises licence, they had paused the appeal until a decision was made; if the application was approved the officer thought there would be no need to continue with the appeal in the Magistrates’ Court.

The Officer advised the application was to allow use of the outside and balcony areas for licensable activities to 22:00 hours and to permit the playing of amplified music up to 00:00 hours inside the premises on 12 days a year to correspond with the non-standard timings for the supply of alcohol.  Three representations had been received from members of the public, known as interested parties, and their main points relate to the licensing objective of the Prevention of a Public Nuisance.  He confirmed that the Environmental Protection Team (EPT) had responded to the application and noted they had not received any noise complaints in the year since the premises licence was granted; they did not object to the application to vary the current licence.  

Mr Thorpe had received a complaint about noise generated inside the club following an event, and he had written to the EPT for advice.   The application had been advertised on the site and in the local paper.  The applicant had made further submissions following receipt of the representations from the interest parties; appendix two detailed the mitigation measures and recording of complaints.

The Officer briefly outlined the representations received:

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