Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Scott Castle, the Applicant ‘s Sound Engineer.

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 are a continuation of the minutes of the meeting held on 10 February 2023 and both sets will be signed off by the Committee at a future date.

The Chairman welcomed the Panel, officers and applicants to the meeting, advising it was a continuation of the adjourned meeting held on Friday 10 February. The Chairman invited Jon Bryant, Senior Licensing Officer to provide an update on the application and any amendments since the previous meeting. The Senior Licensing Officer advised that following the adjournment of the meeting from 10 February 2023, the Environmental Protection Team have met with the applicants and agreed conditions to enable them to withdraw their representation before the Panel. He noted the agreed and revised conditions were set out at Appendix 6 of the report as agreed with the Police and Environmental Protection Team. He advised the Environmental Protection Team were present should the Panel have any further questions, however, confirmed the Panel no longer needed to consider their representation as this had been withdrawn. The only outstanding representation was that of the interested party, Mr Tilbury. He had been notified via email of the adjournment of the Panel and the new time and date for the meeting to be reconvened, the Senior Licensing Officer confirmed Mr Tilbury had not responded and was not in attendance at this meeting. Therefore, Mr Tilbury’s representations on the grounds of Prevention of Public Nuisance did remain outstanding to be considered by the Panel and these were summarised to the Panel during the first meeting on 10 February 2023 and as detailed in the report.

Questions to the Senior Licensing Officer

There were no questions to for the Senior Licensing Officer.

The Chairman asked the Environmental Protection Team to provide an update to the Panel following their meeting with the applicants on Friday 24 February 2023. Jane Cooper, Environmental Health Officer, advised that an agreement had been reached with the applicant, and under the revised conditions the premises may only be used for regulated entertainment on no more than a total of 49 days between 1st June and 31st December each year. The Licence Holder must notify the Environmental Protection Team of the exact number of days by the 1st April each year. She confirmed that under the Noise Management Plan (NMP), for events held on up to 30 days, one level of sound would be acceptable, and that for events held on between 30 and 50 days, a lower sound level would be required. A NMP must be approved each year before regulated entertainment can take place. The Chairman asked for clarity on this, and the Environmental Health Officer confirmed sound levels from music would be measured in decibels, relative to background sound levels at the site. The Chairman sought advice that this be documented as part of the conditions. Paul Vickers, Solicitor to the Licensing Panel advised this would not be necessary as the noise levels would be agreed and approved as part of the noise management plan. Jon Bryant, Senior Licensing Officer, agreed advising it makes it difficult to enforce and regulate through conditions, this is better dealt with through the noise management plan rather  ...  view the full minutes text for item LS.4