Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Simon Hancock, Licence Holder of The Cricketers and the following interested parties; Lucy Chapman, Devon Busby-Kelly, Debbie Ann Busby, Linda Steer and Jane Davey.

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.

None.

The Solicitor confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 8 November 2023 would be deferred until the next available Committee meeting for approval.

The Solicitor confirmed the Panel had been notified of the new s182 of the Licencing Act 2003 guidance published on 18^th January 2024. The Solicitor advised the new guidance did not apply retrospectively and the Panel would consider the application under the guidance that was in place at the time the application was submitted. 

Introduction and outline of the report

Jon Bryant, Senior Licensing Officer introduced the report to determine an

application to vary a Premises Licence.

An application pursuant to Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003, has been made by

Mr Paul Thornton on behalf of Mr Simon Hancock, the holder of the Premises Licence

at The Cricketers Public House, 23 West Street, Burgess Hill, RH15 8NY.

Representations against the application have been made by five Interested Parties on

the grounds of Prevention of a Public Nuisance.

The substance of the variation application is to extend the times for the sale of alcohol by retail, the opening hours, remove outdated licence conditions and update and add new licence conditions.

The Panel is asked to determine the application in accordance with the Licensing Act

2003, MSDC Licensing Policy and the Home Office Guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, whilst having due regard to the applicant’s submissions and relevant representations.

The Cricketers Public House is situated in West Street at the junction with Fairfield Road, Burgess Hill. Mr Simon Hancock is holder of the Premises Licence. The Pub has held a Premises Licence since the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003 and previously under the earlier Act, the Licensing Act 1964.

The report sets out the current licensable activities and the non standard timings.

Mr Bryant drew the Panels attention to a number of conditions in addition to the mandatory conditions that are currently on the licence where it the application seeking to update these conditions which are outmoded.

The variation seeks to increase the licensing hours for Sale of Alcohol and

Late Night Refreshment on three nights of the week- Thursday Friday and Saturday from midnight to 1am, to amend the current opening hours accordingly and to update and amend the current conditions.

The details of the variation are set out on the report at paragraph 10.

Representations have been received from five members of public, referred to as an Interested Parties within the Act. These representations have been made in respect of the Licensing Objectives of the Prevention of a Public Nuisance.

Mr Bryant pointed out that there are no representations from any Responsible Authority. Concerns have been resolved by minor amendments to the proposed new licence conditions and the agreement with an additional condition with the Environmental Protection Team. If the Panel decides to grant the licence variation, either in full or part, I request that in addition to any other conditions felt necessary and proportionate by the Panel the amended and additional conditions proposed by the applicant and agreed with the Police and the Environmental Protection Team be attached to the varied licence. Full details of these conditions are attached in Appendix 4.

The application was advertised at the site between 29^th November 2023 and 26^th December 2023 and published in the local newspaper on 7^th December 2023.

Mr Bryant then outlined the Interested Party Representations in full.

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