Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chairman for the meeting and the Chairman to present and explain the procedure for the meeting.

Proposed by Cllr Parker, seconded by Cllr Starr.

Decision: that Cllr Monks elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence.

No apologies for absence were received at the meeting.

To disclose any pecuniary, other registrable or non-registrable interests as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct. In making their disclosure councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration.

If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting.

An application has been made for a new premises licence for Unit A Market Hall, 2 Crown Square, Poundbury, Dorchester. The application has been out to public consultation.  Representations have been received. A Licensing Sub-Committee must therefore consider the application and representations at a public hearing.  

The Senior Licensing Officer outlined the application which was for the sale of alcohol on and off the premises Monday to Sunday 9am to 11pm. Dorset Police had made representations requesting conditions be added to any licence granted, and three members of the public had made relevant representations relating to the potential for crime, anti-social behaviour and noise. Representations relating to need for the premises, planning matters, lease arrangements or Poundbury stipulations were not relevant to the determination of the application.

The applicant Mr Angelo Fichera and Mr Tony Hannan who owned the gallery, explained that there was no intention to operate as a wine bar or music venue. They explained that using the term wine bar in their application was a mistake. They wanted to occasionally serve wine and beer with snacks/canapes when exhibitions were taking place. Generally, the events would be ticket only for invited guests, members of the public would not be able to walk in and buy a drink. The food would be brought to the premises by a catering company, not prepared at the premises. In terms of music, they might have a baby grand piano or violin but no speakers and small local artists. They had agreed to all the conditions proposed by Dorset Police. In response to questioning, they stated that they might have up to 40 events per year with around 60 staff/guests.

Mr Nigel Swettenham addressed the Sub-Committee stating that the application was for a wine bar seven days a week, which did not comply with the basic rules of Poundbury or the terms of the lease. Even if the current owners did not cause any problems a different occupier might operate it as a wine bar. Mr Swettenham referred to the wine bar opposite where the music was sometimes noisy, but only a handful of people went there. He was concerned about noise transmission and the behaviour of people who had been drinking in the premises. Although there was a review process he didn’t want to get to a situation where that was necessary and asked the Sub-Committee to reject the application.

Decision

To GRANT the Premises Licence with the usual mandatory conditions, the conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule outlined in the officer’s report and the conditions requested by Dorset Police.

a.      The following Mandatory Conditions:

Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions

1.    Supply of Alcohol (s19(2)&(3))

No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence –

(a)  at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor, or

(b)  at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his  personal licence has been suspended.

Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

2. (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

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An application has been made to review the club premises certificate for Weymouth Angling Society, Commercial Road, Weymouth, Dorset. The application has been out to public consultation.  A Licensing Sub-Committee must consider the application and representations at a public hearing.

Dorset Police had made a request for the hearing be held in private due to ongoing investigations which needed to be kept confidential, balanced against the need to provide the Sub-Committee with all the facts. Whilst hearings are normally held in public, Regulation 14 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 does provide for the public to be excluded from all or part of the hearing, where the Sub-Committee considers that the public interest in doing so outweighs the public interest in the hearing or that part of the hearing, taking place in public.

Proposed by Cllr Monks, seconded by Cllr Parker. Supported by Cllr Starr.

The Sub-Committee was satisfied that the public interest in excluding the public from the hearing outweighed the public interest in the hearing taking place in public due to the ongoing confidential investigations.

The meeting moved into private business.

Decision:

To add conditions to the Club Premises Certificate relating to Door Supervision, CCTV, Dispersal Policy, Incident Log, Refusals Log, Staff Training and Welfare Policy as follows:

Door Supervision

The holder of the Club Premises Certificate shall undertake a risk assessment with regard to the deployment of SIA Door Supervisors at different times of the day and on different days of the week to determine whether it is appropriate to deploy door staff on those days and/or at any other time(s) and to then implement the outcome of the risk assessment.

A copy of the risk assessment should be made available to an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or Dorset Police upon request and for a period of up to 6 months.

Only Door Supervisors who are accredited by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) shall be employed to undertake door supervision activities. When deployed, a record shall be maintained on the premises by the Door Staff. The record will contain consecutively numbered pages, the full name and full 16-digit registration number of each person on duty, the employer of that person and the date and time he/she commenced duty and finished duty (verified by the individual’s signature). The record will be retained on the premises for a period of twelve months from the date of the last entry and made available to an authorised officer from the Licensing Authority or Police on request.

CCTV

The premises shall install and maintain a CCTV system. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 28 days with correct date and time stamping. Recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the preceding 28-day period.

A Club member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the premises at all times when the premises is open. This staff member must be able to show a Police or authorised council officer recent data or footage with the absolute minimum of delay  ...  view the full minutes text for item 65.

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

There were no urgent items.

There are no exempt items scheduled for this meeting.  

There was no exempt business.