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Election of Chairman and Statement for the Procedure of the Meeting PDF 103 KB To elect a Chairman for the meeting and the Chairman to
present and explain the procedure for the meeting. Minutes: Proposed by Cllr Andrews, seconded by Cllr Cocking. Decision: that Cllr Emma Parker be elected Chairman of the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations
of interest. Minutes: Cllr Cocking declared that she had previously served with Mr
Glen Chadwick as a Councillor on Portland Town Council about 5 years ago for approximately
6 months, she did not however socialise with him. Cllr Parker declared that she had attended all the
Dorchester town pubs with the Licensing team when they re-opened on 4 July
2020. |
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Review of Hardys, Dorchester PDF 114 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Licensing Team Leader introduced the report for a review of the premises licence for Hardy’s,
11 Trinity Street, Dorchester, DT1 1TU under section 51 of the Licensing Act
2003 on the grounds of public nuisance. The application has been out to public consultation and had attracted a number of representations which had been published on the
website and circulated to the panel members. Following a discussion between the Licensing Team Leader and the
solicitor for Punch Taverns prior to the meeting an offer was made to add some
extra control measures to the rather inadequate and unenforceable condition
relating to noise currently in the licence. So that:- No noise in the form of live or
recorded music shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted
through the structure of the premises Would be amended to:- No noise in the form of live or
recorded music shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted
through the structure of the premises which, when assessed by the DPS/ manager
of the premises, would be likely to give rise to a public nuisance. A
documented check will be undertaken at the beginning of any live music provided
within the premises. The check will be undertaken outside the rear of the
premises at the nearest point to residential property to ascertain that the
volume is such that it is unlikely to cause a public nuisance. The check shall
be recorded in a logbook and made available for officers from the responsible
authorities on request. The Chairman then confirmed that
the panel members had received and read all the reports and the attendees were
invited to set out their positions and the applicant and the licence holder
were given the opportunity to ask questions of each other. The applicant confirmed that there
were issues with music from Hardys, but the main the
problems arose from patrons leaving the pub at closing time when they tended to
congregate in the street, smoking and socialising outside her residential
property. This was mainly since the
re-opening on 4 July, after the Covid shutdown. There was now an entry door to the pub and an
exit door, the latter was the door closest to her building. She said that the music could be very loud
ending at approximately midnight to half past.
There were typically 20-30 people congregating and being noisy after
closing time at around 0215 hrs to 0300 hrs and on occasion until 0345
hrs. She had to close the windows to her
property during the hot summers months to stop smoke coming inside. The Solicitor for Punch Taverns addressed the meeting stating that they did not want to be responsible for neighbour disturbance but there was no history of noise, nuisance, crime or disorder prior to 4 July 2020. The company wanted to work with residents and officers to find solutions to any problems and had already acted quickly in response to the issues raised. The recently appointed landlord had been in ... view the full minutes text for item 9. |
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Urgent items 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. Minutes: There were no urgent items. |