Agenda and minutes

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

Proposed by Cllr Les Fry, seconded by Cllr Val Pothecary.

Decision: that Cllr Derek Beer be elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Kate Wheller and David Shortell, substituted by Cllrs Les Fry and Val Pothercary.

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.

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.

An application has been made for a new premises licence at Nina’s Bistro, 1 West Street, Wareham.  The application has been advertised in accordance with regulations and has attracted a relevant representation. A Licensing Sub Committee must consider the application and representations at a public hearing.

The Senior Licensing Officer introduced the application for the sale of alcohol (on the premises) Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm. Dorset Police had requested that conditions be added to any licence granted. The applicant agreed to these conditions.

Ms Sofian, the applicant informed the Sub-Committee that the premises would not be open every day until 10 pm but had applied for that time in order to have more flexibility. The premises was a very small bistro that used to be a bakery before and was not noisy and did not have any live music or television screens. It would have small speakers connected to a phone and only wine and beer would be sold.

Ms Gatehouse from Dorset Police made the Sub-Committee aware that she had been in contact with the applicant, who had been happy to agree to the conditions put forward.

All parties were given the opportunity to have their say and sum up.

Decision 

To GRANT a Premises Licence with the usual mandatory conditions, the conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule, and the conditions added by the Sub-Committee as set out below, to permit the following:  

Supply of alcohol (on the premises)  

Monday to Sunday 10:00-22:00 hours 

Hours premises open 

Monday to Sunday 10:00-22:00 hours 

Mandatory Conditions 

1.     Designated Premises Supervisor 

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

(i)     at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or 

(ii)    at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended. 

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

3.     The responsible person must ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises. 

(2)    In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises. 

a)     games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to – 

(i)     drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or 

(ii)    drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise); 

b)     provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective; 

c)     provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 37.

There are no exempt items scheduled for this meeting.

There was no exempt business.