Agenda and draft minutes

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

Proposed by Cllr David Shortell, seconded by Cllr Matt Bell

Decision: that Cllr Louise Bown 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 variation of a premises licence for E Bike Café, 9a Custom House Quay, Weymouth. The application has been out to public consultation.  A Licensing Sub-Committee must consider the application and representations at a public hearing. 

The Senior Licensing Officer introduced the report. The current licence for the Premises permitted the sale of alcohol Monday to Sunday from 9am to 8pm. The Applicant had applied to vary the licence to amend the permitted hours for the sale of alcohol to 9am to 11pm Monday to Sunday, and to add plays, late night refreshment, films and live and recorded music during the same days and hours.

The Applicant amended their application following discussions with their landlord. The hours for the sale of alcohol and regulated entertainment were amended to Monday to Saturday 9am to 8pm and Sunday 8.30am to 6pm. Non-standard hours were requested for twenty occasions per annum to extend to 11pm, with an extension for New Year’s Eve to half past midnight.

Ms Parker addressed the Sub-Committee on behalf of the Applicant. She informed that hospitality was a tricky industry to be in and wanted to diversify in a creative way to stay in business. These extra hours would help increase revenue and turnover. She was conscious of the people that live above the noise but explained that there would only be a small number of events and no speakers in the outside area, and she would be present at every event.

Mr Jones a representative of the landlord and a resident in the building, covered the discussions he had with the applicant that led to the revised application. He explained that the Café was a good neighbour, and he accepted the fact that it needed to diversify to survive. The residents did not want to see events being held every week, but they felt that twenty events per year would be acceptable. He didn’t think that the changes at the Premises would lead to any issue with anti-social behaviour.

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

Decision:

To VARY the Premises Licence to amend the times that alcohol can be sold (on and off sales), to add plays, films, live and recorded music and to add conditions as follows:

Sale of Alcohol (on and off the Premises)

Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 20:00 hours

Sunday 08:30 to 18:00 hours

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve until 00:30 hours on New Year’s Day.

Non-standard timings: On 20 (twenty) occasions per annum from the end of permitted hours to 23:00 hours.

Plays (Indoors and outdoors)

Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 20:00 hours

Sunday 08:30 to 18:00 hours

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve until 00:30 hours on New Year’s Day.

Non-standard timings: On 20 (twenty) occasions per annum from the end of permitted hours to 23:00 hours.

Films (Indoors)

Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 20:00 hours

Sunday 08:30 to 18:00 hours

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve until 00:30 hours on New Year’s Day.

Non-standard timings: On 20 (twenty) occasions per annum from the end of permitted hours to 23:00 hours.

Live Music (Indoors and outdoors)

Monday  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13.

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.