Agenda and minutes

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

Proposed by Cllr Jack Jeanes, seconded by Cllr David Shortell.

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

To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

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 by Dorset Police to review the premises licence at the Butcher Dog, 6 East Street, Wimborne.  A Licensing Sub Committee must consider the application and representations from all parties at a public hearing.

The Senior Licensing Officer introduced the review application of the Butchers Dog brought by Dorset Police. When the review was made the licence was held by Mr Hewitson, who was also the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS). During the review period the licence was transferred to Laura Green who had also taken on the role of the DPS.  She explained that during the consultation period it had been very encouraging that consultation had taken place between Ms Green and Dorset Police. She referenced appendix 4 in which an agreement had been made between the two parties with amendments to the current conditions on the premises licence.

Sargent Gosling addressed the Sub-Committee. He informed that senior officers had raised concerns about the Butchers Dog, and Dorset Police had submitted a review based on concerns that issues would continue into the future. He was keen to achieve an improvement and really useful mediation had taken place. Ms Green had been forth coming with concerns and had put forward some excellent proposals which Dorset Police were happy to accept. He requested that the Sub-Committee did not deviate from what had been agreed with Ms Green.

Ms Green outlined the measures that she had put into place since the application was put forward by Dorset Police and the mediation process that was completed by Sargent Gosling. She covered the background of the premises which was a family business and they had operated Butchers Dog for 8 years. She explained that she loved the business and valued the customers and the opportunity to serve customers and the community. She saw this as an opportunity to strengthen and future proof the business. The risk assessment had been updated and they had agreed to have an SIA qualified door person for the Folk festival to cover the busiest hours. The Folk Festival was busier than anticipated. Therefore, she wanted to future proof for next year, so was happy for the condition to be added to the licence.  Administration in the business had been strengthened and staff would be trained on the use of CCTV. The assistant bar manager had also been booked onto a Personal Licence Course, and would be involved with the Pub Watch scheme, noise would be monitored by a decibel monitoring device and recorded in incident records.

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

Decision:

To amend the Premises Licence as follows:

Amend condition 25 on the original licence which reads:

The premises will complete a risk assessment as to the requirement for SIA door supervisors to be deployed at the premises. Specific risk assessments will be carried out for Christmas Eve / New Year’s Eve and the period covering the Wimborne Folk Festival. The risk assessment will be documented and made available for inspection by a Police Officer or other Authorised Officer on request.

to read as follows:

A minimum of 1 x SIA Door Supervisor shall be present at the premises from 2100hrs until all customers  ...  view the full minutes text for item 79.

There are no exempt items scheduled for this meeting.  

There was no exempt business.