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 Derek Beer, seconded by Cllr Emma Parker.

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

To receive any apologies for absence.

An apology for absence was received from Cllr Kate Wheller.

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 Studland Social Club, Heath Green Road, Studland. 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 The Senior Licensing Officer outlined her report. The applicant sought to extend the licensable area to include a grassed area at the front of the Social Club building, outlined in pink on the application plan, adjacent to their current licensed outside space.

The Senior Licensing Officer explained that no representations had been received from the Responsible Authorities. Two relevant representations were received from members of the public relating to the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance relating to noise. The village hall which was next to the Social Club owned the land and did not object to the extension. No complaints had been received by the Licensing Authority in connection with the Social Club.

The Sub-Committee was addressed by Mr Mike Neville and Mr Andrew Churchill on behalf of the Applicant.  Mr Neville stated they were a not-for-profit organisation providing a venue for local people and guests to socialise. The current outside area was well used, and they wanted to extend it so more people could take advantage of it in the summer months. He acknowledged the representations made and explained that to mitigate any issues they would orientate the tables such that they were between the windows of the village hall and people would not be looking directly into the village hall. Mr Neville explained that every evening at five to ten they warned people that they had to go inside at 10pm if they wanted to continue to drink. Mr Neville explained that they worked closely with the village hall committee with some people being on both committees. In response to questioning, it was confirmed that there was no history of problems between the two venues. He explained that in the original agreement for the Social Club they were permitted to operate in the curtilage of the village hall, so this application would reflect that position.

The two members of the public who submitted written representations did not attend the hearing. One person wrote that there was considerable noise from the Club late into the evening disturbing their sleep and envisaged that an extension of the outside area would make this worse. The second representation referred to insufficient room for the Club to expand their outside seating area without encroaching on the village hall next-door. They stated that when the windows of the village hall were open it could be uncomfortable within the hall with the associated noise and disturbance of people close by.

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

Decision: To VARY the Premises Licence to extend the licensable area to include the area at the front of the Studland Social Club outlined in pink on the application plan.

The Premises Licence as varied will therefore read as follows:

Appendix 1. MANDATORY CONDITIONS

The licence is granted subject to the Mandatory conditions for sale of alcohol as set out in the Licensing Act 2003 as amended by the Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

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 are no urgent items.

There are no exempt items scheduled for this meeting.  

There was no exempt business.