Agenda item

To consider two Objection Notices to a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) for No. 10 Café Bar in Bridport.

The Licensing Team Leader introduced the report concerning objections to a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) for No. 10 Café Bar in Bridport sent by Environmental Health and Dorset Police.

The TEN applied for was to extend the premises licence from 02:00 and 04:00 on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 October 2021 for the sale of alcohol on the premises, regulated entertainment and late night refreshment for 60 people.

The Licensing Team Leader advised the sub-committee of the three options it could take:-

1. issue a counter notice for the event which will not allow it to occur.

2. issue a Statement of Conditions setting out any conditions from the relevant remises licence that are to be imposed on the TEN

3. not to issue counter notices and allow the event as applied for.

The TEN could not be modified and did not automatically attach the conditions of the premises licence.

To provide some context she stated that there had been 941 TENs applications during the past year, of which Dorset Police had objected to 3 and Environmental Health to 4, not including this application. 

There were no questions from the Sub-Committee, Environmental Health Team Leader, the Licensee or Dorset Police for the Licensing Team Leader.

The Licensee was given an opportunity to present his case.

Questions from the Sub-Committee to the Licensee and applicant included questioning the need for 2 nights of Halloween celebrations; the nature of the musical entertainment; the outstanding noise complaint;  whether the event was ticketed;  numbers of staff and entertainers; entry / re-entry restrictions; customer demographic and dispersal arrangements.

The Licensing Team Leader, Environmental Health Team Leader and Dorset Police were given the opportunity to ask questions of the Licensee.

There were no questions from the Dorset Police for the Licensee or Applicant.  However, the Environmental Health Team Leader asked how music levels were currently monitored.

The Environmental Health Team Leader put forward her case, advising the Sub-Committee that a noise abatement notice had recently been served on the premises on 18 October 2021 due to poor controls of music.  A previous complaint made in 2018 had occurred before the current Licensee purchased the business.

The Sub-Committee, Licensing Team Leader, Licensee and Dorset Police representative were invited to ask questions of the Environmental Health Team Leader.

In response to a question by a member of the Sub-Committee, she clarified that the complaint was against the premises licence rather than arising as a result of a TENs and that investigations had taken place and further investigations would be carried out if more complaints were made following the notice.

The Applicant asked for further detail about the noise complaint and was advised that a number of instances of noise nuisance had been recorded and observed by officers over a period of time rather than a singular occurrence.

There were no questions from the Licensing Team Leader or Dorset Police representative for the Environmental Health Team Leader.

The Dorset Police representative presented his case to the Sub-Committee on behalf of Sergeant Gosling who had served the objection and was unable to attend the meeting.

The Sub-Committee, Licensing Team Leader, Licensee and Environmental Health Officer were invited to ask questions of the Dorset Police representative.  The Licensee asked for and was given further clarification regarding the objection by Dorset Police.

All parties were given an opportunity to sum up their case.