Agenda and minutes

Cllr McAra proposed Cllr Potter as Chairman. Cllr Sutton seconded the proposal.

RESOLVED

Cllr Potter was elected as Chairman of the Sub Committee.

Members and officers are reminded to make any declarations of disclosable pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests they may have in respect of matters on the agenda for this meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

One Stop (formerly Edes Newsagent), 6 Midhurst Road, Fernhurst, Haslemere, West Sussex, GU27 3EE

Application for a Premises Licence

(a)          Chair opens the Hearing.

(b)          Items arising from Regulation 6 Notice (Notice of Hearing).

(c)          Notice of any representations withdrawn.

(d)         The procedure will then follow the Sub-Committee protocol and    procedure note attached

The Chairman opened the Hearing.

The Chairman informed his fellow members that additional documents had been submitted from the following parties; the Clerk of Fernhurst Parish Council (additional representation to the application), Miss Crowder (who was an objector) and the applicant. He asked all parties present if they were happy to accept the documents as late submissions and allow them to be considered as part of the Hearing. All those present agreed that they were content for the documents to be considered.

The Chairman invited Mr Foord to make his introduction.

Licensing Manager’s Introduction

Mr Foord explained the Alcohol & Licensing Sub-Committee was being held to determine an application for a Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 submitted to this Licensing Authority by One Stop Fernhurst Stores as a Limited Company of 6 Midhurst Road, Fernhurst, West Sussex.

The application related to the site at the same address and was described by the applicant in the report bundle, at page 24 as -

“The premises will be a new convenience store under the brand of One Stop where all types of convenience products will be sold. Other services will also be offered to customers such as the ability to pay bills and collect/send packages along with post office services”.

The applicant had also stated that “Alcohol will form approximately 15% of the goods on sale and as it is not the intended focus of the business there is an expectation that alcohol sales will have a limited impact on the area as local people are expected to, on the whole, purchase alcohol along with other products.” It was further stated by the applicant that “There is no other facility in the area providing these full services”

Mr Foord explained the basis on which the Sub Committee had been convened. Of the representations received, ten were from members of the public, with the remaining three being from Fernhurst Parish Council, the Fernhurst Club and Sussex Police in their role as a Responsible Authority under the Licensing Act 2003.

Mr. Foord highlighted that within the various representations received, reference had been made to several areas of concern which related to the likely impact on the promotion of all the Licensing Objectives. Four additional representations had been made by members of the public; however, they had been advised by the Authority that their correspondence did not constitute a relevant representation.

Mr. Foord told the Sub Committee additional supporting information had been provided by the Agent to the Licensing Authority on behalf of the applicant. He confirmed that the information had been circulated via email to all parties present, as well as being published online. The supplementary information had not been interpreted as a representation as the period in which to submit had closed on 18 January 2023.

A full copy of the original application was included within the bundle, along with an illustration (page 17) which depicted the application site and its location in relation to all who had submitted a relevant  ...  view the full minutes text for item 88.

(a)            items added to the agenda papers and made available for public inspection;

(b)            items which the chairman has agreed should be taken as matters of urgency by reason of special circumstances to be reported at the meeting.

There were no late items.