Chichester District Council
Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1, East Pallant House. View directions

Contact: Katherine Jeram (Member Services Officer) 01243 534674  Email: kjeram@chichester.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

To elect a Chairman for this Hearing

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

that Mr Potter be appointed Chairman of the Sub-Committee.

2.

Declarations of Interests

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.

Minutes:

No interests were declared by Members present at the meeting.

3.

Application for a new Premises Licence - Stedham Sports Ground/Pavilion, The Street, Stedham pdf icon PDF 9 MB

Application for a New Premises Licence:

 

Sub-Committee Protocol and Procedure note

 

Stedham Sports Ground/Pavilion, The Street, Stedham   

 

 

(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(c)          Notice of any representations withdrawn.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 (pages 1- 4).

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

Applicant – Stedham Pavilion Association

 

Mr David Burton, Chairman of the Management Committee

Mrs Sue Yates, Secretary

 

The Chairman formally opened the hearing.

 

Mr Foord explained that the purpose of the hearing was to enable the Council, as local licensing authority, to determine the application for a premises licence at Stedham Sports Pavilion, The Street, Stedham, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0NQ.

 

He referred participants to the Sub-Committee Protocol and Procedure Note appended to the agenda and to the list of valid representations and the map showing their location in relation to the premises. He drew attention to his report which gave brief details of the proposals, including standard opening hours, and to the appended plans of the local area, and of the layout of the premises, the original application, and all relevant representations, He pointed out that an application had also been made to disapply the mandatory alcohol condition requiring a Designated Premises Supervisor.

 

Mr Foord stated that the Stedham Pavilion Association had submitted a valid application on 4 August 2015. The statutory notice had been displayed at the premises and a statutory advertisement had been placed in the Midhurst and Petworth Observer.

 

The only proposed licensable activities inside the Pavilion were the retail sale of alcohol and of late night refreshment on Fridays and Saturdays only. The application also sought a licence for live and recorded music outdoors on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but limited to six occasions a year.

 

Mr Foord explained that the legislation required the authority to consider the application in the light of the promotion of the four licensing objectives, namely

·       The prevention of crime and disorder,

·       Public Safety,

·       The prevention of public nuisance, and

·       The protection of children from harm.

 

Twenty-one relevant representations had been received in respect of the application. One was from a responsible authority under the Licensing Act 2003, namely the Sussex Police. The applicant had agreed in principle to conditions sought by the Police, which were set out in a letter dated 5 August 2015 from Chief Inspector Burtenshaw (pages 80-81 of the agenda papers). As the Police concerns had been satisfied, they were not attending the hearing based on the conditions being attached to the Premises Licence, if granted.

 

The 20 other representations were set out in full in the agenda papers and summarised in the report. These included a representation from the Stedham and Iping Parish Council. Mr Foord mentioned that an extraordinary public meeting of the Parish Council had been held which was attended by residents and the applicant. In view of the number and nature of representations, Mr Foord advised that he believed further attempts at mediation would be unsuccessful on this occasion.

 

Mr Burton and Mrs Yates confirmed on behalf of the applicant that the report was accurate.

 

The Chairman asked whether late night refreshment would be served indoors on Sunday evenings when live and recorded music was played. Mr Foord replied that the application was for late night refreshment on Friday and Saturday nights  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

Consideration of any late items as follows:

(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.

 

Minutes:

There were no late items.

 

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