Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED

That Mr Potter be elected 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 interests.

Luckes At No. 40, 40 North Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1LX

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(c)           Notice of any representations withdrawn.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

Applicant

Ms M Luckes, Luckes Ltd

Mr J Cottrell, Business partner and freeholder of 40 North Street

The Chairman opened the hearing. 

Mr Knowles-Ley confirmed there were no items arising from Regulation 6 (notice of hearing) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005.  He confirmed that one representation, from Mrs Fallowfied, had been withdrawn.  With regards to the persons who had made relevant representations under the Licensing Act, three requests to speak were received within the requisite five working days and four were received after this date.  However, he pointed out that the bank holiday on 14 September 2022 had shortened the consultation period.  It was for the Sub-committee to determine if they were in agreement to the three late responses being considered today.

The Sub-Committee was in agreement to the three late representations being allowed to present to the Sub-Committee.

Mr Knowles-Ley outlined details of the application for a premises licence made by Luckes Ltd.  He outlined the licensable activities requested, as set out on pages 6 and 7 of the agenda papers.  It was noted that Mrs Luckes held a current personal licence.  A valid application was received on 28 July 2022 and the required 28 day public consultation period had ended on 25 August 2022.  During this time the required notices had been displayed at the premises and a public notice placed in the Chichester Observer series of newspapers. 

Representations were received from the responsible authorities for Sussex Police and Environment Protection had made representations.  Sussex Police having entered into mediation with the applicant who was happy with an additional condition concerning the protection of children from harm concerning the inclusion of a condition, set out in attachment D of the agenda papers.  The suggested condition required that all staff members engaged in the selling of alcohol should receive induction and refresher training, which had been agreed in principle with the applicant.  The applicant had offered to meet all parties at the premises.  On 12 September 2022 all relevant parties were issued with the proposed additional condition and it was a matter for the Sub-Committee to decide. 

The applicant confirmed that Mr Knowles-Ley’s submission was an accurate resume of the application.

The Sub-Committee did not have any questions concerning Mr Knowles-Ley’s address. 

Mrs Simons, Environmental Protection Team (EPT) responded to a number of questions from the Sub-Committee.  It was confirmed that the EPT would have welcomed the submission of a noise impact assessmentas part of the application.  She confirmed that following a change in planning legislation planning permission was not required for the change of use for the premises. 

Mr Cotterell was invited to address the Sub-Committee. 

Mr Cotterell informed the Sub-Committee that he was the freeholder of 40 North Street.  He lived locally and had operated a couple of businesses in the District.  The premises had remained empty since the previous business, Jack Wills, had vacated the premises a year ago.  His intention was to create an outstanding high quality venue in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 80.

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