Agenda and minutes

Resolved

That Mr Ridd 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.

No interests were declared by members present at the meeting.

Application for a New Premises Licence:

Old Antique Brewery, 150  St Pancras, Chichester

(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(c)            Notice of any representations withdrawn.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 to 4).

Applicant

Old Antique Brewery Ltd (represented by Mr L Keen, Director/Owner)

Responsible Authority

Mr D Monk, Senior Environmental Health Officer, Chichester District Council

The Chairman formally opened the hearing and introduced the Sub-Committee members and Chichester District Council officers present.  He outlined the procedure to be followed at the hearing.

Mr Foord outlined the details of the application for a new premises licence.  He advised that the applicant Old Antique Brewery Ltd represented by Mr Keen, who had held a Personal Licence issued by this Licensing Authority since September 2015, would himself be the Designated Premises Supervisor if the application was granted.  Mr Foord also confirmed that no issues had arisen since he had been issued with his licence.  He reported that a valid application had been received on 14 August 2015, and that the representation period had run for 28 days until 10 September 2015.  The statutory notice had been displayed at the premises and a notice published in the Chichester Observer series of newspapers on 27 August 2015.  Representations were received from Sussex Police, whose concerns had been successfully mediated, the Environmental Health Authority and the Western Sussex Campaign for Real Ale (‘CAMRA’) which was in support of the application. 

He explained that the application was described as a micro pub concept, which had grown in popularity during the last ten years, in the form of an old fashioned ale house.  The application stated that real ales, wines and ciders would be on sale and that it would not have any games machines or loud music.  It also stated that a warm and cosy environment would be created with cribbage or bar skittles available to play and that limited food would be available.  The target customer age was predicted to be 40 with the expected average age being 55.  The absence of games and televisions for sporting events would help detract large crowds of younger people. 

Sussex Police had withdrawn their representation, having confirmed that agreement had been made in principle with the applicant to their proposed conditions.  However, it remained a matter for the Sub-Committee to consider the inclusion of these conditions.  He advised that the representation made by the Environmental Health Authority remained outstanding.  He advised that Mr M Malkin who had submitted a letter of support on behalf of the Western Sussex Campaign for Real Ale was not able to attend the hearing but a colleague was in attendance in his place as an observer. 

He referred to the unresolved planning matter and advised that the planning, building control and licensing regimes must be separated.  The Sub-Committee was not bound by decisions made under the planning regime and vice-versa.  He confirmed that the playing of live and recorded music would not take place on a regular basis and was only being applied for on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.  It was intended that the music played would be incidental to the retail sale of alcohol, which as a result would be exempt from being  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

(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 for consideration at the meeting.