Agenda and decisions

To receive and note apologies for absence.

At this point in the meeting, Members and co-opted members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest, or other registerable interest, they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

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To consider excluding the Press and Public during the sub-committee’s deliberations and decision-making at the end of the hearing, on the grounds that the public interest in excluding the public outweighs the public interest in that part of the meeting taking place in public, under Regulation 14 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005.

To approve and sign the minutes of the Licensing Hearings held on 26 June, 28 August, and 29 September 2025, and 13 April 2026.

Hearing Reconvened in private session a 11:31 hours on 28 May 2026.

PRESENT: Councillors Watson (Chair), Cuthbertson, and Rose.

The Sub-Committee resolved to reject the whole or part of the application (Option 2), and in doing so the Sub-Committee granted the variation to layout of the plans as applied for as shown below, and granted the part of the application for live music subject to the following condition:

·      Live music from the hours of 23:00 to 2:00 every day (including an additional hour on Bank Holidays and New Year’s Eve) is permitted only within the Rooms marked 1-5 on the Premises Licence plan (as shown in the hearing agenda at Annex 1 of the report from the Director – Environment & Regulatory Services).

The licence is also subject to the mandatory conditions applicable to licensed premises.