Agenda and minutes

Resolved:  That Councillor Lisle be appointed to Chair the meeting.

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

Members were asked to declare any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests, any prejudicial interests or any disclosable pecuniary interests which they may have in respect of business on the agenda. None were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of Licensing Hearings held on 9 November 2017 and 25 June 2018.

Resolved: That the minutes of Licensing Hearings held on 7 November 2017 and 25 June 2018 be approved and then signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Members considered an application by Crooked Brewing Limited for a Premises Licence [Section 18(3)(a)] in respect of Crooked Brewing, Unit 3 Greenside House, The Green, Acomb, York, YO26 5LL.

In considering the application and the representations made, the Sub-Committee concluded that the following licensing objective was relevant to the Hearing:

1.           The protection of children from harm

In coming to their decision, the Sub-Committee took into consideration all the evidence and submissions that were presented, and determined their relevance to the issues raised and the above licensing objectives, including:

1.           The application form.

2.           The Licensing Manager’s report and the comments of the Senior Licensing Officer given at the Hearing. The Senior Licensing Officer outlined the report noting the proposed activities and their timings made in the application and the information contained within the annexes to the report. She advised that the premises were located in the special policy area. She reported that the consultation had been carried out correctly in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003. She advised that the Applicant had agreed conditions with North Yorkshire Police which included the sale of alcohol to cease at 23:30 hours and the closing time to remain at 24:00 hours. She then gave a summary of the representation received from an other interested party on the grounds that the protection of children from harm licensing objective would be undermined if the application were to be granted. She reported that there were no planning issues in relation to your application. She ended by outlining the 4 options available to the Sub-Committee.

In response to a question from a Member of the Sub-Committee, Senior Licensing Officer clarified that music incidental to the main activity at the bar (background in nature) was not licensable.

3.           The Applicant’s representation at the hearing in which he addressed in turn each of the points raised by the representor. He stated that he felt that a number of concerns raised by the representor fell outside of the scope of the hearing. In terms of the premises reducing trade for existing premises he explained that none of the local premises listed by the objector had objected to the application. the Applicant believed that the premises by being vibrant in nature would promote trade in the local area. In response to the concern that the premises would infringe on the family/children area associated with Acomb Green the Applicant stated that he would adopt procedures to prevent this, through the demarcation of boundaries and the monitoring of drinkers on CCTV. the Applicant noted that the premises would not be marketed at children and would be aimed at adults.

Concerning potential drunken behaviour, the Applicant explained that he had a vested interest to ensure that this did not happen and he outlined the procedures in relation to disorderly behaviour. The Applicant noted that the target market was mature customers over 25 years of age. The Applicant noted Crooked Brewing’s intention to be involved with community safety initiatives, namely working the Sun Inn  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.