Agenda, decisions and draft minutes
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Chair To elect a Member to act as Chair of the meeting. Minutes: Resolved: That Councillor Nicholls be elected to act as Chair of the hearing. |
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Apologies for Absence To receive and note apologies for absence. Minutes: No apologies for absence were received. |
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Introductions Minutes: Introductions were made. |
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Declarations of Interest 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.
[Please see attached sheet for further guidance for Members].
Minutes: Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest they might have in respect of business on the agenda if they had not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests. None were declared. |
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Exclusion of Press and Public 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. Minutes: Resolved: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting 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. |
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Additional documents:
Decision:
Minutes: Members considered an application by Philippa Myers and Kate Starkey for a determination of application for Determination of Application for Premises Licence [Section 18(3)(a) Licensing Act 2003] in respect of The Fox Inn, Stockton on the Forest, York, YO32 9UW. In considering the application and the representations made, the Sub-Committee concluded that the following licensing objective was relevant to the Hearing:
1. Prevention of Crime and Disorder 2. Public Safety 3. The Prevention of Public Nuisance.
In coming to its 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 objective, including:
1. The application form.
2. The papers before it including the written representations received from local residents.
3. The Licensing Manager’s report and her comments made at the Hearing The Licensing Manager presented the report and noted that the premises was a village pub in a rural setting with seating for 50 people indoors. The premises had previously been licensed up to April 2025. The Licensing Manager reported that the premises was not located within the Cumulative Impact Area (CIA) and that there had been no representations made by Responsible Authorities. The Licensing Manager outlined the report and annexes and noted that paragraph four on page 52 would not apply to the application as the application did not concern off sales.
The Licensing Manager drew attention to the representations made in Annex 5 on the grounds of prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, and prevention of public nuisance, and the Agreed Conditions with North Yorkshire Police in Annex 3.
In response to questions from members, the Licensing Manager confirmed that: · Parking was primarily a planning matter, but the Sub-Committee could consider prevention of public nuisance in regard to parking.
4. The Applicant’s Representation at the hearing.
Philippa Myers and Kate Starkey (the Applicants) presented their case and noted that the premises had been a pub in the community from 1886 and closed in August 2024; the opening hours applied for mirrored the hours of the previous licence for the premises, along with amendments following liaison with North Yorkshire Police; the licenced hours applied for were available on page 15 of the agenda with the agreed conditions with North Yorkshire Police on page 52 of the agenda.
They confirmed that the main offering at the pub would be food, and that investment had been made to improve the kitchen and the premises to reflect this. They continued to state that a dispersion policy would be in place to remind customers to leave quietly and respectfully.
In response to questions from members, the Applicants confirmed that:
· They were happy with the conditions agreed with North Yorkshire Police regarding the use of CCTV etc. · The beer garden is a small outside space which was not included in this application and was not up for consideration by the Sub-Committee but could be considered within future applications. · The premises through previous licences had a strong food ... view the full minutes text for item 32. |