Agenda and minutes

To elect a Member to act as Chair of the meeting.

Resolved: That Councillor Gillies be elected 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.

Councillor Gillies declared a personal, non-prejudicial interest in that, during his time as Lord Mayor, amongst many other attendances at events in that capacity, he had been present at the launch of one of the brewery’s products at the Copmanthorpe Beer Festival.  

To approve and sign the minutes of the Licensing Hearing held on 28 November 2016.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the Licensing Hearing held on 28 November 2016 be approved as a correct record and then signed by the Chair.

Members considered an application by Ainsty Ales Ltd for a Premises Licence Section 18 (3) (a) in respect of Ainsty Ales Brewery, Manor Farm, Intake Lane, Acster Malbis, YO23 2PL.

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

·        The prevention of public nuisance.

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

1.   The application form, in particular the existing licence conditions and the additional steps agreed to be taken by the applicant to promote the four licensing objectives.

2.   The Licensing Officer’s report and her comments made at the Hearing. She stated that the premises were not in the special policy area, there had been no objections from public protection or any other responsible authorities and consultation had been carried out in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003. The planning department considered the use for Brewery Tours, limited off sales and a small tap room to be incidental to the main use of the premises and therefore planning permission for a change of use was not required. However, should the nature of the use expand beyond this then planning permission may be required for a material change of use. The police did not object provided that additional conditions were imposed (Annex 2), which the Applicant had agreed to.

3.      The Applicant’s representations at the Hearing. He stated that the main purpose of this application was to enable the brewery to provide off - sales of their product, allowing them to more effectively promote their business. They hoped to offer 15 - 20 minute brewery tours with bottles/kegs available to take away at the end. The second part of the application was for a small tap room. This would be staffed by current employees and would therefore only operate during the hours 16:00-18:00 on a Thursday and Friday. The Applicant clarified that as this was a small, quiet village they did not expect a large amount of footfall. Rather, they saw this as a chance to offer a service to the village, where people could come for a couple of hours in the evening. The application to open until 22:00 was to cover what they hoped would be an annual beer festival, which it was felt would be a community gathering the village would come on board with. There would be nothing taking place outside of the building to cause noise issues for surrounding properties. When music/entertainment was on the doors and windows would be kept closed.

4.      Written representations made during the consultation period and the extra information submitted by Mr D. Smith ahead of the Hearing which highlighted the position of Mr Smith’s residence in relation to the premises.

In respect of the proposed licence, the Sub-Committee had to determine whether to take any of the steps mentioned under  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.