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The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 5 on the previous page.

The Democratic Services Officer read out the procedure.

RESOLVED that a Vice-Chair was not required on this occasion.

There were none.

To receive any declarations from Members/Officers of personal/prejudicial interests in respect of matters for consideration at this meeting, together with their statements on the nature of any such interests declared.

There were none.

There was none.

These were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Chair will, if required, explain the licensing procedure.

The Chair drew attention to the Licensing Procedure, copies of which had been made available to members of the public attending the meeting.

 Applicant: Bath Pizza Ltd, t/a Domino’s Pizza, represented by Tim Skelton (Head of Estates), Kelvin Price (Operations Manager), Sigurd Wilberg (Franchisee)

Interested Parties: Steven Dyson, Alex Schlesinger, Rachel Witcombe

The parties confirmed that they had received and understood the licensing procedure.

The Licensing Officer summarised the application. The applicant was seeking to extend the terminal hour for late night refreshment and the closing hour from 01.00 Mondays to Saturdays and 23.30 on Sundays to 01.30 seven days a week. She said that she had received a late email and a photograph from an Interested Party that had not been enclosed with their representation and asked whether they could be submitted in evidence. Mr Skelton did not agree to this, and following advice from the Senior Legal Adviser the Chair did not admit them.

The Applicant’s representatives stated their case. Mr Skelton said that he had little add to the Applicant’s written submissions, though he was happy to discuss any issues. He submitted that the application sought only a minor extension of hours. He was conscious that local residents had concerns about the operation of the premises, but Domino’s prided itself on its community relations. Mr Wilburg said that he had written to all residents in the vicinity informing them of the application and had arranged a meeting to discuss any concerns that they may have. At the meeting it had been agreed that the hours of the premises would be extended in stages; this application was the first stage.

In reply to questions from Members, the Applicant’s representatives stated:

• about 20 people had attended the meeting arranged for residents

• five dedicated parking spaces were included in the lease of the premises

• when the residents were comfortable with the operation of the premises, Domino’s would like to open for the same hours as other takeaways in the vicinity

• radios in delivery vehicles had on/off buttons

• it was Domino’s intention to introduce low-noise electric bikes for deliveries in due course

In reply to a question from a Member, the Licensing Officer stated that there were other takeaways in the vicinity which stayed open till 3am.

The Interested Parties put questions to the Applicant’s representatives.

Ms Witcombe asked how the Applicant could prevent customers from playing loud music in their cars. Mr Price suggested that not all the loud music could be attributed to customers; residents were constantly passing back and forth and they could be responsible for some of it.

Mr Dyson asked about the occupation of disabled parking places by other vehicles. Mr Price replied that Domino’s staff could not be parking enforcers. However, if there were recurrent problems caused by regular customers, Domino’s would speak to them.

Mr Schlesinger asked what time staff would leave the premises at night. Mr Price said that they would do so within ten or fifteen minutes of closing. Cleaning was done behind closed doors and should not give rise to noise nuisance.

The Interested Parties were invited to state their cases.

Mr Schlesinger  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.