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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.

Councillor Bryan Chalker substituted for Councillor Douglas Nicol.

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 those attending the meeting.

Applicant: Admiral Taverns, represented by Martin Pincombe and Kathryn Morris (DPS)

Responsible Authorities: Avon and Somerset Police, represented by Martin Purchase (Police Liquor Licensing Officer) and Environmental Health represented by John Harvey (Environmental Health Officer)

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

The Licensing Officer summarised the application, which sought to vary the existing licence by the extension of the hours for the sale of alcohol, to add the provision of regulated entertainment and the provision of late-night refreshment and to add non-standard timings in respect of licensable activity, as detailed in paragraph 4.3 of the report. Representations had been received from the Police and Environmental Health. The Police had proposed that the following two conditions be attached to the licence:

1. All licensable activity will cease at 11pm from outside areas.
2. There will be no new entry to the premises after 11pm.

Environmental Health had proposed that the following conditions be attached to the licence:

1. No amplified music allowed outdoors.
2. No more than 4 outdoor events in any 12 month period.
3. Regulated entertainment outdoors shall be no more than 4 hours in duration unless agreed in writing with the Licensing Authority.
4. Regulated entertainment outdoors shall terminate no later than 2300.
5. The Applicant to submit a Noise Management Plan to the Licensing Authority. This plan will stipulate the number and type of events (indoor and outdoor) planned to take place. The terminal hour and the controls in place e.g. windows and doors to be kept closed, any improvements to the premises to prevent noise breakout, use of noise limiter.

The applicant had confirmed in writing to the Police and to Environmental Health its willingness to accept these conditions. The Sub-Committee was invited to determine the application.

Mr Pincombe read a prepared statement on behalf of the applicant. This said that the application was intended to give the premises and a good tenant, who had invested her own money in the business, an opportunity to prosper. There was a real possibility that without the variation the business would not be able to survive. The extension of hours would allow existing customers to remain in the premises for a longer time and for the business to increase its revenue. Neighbouring premises had longer hours, and customers went to them after the Tyning Inn had closed. The character of the premises would not change; there was no intention that it should become a nightclub. Conditions had been agreed with Environmental Health to control noise. Notices had been put up advising customers to leave the premises quietly and a condition had been put in the operating schedule requiring doors and windows to be closed when regulated entertainment was taking place. The community would suffer if the premises closed. It would be unfair to predict that there would be an increase in disorder at premises which had no history of disorder. There had been no representation against the longer hours.

Kathryn Morris stated that the premises would only remain open to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.