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Items
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1.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

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

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The Democratic Services Officer read out the procedure.

2.

ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR (IF DESIRED)

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

3.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

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There were none.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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.

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There were none.

5.

TO ANNOUNCE ANY URGENT BUSINESS AGREED BY THE CHAIR

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There was none.

6.

MINUTES: 15 SEPTEMBER 2011 pdf icon PDF 58 KB

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

7.

LICENSING PROCEDURE

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

Additional documents:

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The Chair drew attention to the licensing procedure, copies of which had been made available to those attending the meeting.

8.

APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE FOR TEMPLE INN, MAIN ROAD, TEMPLE CLOUD, BRISTOL BS39 5DA pdf icon PDF 2 MB

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Applicant: Duncan Sheen

 

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

 

Interested Parties: Mr and Mrs Osborne, Mr and Mrs Dean

 

The Licensing Officer summarised the application. The licensable activities and hours applied for were set out in paragraph 4.2 of her report. The Police had proposed additional conditions, to which the applicant had agreed in writing.

 

Mr Sheen stated his case. He said that he had taken over the management of the Temple Inn in October 2010. He was the owner of the business that operated the premises, but he did not own the premises. The premises owner had gone into administration and he was considering purchasing the building. Before making his application he had had talks with the Police, Licensing Officers, the Fire Authority and other agencies. A new licence was required rather than a variation because of the number of changes he wished to make. The hours on the current licence were very restricted and the sale of alcohol was permitted only in the main pub building and not in the detached function room. The ordinary operation of the pub was losing money, but he had found that he made money with special events. However, he had used his full quota of Temporary Event Notices. There was a black and white CCTV system, but the Police had recommended the installation of a new colour system, which would cost £2,000. He could retain the old CCTV system if events only took place occasionally. However, to be financially viable, the pub needed to provide regulated entertainment as a standard feature. There were two local skittles teams and three pool teams who used the premises. Because skittles matches were held in the function room, which was not covered by the current licence, members of the skittles teams had to purchase drinks in the main pub and then carry them to the function room, which was inconvenient. There had been no complaints made by residents when events had been held at the premises, though when this application had been advertised someone had said that he thought that he had been disturbed by noise on one night. In fact there had been no event on the night he mentioned.

 

In response to a question from Mr Purchase, Mr Sheen said that he would accept the suggestion from the Police that the non-standard times for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing should be deleted from the application, though by an oversight he had failed to state this in his letter to Mr Purchase of 28th September 2011.

 

Mr Dean asked whether it would be possible to stop customers going outside to smoke from taking drinks with them. The Licensing Officer drew attention to the condition proposed by the Police that prohibited alcohol being sold or consumed in the garden and all outside areas beyond 11pm each day.

 

Mrs Osborne asked Mr Sheen why he wished to change the character of a quiet village pub.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.