Agenda and draft minutes

The Democratic Services Officer drew attention to the Emergency Evacuation Procedure.

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At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting.

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest (as defined in Part 4.4 Appendix B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests).

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officer or a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

There were none.

There was none.

The Sub-Committee RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the meetings held on 26^th March 2026 and 2^nd April 2026 and they were duly signed by the Chair.

The Chair referenced the procedure that would be followed during the course of the meeting.

Those that were present confirmed that they had received and understood the licensing procedure.

The Regulatory Officer (Licensing) introduced the report to the Sub-Committee and outlined the application and the licence that was being applied for. He also provided them with a summary of actions that had taken place since the meeting had been adjourned on 2^nd April 2026.

He explained that the Police had drafted a set of conditions which had been accepted by the applicant and that following the applicant’s acceptance of the proposed conditions the Police withdrew their representation via e-mail.

He informed the Sub-Committee that the B&NES’ Health & Safety Team were updated on these discussions and provided with a copy of the accepted conditions. The B&NES’ Health & Safety Team commented on the conditions and asked for further clarification on some of their concerns raised in their original representation.

The B&NES’ Health & Safety Team’s questions were forwarded to the Applicant for them to respond to. The Applicant replied to B&NES’ Health & Safety Team’s questions, via e-mail and this was forwarded to the Health & Safety Team. The B&NES’ Health & Safety Team have withdrawn their representation via e-mail.

He stated that there are no further live representations regarding this application.

The applicant, Mr Paul Wadsworth addressed the Sub-Committee and said that he had nothing further to add at this stage.

Councillor Shaun Hughes commented that he was pleased that both the Police and the B&NES’ Health & Safety Team were happy with the conditions that had been proposed. He asked the applicant to consider amending the times for the sale of alcohol to cease prior to the closing down time of each day of the event.

Mr Wadsworth asked if a period of 30 minutes before closure would be sufficient.

The Regulatory Officer (Licensing) replied that this would be the normal practice.

Mr Wadsworth said that he would accept that as a condition of the licence and cease selling alcohol 30 minutes before the closing down time of each day of the event.

Decision & Reasons

Members have determined an application for a new Premises Licence at High Acres, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DR. In doing so they have taken into consideration the Licensing Act 2003, Statutory Guidance, the Council’s Policy, Human Rights Act 1998 and case law. 

This matter was before the Licensing Sub-Committee on 2^nd April 2026 when it was adjourned pursuant to regulation 12 of the Licensing Act (Hearings) Regulations 2005 on the basis that Members considered this to be necessary for the consideration of the representations.

Members are aware that the proper approach under the Licensing Act is to be reluctant to regulate in the absence of evidence and must only do what is appropriate and proportionate in the promotion of the licensing objectives on the information before them. Members reminded themselves that each application must be considered on its own merits. 

Mr Wadsworth appeared before Members as the applicant. He confirmed to Members that an agreement had been reached between him, the police and the Council’s Health and Safety section of the Public  ...  view the full minutes text for item 80.