Agenda item

Applicant: Widcombe Social Club, represented by James Waterhouse

Responsible Authority: Paul Kendall, Police Licensing Officer

The parties confirmed that they understood the procedure to be followed for the hearing.

The Senior Public Protection Officer presented the report. She informed Members that the Police had proposed additional conditions, which had been accepted by the applicant.

Mr Waterhouse said that he did not wish to add anything to the information in the report.

Mr Kendall said that the Police had felt that the conditions originally offered by the applicant had been inadequate. A meeting had taken place at the premises at which he had proposed the additional conditions set out in paragraph 5.13 of the report. The applicant had accepted these additional conditions. Mr Kendall said that there was one minor amendment to the agreed condition relating to the provision of CCTV, to remove reference to the Licensing Authority.

Following an adjournment the Sub-Committee RESOLVED to grant the application for the reasons, and with the conditions, detailed below.

Reasons

Members have determined an application for a new premises licence at Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe. In doing so they have taken into consideration the Licensing Act 2003, Statutory Guidance, the Council’s Policy and the Human Rights Act 1998.

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 based on the information put before them.

In reaching a decision Members took account of all the relevant oral and written representations, disregarding the irrelevant and were careful to balance the competing interests of the applicant and the Responsible Authority.

Members noted that there were no representations from Interested Parties.

Applicant

The applicant indicated that he was content with the conditions proposed by the police and did not wish to add anything to his application documents and e-mail correspondence with the police.

Responsible Authorities

Paul Kendall as Police Licensing Officer for the Avon and Somerset Constabulary made representations in respect of the prevention of crime and disorder and prevention of public nuisance licensing objectives. He put forward suggested conditions as set out in the written representations, subject to one minor amendment, in order to promote those licensing objectives. The applicant agreed to all of these suggestions conditions.

Members

Members considered the premises were likely to have an effect on the licensing objectives of prevention of public nuisance and prevention of crime and disorder however they felt that conditions would be effective in the promotion of these licensing objectives.

Members resolved to grant the application with conditions consistent with the operating schedule, the mandatory conditions and the conditions as proposed by the Responsible Authority subject to one minor deletion specified below and agreed to by the applicant.

The deletion to a condition proposed by the police is as follows:

“A CCTV system to be installed to the satisfaction of the police and the licensing authority.”

Members took the view that the conditions proposed by the Responsible Authority and agreed to by the applicant were appropriate and proportionate in promoting the prevention of public nuisance and prevention of crime and disorder licensing objectives. 

Delegated authority to the Senior Public Protection Officer to issue the licence.