Agenda and minutes

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34.

Chairman of the Meeting

The Sub-Committee will elect its Chairman for the meeting.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor J Henderson, seconded by Councillor Coley and:

 

RESOLVED – That Councillor V Guglielmi be elected as Chairman for the meeting.

35.

Apologies for Absence and Substitutions

The Sub-Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

 

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence, or substitutions on this occasion.

36.

Minutes of the Last Meeting pdf icon PDF 115 KB

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Sub-Committee, held on 14 June 2021.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee held on 14 June 2021 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

37.

Declarations of Interest

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Personal Interest, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

 

Minutes:

There were none.

38.

Report of Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery) - A.1 - Application for the Variation of a Premises Licence- British Flag, 56 West Street, Harwich, Essex CO12 3DD pdf icon PDF 260 KB

The Sub-Committee will determine an application for the variation of a Premises Licence held in respect of the above premises.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman (Councillor V Guglielmi) welcomed everyone to the meeting and made introductory remarks.

 

The Council’s Licensing Manager (Michael Cook) then gave a verbal summary of the written report and advised that the Sub-Committee had before it, for its consideration, as set out in Item A.1 of the Report of the Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery), an application for the variation of a Premises Licence held in respect of the British Flag, 56 West Street, Harwich, Essex CO12 3DD.

 

The application had been made under the Licensing Act 2003 to request an increase of the opening hours and the sale of alcohol hours.

 

Section 2.2 of the written report set out the current opening hours of the premises which were as follows:-

 

Monday to Thursday                                                   1000 – 0030

Fridays and Saturdays                                               1000 – 0130

Sunday                                                                        1000 – 0030

 

Sale of Alcohol on and off the premises

Monday to Thursday                                                   10:00 - 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                               10:00 - 01:00

Sunday                                                                       12:00 - 23:30

 

Performance of Live Music

Monday to Thursday                                                   10:00 - 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                               10:00 - 01:00

Sunday                                                                        12:00 - 23:30

 

Performance of Recorded Music

Monday to Thursday                                                   10:00 - 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                               10:00 - 01:00

Sunday                                                                       12:00 - 23:30

 

Other Entertainment falling within Act

Monday to Thursday                                                   10:00 - 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                               10:00 - 01:00

Sunday                                                                       12:00 - 23:30

Non Standard Timings

 

Sale of Alcohol on and off the premises, Performance of Live Music, Performance of Recorded Music, Other Entertainment falling within Act

 

A further additional hour into the morning following every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday for each May Bank Holiday, Spring/Whitsun Bank Holiday and every August Bank Holiday weekend.

 

A further additional hour into the morning following every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

A further additional hour every Christmas Eve.

A further additional hour every Boxing Day.

On New Year's Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, Midnight on 31 December).

 

Section 3.1 of the written report set out the proposed licensable activities which were the subject of the variation application as follows:

 

Opening Hours

 

Monday to Thursday                                                   1000 – 0030

Friday and Saturday                                                   1000 – 0230

Sunday                                                                        1200 – 0000

 

Sale of Alcohol on and off the premises

Monday to Thursday                                                   1000 – 0000

Friday and Saturday                                                   1000 – 0200

Sunday                                                                        1200 – 2330

 

The applicant had also stated the steps that they proposed to take to promote the statutory Licensing Objectives within the Operating Schedule and those steps were detailed in Sections 4.1 to 4.5 inclusive of the Officer report.

 

Members were further informed that twelve letters of representation/objection had been received from residents in relation to this application.

 

It was further reported that one representation had been received from Essex Police with the following comments:

 

Essex Police decided that the application posed a risk to the residents of Harwich  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.