Agenda and draft minutes

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

It was moved by Councillor Turner, seconded by Councillor Casey and:

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

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

There were no apologies for absence, or substitutions.

To confirm and sign as correct records, the minutes of the meetings of the Sub-Committee, held on 13 August 2021 and 19 August 2021.

The minutes of the meetings of the Premises/Personal Licences Sub-Committee held on 13 August 2021 and 19 August 2021 were approved as correct records and signed by the Chairman.

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.

There were none.

The Sub-Committee will determine an application for the grant of a Club Premises Certificate in respect of the above premises.

The Chairman, Councillor McWilliams 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 Assistant Director, Partnerships , an application for the grant of a Club Premises Certificate in respect of the Upper Dovercourt Social Club, 618 Main Road, Dovercourt, CO12 4LW.

The Sub-Committee was informed that this application had been made under the Licensing Act 2003 for a Club Premises Certificate to include the supply of alcohol on and off the premises, performance of dance, exhibition of films, indoor sporting events, performance of live music, performance of recorded music, performance of plays and regulated entertainment of a similar description.

Section 2.1 of the Officer’s written report set out a general description of the premises which was as follows:

“Upper Dovercourt Social Club offers a relaxed environment for its members to enjoy

shared interests in darts, pool and cribbage.

Entertainment in the form of live music, quiz nights and bingo will also be available to members.

Members will have the opportunity to join and host sports competitions with the availability of club sponsorship.

Section 2.2 of the written report set out the proposed opening hours which were as follows:

Mondays to Thursdays and Sundays             10:00 – 00:30

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 01:30

Section 3.0 of the written report set out the proposed licensable activities which were as follows:

3.1       Performance of Plays

            Mondays to Sundays                                      10:00 – 00:00

3.2       Exhibition of Films

            Mondays to Thursdays and Sundays             10:00 – 00:30

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 01:30

3.3       Indoor Sporting Events

            Mondays to Thursdays and Sundays             10:00 – 00:30

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 01:30

3.4       Performance of Live Music

            Mondays to Thursdays and Sundays             10:00 – 23:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 00:00

3.5       Performance of Recorded Music

            Mondays to Thursdays                                   10:00 – 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 01:00

            Sundays                                                          10:00 – 23:00

3.6       Performance of Dance

            Mondays to Thursdays                                   10:00 – 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 01:00

            Sundays                                                          10:00 – 23:00

3.7       Provision of facilities for making music

            Mondays to Saturdays                                    10:00 – 00:00

            Sundays                                                          10:00 – 23:00

3.8       Provision of facilities for dancing

            Mondays to Saturdays                                    10:00 – 00:00

            Sundays                                                          10:00 – 23:00

3.9       Supply of Alcohol on and off the premises

            Mondays to Thursdays and Sundays             10:00 – 00:00

Fridays and Saturdays                                   10:00 – 01:00

Members were made aware that the applicant had also stated the steps that they proposed to take to promote the statutory licensing objectives and those steps were detailed in Sections 4.1 to 4.5 inclusive of the Officer report.

Members were further informed that 6 letters of representation/objection had been received from residents in relation to this application.  No representations had been received from any responsible authorities.

 The Sub-Committee had before it for its information the relevant extracts from the Council’s Statement of Licensing  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47.