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

It was moved by Councillor Wiggins, seconded by Councillor A Cossens and:-

RESOLVED that Councillor J Henderson 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 submitted or substitutions made on this occasion.

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee, held on Wednesday 1 October 2025.

It was moved by Councillor Cossens, seconded by Councillor Wiggins and:-

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on Wednesday, 1 October 2025, be approved as a correct record and be signed by the Chairman.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests of Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Councillor Wiggins declared for the public record that she held a personal licence, but that it had no bearing on her capacity to be a member of this Sub-Committee.

The application is made under the Licensing Act 2003 for the variation of a Premises Licence to request an increase of the opening hours and the sale of alcohol hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only.

The Hearings Procedure is also included which outlines the participants involved in the hearing, delineates their respective roles, and describes the order in which the hearing is conducted.

The Sub-Committee heard from the Licensing Manager that the application had been made under the Licensing Act 2003 for the variation of a Premises Licence to request an increase of the opening hours and the sale of alcohol hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only.

The applicant had described Skinners Arms as a Public House.

The applicant had proposed to open to the public on the following days/hours:

Monday to Thursday               10:00 - 01:00   (No change to hours on these days)

Friday and Saturday               10:00 - 02:00

Sunday                                    10:00 - 01:30

The Sub-Committee were informed that the current opening hours had been as follows:

Monday to Thursday               10:00 - 01:00

Friday and Saturday               10:00 - 01:30

Sunday                                    10:00 - 23:30

Following mediation with the objectors, the applicant had subsequently amended the proposed opening times to be as follows:

Monday to Thursday               10:00 – 01:00

Friday and Saturday               10:00 – 02:00

Sunday                                    10:00 – 23:30

The Sub-Committee were informed that with the withdrawal of Sunday, the Variation application for consideration is for Friday and Saturday only.

It was reported that those amended opening times had been accompanied by two suggested conditions to be put in place:

1)    Save for those persons who wish to leave the premises temporarily, for example to smoke, the external garden shall close no later than 2300hrs.

2)    That notices shall be displayed in the rear garden requesting customers to respect the local residents.

Following those amendments to the application, three of the objectors had withdrawn their representations with the agreement of the amended hours and conditions proposed, four objections remained and three had not responded.

Members were notified that the current licensable activities had been:

-       Sale of Alcohol on and off the premises

-       Performance of Live Music

-       Performance of Recorded Music

-       Provision of Facilities for Similar Entertainment

Members had additionally been notified that those licensable activities were licensed for the following times:

Monday to Thursday               10:00 - 00:30

Fridays and Saturdays           10:00 - 01:00

Sunday                                    10:00 - 23:00

The Sub-Committee heard that the sale of alcohol on and off the premises was the only proposed licensable activity to be varied. The proposed hours had been as follows:

Monday to Thursday               10:00 - 00:30   (No change to hours on these days)

Fridays and Saturdays           10:00 - 01:30

Sunday                                    10:00 - 01:00

The Licensing Manager reminded Members that all other licensable activities and conditions currently permitted by the licence would remain unchanged.

The variation application had been attached to the main report (A.1) as Appendix A

The current premises licence had been attached to the main report (A.1) as Appendix B

The Sub-Committee heard that the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (PRSR Act 2011) had removed from the Licensing Act 2003 the specific reference for representations to be made by ‘interested parties’ and had also removed the requirement that representations could only be accepted from persons living in the ‘vicinity’ of the premises concerned, or who had for example, a business in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.