Agenda and draft minutes

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

It was moved by Councillor Winfield, seconded by Councillor McWilliams and:

RESOLVED – That Councillor V Guglielmi 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 on this occasion.

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.

Councillor McWilliams declared as a point of information for the public record that she was the Ward Member for The Bentleys and Frating, which was the adjacent ward to Alresford and Elmstead Ward in which the premises in question was located.

The Sub-Committee will consider an application for the grant of a Premises Licence in respect of the above premises.

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 grant of a Premises Licence  in respect of The Snooty Fox, Frating Road, Great Bromley..

The application had been made under the Licensing Act 2003 for a Premises Licence to be granted which would include the sale of alcohol on and off the premises, the performance of live music, the playing of recorded music, the performance of dance, and the provision of late night refreshment.

The Sub-Committee was informed that this Premises was a public house complete with a beer garden/decking area attached to and within the grounds of the public house.  The area also included a car parking area if required for Weddings or other events.

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

2.2       PROPOSED OPENING HOURS

Mondays to Saturdays                                    1000 to 0130

Sundays                                                          1000 to 2230

3.0       PROPOSED LICENSABLE ACTIVITIES

3.1       Live Music

Mondays to Saturdays                                    1000 to 0000

Sundays                                                          1000 to 2230

3.2       Recorded Music

Mondays to Saturdays                                    1000 to 0000

Sundays                                                          1000 to 2230

3.3       Performance of Dance

Mondays to Saturdays                                    1000 to 0000

Sundays                                                          1000 to 2230

3.4       Anything of a Similar Description of Live Music, Recorded Music or

Performance of Dance

Mondays to Saturdays                                    1000 to 0000

Sundays                                                          1000 to 2230

3.5       Late Night Refreshment

Mondays to Saturdays                                    2300 to 0000

3.6       Sale of Alcohol on and off the premises

Mondays to Saturdays                                    1000 to 0130

Sundays                                                          1000 to 2230

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 nine letters of representation/objection had been received from residents in relation to this application.

The Sub-Committee had before it for its information the relevant extracts from the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy in respect of planning considerations and the statutory ‘Prevention of Public Nuisance’ Licensing Objective.

Members also had before them for their assistance the relevant paragraphs from the Home Office’s Section 182 Guidance that accompanied the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of the following –

            (1)        Prevention of Public Nuisance

            (2)        Prevention of Crime and Disorder; and

            (3)        Planning and Building Control

The Sub-Committee also had before them the Applicant’s Application Form and supporting documentation, a location plan and copies of the representation/objection letters.

The Chairman then invited the Applicant, Snooty Fox Bromley Ltd to give representations to the Sub-Committee.

Mr Ralph Davis assisted by his wife Mrs Jane Davis, who were two of the Applicants advised the Sub-Committee that they had been running public houses since 1989.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.