Agenda, decisions and minutes

 Resolved:

To elect Councillor Peter Hutton as Chairman for this meeting only.

To receive any apologies for absence and to note any substitutions.

No apologies or substitutions were received. 

The Chairman then asked if anyone present wished to withdraw from the meeting.  All parties confirmed they wished to remain in and take part in the Sub Committee.

The Chairman explained the procedure to be followed at the hearing, as contained within the “Wiltshire Licensing Committee Procedural Rules for the Hearing of Licensing Act 2003 Applications” (Pages 5 to 11 of the agenda refers).

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

To determine an application for a variation of a Premises Licence in respect of
The Crown Inn, Chandlers Lane, Bishops Cannings, Devizes, SN10 2JZ made by Red Oak Taverns Limited

The report of the Public Protection Officer – Licensing is attached

To determine an application for a variation of a Premises Licence in respect of Crown Inn, Chandlers Lane, Bishops Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2JZ made by Red Oak Taverns Limited.

Licensing Officer’s Submission

The Sub Committee gave consideration to a report (circulated with the Agenda) in which determination was sought for an application for a variation of a Premises Licence presented by Teresa Issacson - (Public Protection Officer – Licensing) for which seventeen relevant representations had been received.

The application was for the following licensable activities contained in Appendix two of the agenda pack.

It was noted by the Sub Committee that there were three options available to them:

·         To grant the licence as applied for.

·         To modify the conditions of the licence.

·         To reject the whole or part of the application.

The following parties attended the hearing and took part in it:

On behalf of the Applicant

Sarah Taylor - Partner at Poppleston Allen Licensing Solicitors

Nathan Aldiss - Red Oak Taverns Limited

David Elder - Red Oak Taverns Limited

Gary Molloy - Licensee

Judith McFarland - Licensee

Relevant Representations

Relevant representations were attached as Appendix 6of the agendapack with a location mapof resident’s representations attached as Appendix 7.

On behalf of the Applicant

Sarah Taylor - Partner at Poppleston Allen Licensing Solicitors outlined the application.

Points made included:

·         That the applicants were looking to serve drinks to campers – fizz for breakfasts etc.

·         Regulated entertainment – that the applicants wanted to push entertainments – coming out of covid restrictions.

·         That the applicants were not looking to hold regular music events.

·         That the applicants wanted regulated music outside – beer garden.

·         That the applicants wanted flexibility of what type music events they could hold.

·         That the venue was a village pub – not looking to hold large events.

·         That music events would usually be held on bank holidays, small events - afternoon/evening affairs, with BBQ etc.

·         That no representations had been received from the Wiltshire Police.

·         That the applicants had met with local residents to try and allay any concerns that residents may have had.

·         The need to have some flexibility – the applicant not wanting to apply for Temporary Entertainment Notices as required.

·         That some local residents had written letters of support for the applicants.

·         Concerns re location of the pub being located next to the village church – the applicants had worked with the church to avoid events clashing with church events.

·         That the applicants were working with a local resident who had experience of running music events.

·         That staff and applicants would be monitoring noise levels in the beer garden.

·         That there had been some issues during the European football championship during the Summer of 2021 – first England game was being shown, some rowdiness, singing, chanting and shouting had occurred with police being called, but no violence occurred.

·         That the applicants would have no problem if the Sub-Committee felt that an events management plan should form part of any conditions  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.