Agenda, decisions and minutes

To elect a Chairman for the meeting of the Sub Committee.

Nominations for a Chairman of the Licensing Sub Committee were sought and it was

Resolved:

To elect Councillor Allison Bucknell as Chairman for this meeting only.

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

There were none.

The Chairman will explain the attached procedure for the members of the public present.

There were none.

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

To consider and determine an application for a variation of a Premises Licence in respect of Green Hill Farm Caravan and Campsite, New Road, Landford made by Lovat Parks LTD

Application by Lovat Parks Ltd for a Variation to a Premises License in respect of Green Hill Farm Caravan and Campsite, New Road, Landford, SP5 2AZ.

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 to a premises license, presented by Katherine Edge (Public Protection Officer – Licensing) for which 5 relevant representations had been received.  The application was for the following licensable activities:

·       Consolidate two premises licenses in to one LN/8223 and LN/42197

·       Extend the licensable area

·       Extend current alcohol trading hours

·       Include the addition of Film Indoor

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

i) To grant the licence as applied for.

ii) To modify the conditions of the licence.

iii) To reject (refuse) the whole or part of the application.

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

On behalf of the Applicant

·       Ross Birkett – General Manager

·       Sean Power – Operations Director

Relevant Representations

·       Richard Higgins local residents in objection to the application

·       Sam Smith local residents in objection to the application

·       Stephanie Hildon local residents in objection to the application

·       Gemma Wilks local residents in objection to the application

The Chairman advised that the written representations had been read and considered by the members of the Sub Committee in advance of the meeting.

The Chairman invited the Applicant to introduce their application.

Applicant’s submission

The Applicant and his representatives (Ross Birkett, Raoul Fraser & Sean Power) spoke in support of the application, highlighting the following points:

·       The site currently had 2 licences, these were for the café bar (2019) and the shop (2019).

·       The applicant wished to consolidate the licenses and have an all year round license, rather than be limited to seasonal.

·       Efforts had been made to strengthen the promotion of the Licensing Objectives, including reduced guest numbers, , reduced touring, less vehicular traffic, and increased warden activity on the park.

·       The park had a different demographic, and now included lodges.

·       The park was in a better position than it had been in the previous 2 years to ensure the objectives were met.

·       The change to trading during all 12 months of the year would not alter the activity on the site as the existing 2 licenses already covered all of the months jointly.

Sub Committee Member’s questions

In response to Members questions the following points of clarification were given:

·       The park re-opened the previous day, operating under Covid regulations, some customers were using their own facilities. The site had 46 lodges 30 touring pitches and 15 tent pitches.

·       The number of customers on site was less than in 2019.

·       Touring had been reduced by half. Some areas of the site had been changed to allow larger areas for individual pitches, which resulted in less customers.

·       Work had been carried out throughout the winter to improve the standard of the pitches and reduce  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Appendix 1 – Variation Application

Doc 2 – Premises Plan

Appendix 2 – copies of Licences LN8223 & LN42197

Appendix 3 – Relevant Representations

Appendix 3a – Map detailing location of representations

Appendix 3b – Location Plan of Premises

Appendix 4 – Further correspondence with applicant

Appendix 4a – Responses from representations

Appendix 4b – Removal of ‘Film Outdoors’