Agenda, decisions and minutes

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

Resolved:

To elect Councillor Jerry Kunkleras Chairman for this meeting only.

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

There were no apologies.

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”.

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

To consider and determine an Application for a Premises Licence made by Adam Ford in respect of Lower Park Farm, Whistley Road, Potterne, Devizes, SN10 5TB.  The report of the Public Protection Officer – Licensing is attached.

Application by Mr Adam Ford a Time Limited Premises Licence in respect of Lower Park Farm, Whistley Road, Potterne, Devizes, SN10 5TB.

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 time limited premises licence, presented by Tessa Isaacson (Public Protection Officer – Licensing) for which one relevant representations had been received.  The application was for the following licensable activities:

·       Live and recorded music outdoors at specific times and dates set out in the report.

·       Provision of late night refreshment for specific times and dates set out in the report.

·       Sale of retail of alcohol (on off sales) for specific times and dates set out in the report.

·       Hours premises open to the public for specific times and dates set out in the report.

It was stated that there were four options available to the Sub-Committee:

·       To grant the licence subject to such conditions as are consistent with those included in the operating schedule submitted with the application, modified to such extent as the Sub-Committee considers appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives, together with any mandatory conditions required by the Licensing Act.

·       To exclude from the scope of the application any licensable activity.

·       To refuse to specify a person as the designated premises supervisor.

·       To reject the application.

It was confirmed a condition had been agreed between Environmental Health and the applicant in respect of music noise levels. No responsible authority had made a representation in objection to the application.

The Chairman invited the Applicant to introduce their application

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

On behalf of the Applicant

Adam Ford – applicant

Gary Chivers – in support of applicant

Kent Baxter – in support of applicant

Jason Tunnicliffe – in support of applicant

Tina Beattie – in support of applicant

Relevant Representations

Councillor Peter Balls – Potterne Parish Council

Councillor Richard Clark – Potterne Parish Council

Applicant’s Submission

Mr Adam Ford (supported as applicant by Gary Chivers, Kent Baxter, Jason Tunnicliffe and Tina Beattie) spoke in support of the application, highlighting the following points:

·       All required information had been provided with the application.

·       All relevant and responsible authorities were satisfied with the application and its preparations for the event.

·       He was happy to meet further with Public Protection and others to answer any queries.

·       He was confident the Scooter Rally would be a safe event which had been properly planned and prepared for.

Sub-Committee Members’ Questions

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

·       In response to questions on the signage that would be displayed advising people not to travel to the event through Whistley Lane and if people ignored this, the Applicant explained that social media would be used to promote the event and how to come to the site and every effort would be made to encourage people to approach from  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.