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 Desna Allen as Chairman for this meeting only.

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

Cllr Dennis Drewett was substituting for Cllr Andrew Davis for this hearing.

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 – 11 of the Agenda refers).

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

To consider and determine an Application for a Premises Licence by Powwow Productions Limited in respect of Field Trip Festival, Grange Farm, Bratton Road, West Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

Application for a Premises Licence by Powwow Productions Limited in respect of Field Trip Festival, Grange Farm, Bratton Road, West Ashton, Trowbridge

Teresa Bray, Licensing Officer for Wiltshire Council introduced the purpose and scope of the application, the premises to which it related and the key issues for consideration. 

Teresa confirmed that a time limited Premises Licence was sought for licensable activities from Friday 26 August to Monday 29 August 2016.

During the consultation period 5 relevant representations were received. Four from local residents and one from the divisional Ward Councillor.

In accordance with the procedure detailed in the agenda, the Applicant and those who had made a Relevant Representation were given the opportunity to address the Sub Committee.

Key points raised by Frank Fender, Ryan Allcott, Matthew Perrin and Mark Henninger on behalf of the Applicants were:

·               The time limited premises licence was being sought for a Festival.  The Applicants ran a one day event at these premises last year and following its success wished to run a longer event over the August bank holiday weekend;

·                The Field Trip Festival was very successful last year and there were no official complaints received following the event.  Some of the profits from the event are donated to charity;

·                As the event was going on over a number of days there would also be camping offered at this festival.  It was intended that patrons stay for the duration of the event;

·                The Applicants had attended Event Safety Advisory Group meetings where they had been given excellent advice by the Responsible Authorities and this had led to them being satisfied with the event management plan and not then feeling it necessary to make any representations;

·                When the application for a one day Premises Licence was made last year the Parish Council made a relevant representation but they were pleased to note that they had not felt the need to object to this application;

·                Looking at the representations received there is a general objection to the timing of this proposed event as it clashes with Edington Festival which is not a relevant consideration of the upholding of the licensing objectives;

·                One of the objectors states that people will be effected in West Ashton by this event, but there have been no representations received from residents of West Ashton;

·                The event was strictly for over 18’s and has been advised accordingly.  No one with children or who are under 18 would be admitted to the site and only a limited amount of alcohol was permitted to be brought into the camping area;

·                Following the event, all litter would be cleared from the site and the immediate area; and

·                The Edington Festival is 2.66 miles away from the Festival site and there is not a clash as it was completely different music genres at each event.

The Sub Committee asked the following questions of the Applicant:

Q         Please could you confirm the order in which the outside stages will            close down at the event?

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