Agenda and draft minutes

To elect a Member to act as Chair of the meeting.

It was proposed, and seconded, that Councillor Richard Sweeting be elected as Chair for this meeting.

RESOLVED:

To appoint Councillor Richard Sweeting as Chair for this meeting.

There were no apologies for absence.

A copy of the Register of Interest for each Selby District Councillor is available for inspection at www.selby.gov.uk.

Councillors should declare to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest in any item of business on this agenda which is not already entered in their Register of Interests. Councillors should leave the meeting and take no further part in the consideration, discussion or vote on any matter in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

Councillors should also declare any other interests. Having made the declaration, provided the other interest is not a disclosable pecuniary interest, the Councillor may stay in the meeting, speak and vote on that item of business.

If in doubt, Councillors are advised to seek advice from the Monitoring Officer.

There were no disclosures of interest.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee’s held on 28 October 2021 and 21 December 2021.

The Committee considered the minutes of the meetings held on 28 October 2021 and 21 December 2021.

RESOLVED:

To approve the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee meetings held on 28 October 2021 and 21 December 2021.

To confirm the procedure to be followed at the meeting.

The Committee noted the Licensing hearing procedure.

To receive the report from the Licensing Manager, which asks Members to determine an application for a premises licence, which has been made under the Licensing Act 2003.

The Chair introduced all the parties present at the meeting and summarised the Licensing hearing procedure which had been circulated as part of the agenda pack.  The applicant confirmed that she had received a copy of the hearing procedure.

The Chair confirmed that the Committee had viewed the four clips of video footage which had been provided by one of the representors.

The Licensing Manager presented the report which outlined the details of the application for the determination of a premises licence for the Ash Tree Inn, London Road, Barkston Ash, Leeds, LS24 9PP.  The hearing had been necessitated by representations which had been received from three members of the public.

The Sub-Committee heard that the application was to permit the sale of alcohol, regulated activity and late-night refreshments, at the designated premises, on the days and times as detailed within the report.

It was confirmed that a consultation had been carried out by the applicant in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 (Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates) Regulations 2005, and that the applicant had complied with all the statutory requirements.

The Licensing Manager informed Members that the Responsible Authority Environmental Health Team had originally made a representation, however this had since been withdrawn as conditions had been agreed between Environmental Health and the applicant. The necessary amendments had been incorporated into the operating schedule following these representations and formed the conditions of any granted licence.

In relation to the agreed condition taking into consideration a noise impact assessment for external amplified music of a live events space, identified as condition number 21 within appendix 11, the draft premises licence. The Licensing Manager stated that clarity had been sought from the Environmental Health Team on what measures were specifically required by that particular condition; it was confirmed that the following six measures must be put in place by the applicant: - 

1. A noise limiting device must be installed and must operate at all times regulated entertainment takes place at the premises. The device must be of a type, in a location and set at a level approved in writing by the appropriate officer of the Council.

2. All doors and windows in the marquee should be kept closed during operational hours, except when access was required.

3. Mechanical door closers shall be installed and an alternative means of ventilation during hot days may be required.

4. Site staff shall be made aware that they are working in the vicinity of noise-sensitive receptors and avoid all unnecessary noise due to elevated music levels, opening of doors and windows or excessive noise from patrons.

5. The Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) shall implement strict staff rules to ensure that the staff immediately respond to unnecessary elevated noise levels.

6. All operational staff will be responsible for reporting any noise problems immediately to the DPS.

Members noted that the three people who had made representations against the application had all objected on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance objective.

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