Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED:

That Councillor P Whiteley be appointed as Chairman.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.

In the interests of openness Cllr Bebbington declared that a member of the public had asked him about the application being considered and that he had declined to comment on it.

To consider an application for a Premises Licence by Offbeat Brewery Ltd in respect of Offbeat Brewery, Units 4-6 Thomas Street, Crewe CW1 2BD.

The Sub Committee considered an application for a Premises Licence for Offbeat Brewery, Thomas Street, Crewe CW1 2BD.

The following attended the meeting and made representations with respect to the application:

·         the applicant

·         a representative of the applicant

After a full hearing of the application and in accordance with the rules of procedure, the Chairman of the Sub-Committee reported that, after taking account of :

·         The Secretary of State’s Guidance under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003

·         Cheshire East Borough Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy

·         The four licensing objectives (namely the prevention of crime and disorder; public safety; the prevention of public nuisance, and the protection of children from harm

·         All the evidence, including the oral representations made at the meeting and the written representations of interested parties, the following course of action had been agreed:

RESOLVED:

1          That the application for a premises licence be granted as applied for

2          That the following condition, proposed by the Police, be attached to the premises licence:

i.          Proof of age scheme ’Challenge 21’ be operated for all sales of alcohol

3          That the following condition, proposed by Environmental Health, be attached to the premises licence:

i.          In order to protect the interest of local residents and ensure that the licensing objective of public nuisance prevention is upheld: all necessary steps shall be taken to ensure that any noise from the premises shall not be at a level which could cause a noise nuisance at the boundary of the nearest residential premises, therefore:  Noise emanating from the premises as a result of regulated entertainment shall not be clearly audible at the boundary of any adjacent residential premises

The Applicant and Parties who made relevant representations were reminded of their right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.