Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED:

That Councillor S Davies be appointed Chairman for the meeting.

Councillor S Davies in the chair

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.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider an application for a Premises Licence at Holford Hall, Marquee and Grounds, Chester Road, Plumley  WA16 0UA

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application for a premises licence at Holford Hall, Marque and Grounds, Chester Road, Plumley.

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

•      the applicant

•      a solicitor for the applicant

•      four representative of the applicant

•      a solicitor for local residents

•      five local residents

•      a representative of the Parish Council

•      a representative of the Residents Association

•      a representative of the Environmental Health Service

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:

That the application for a premises licence be granted in the following terms and subject to the following conditions:

Sale and Supply of Alcohol  (for consumption on the premises only)

Monday to Sunday 10.30 to 00.30

Seasonal Variation: from the start of permitted hours on New Years Eve to the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Day. An extra hour on the day that British Summer Time commences.

Provision of Late Night Entertainment

Plays (to take place  indoors only)

Films (to take place both indoors only)

Live and recorded music (to take place indoors only)

Performance of Dance (to take place  indoors only)

Monday to Sunday 10.30 to 00.30

Seasonal Variation from the start of permitted hours on New Years Eve to the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Day. An extra hour on the day that British Summer Time commences.

Late Night Refreshment (to take place indoors)

Monday to Sunday 23.00 to 01.00

Seasonal Variation from the start of permitted hours on New Years Eve to the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Day. An extra hour on the day that British Summer Time commences.

Hours Premises are Open to the Public

Monday to Sunday 24 hours a day

1          No Regulated entertainment shall take place in the marquee or in the grounds of Holford Hall

2          All staff will be briefed on the event timetable, site layout, emergency procedures and other    relevant site specific information

3          Open containers of alcohol shall not be removed from the premises.

4          A digital hard drive CCTV system will be in operation to cover  internal and external areas of the premises, any area where customers have legitimate access must be sufficiently illuminated for the purposes of CCTV. All CCTV  recorded images will have sufficient clarity/quality/definition to enable facial recognition. CCTV will be kept in an unedited format for a period of 31 days, and DVDs subsequently produced will  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.