Agenda and minutes

Licensing Act Sub-Committee - Monday, 1st August, 2016 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Suite 1 & 2, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ. View directions

Contact: Julie Zientek  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

10.

Appointment of Chairman

To appoint a Chairman for the meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED –That Councillor S Davies be appointed Chairman.

11.

Declarations of Interest

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.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

12.

Application for a Premises Licence - Old Sessions House, Toft Road, Knutsford WA16 0PB pdf icon PDF 70 KB

To consider an application for a Premises Licence by Cookson Hotels LLP in respect of Old Sessions House (Formerly Knutsford Crown Court), Toft Road, Knutsford, CheshireWA16 0PB.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application for a Premises Licence for Old Sessions House (now called The Court House Hotel), Toft Road, Knutsford WA16 0PB.

 

The following attended the hearing 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 – That:

 

  1. the application for a premises licence be granted as applied for
  2. the conditions proposed by Environmental Health, as agreed with the applicant and as set out in Appendix 4 of the report, be attached to the premises licence
  3. the condition proposed by the Police, as agreed with the applicant and as set out in Appendix 5 of the report, be attached to the premises licence

 

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