Agenda and minutes

Licensing Committee - Thursday, 7th January, 2010 10.00 am

Venue: The Assembly Room - Town Hall, Macclesfield SK10 1EA. View directions

Contact: Julie Zientek, Democratic Services Officer  Email: julie.zientek@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

72.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mrs R Bailey, H Davenport and M Parsons.

73.

Declarations of Interest

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda

Minutes:

Councillor M Hardy declared a personal and prejudicial interest in that he had received a number of telephone calls from concerned residents that his wife knew the Applicants personally and the Applicant’s wife was his wife’s Line Manager and in accordance with the Code of Conduct he left the meeting prior to the application being considered.

 

A number of Councillors stated that they had received correspondence or telephone calls from members of the public objecting to the application however they had not voiced an opinion in respect of the application.

74.

Application for a Premises Licence Variation - Repent Nightclub, 84B Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire pdf icon PDF 88 KB

To consider an application to vary the Premises Licence forRepent Nightclub, 84B Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Committee considered a report regarding an application to vary the Premises Licence for Repent Nightclub, 84B Mill Street, under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003.

 

A number of objectors, the applicant and the applicant’s representatives attended the hearing and made representations with respect to the application.

 

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 written representations of a number of local residents and consideration of each of the licensing objectives the following course of action was agreed:-

 

RESOLVED-The Committee determined that there were no conditions it could impose which would enable the variation to be granted without causing harm to the licensing objectives. The Committee therefore resolved to refuse the variation application.

 

The Applicant was reminded of the right to appeal the decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.