Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the meeting.

RESOLVED – That Councillor P Whiteley be appointed Chairman.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.

Councillors D Bebbington and S Davies declared a personal interest in respect of the matter under consideration, on the grounds that they knew one of the local residents.

To consider an application for a premises licence for land at Bridgemere Lane, Hunsterson.

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application for a Premises Licence under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Sub-committee members also considered two additional letters from local residents, which had been deemed to be relevant representations following the publication of the agenda for the meeting, a revised site location plan showing the correct location of the land in question, which had been marked incorrectly on the map attached to the report, and photographs of the access point and the lane.

An Environmental Health Officer, local residents, representatives of the applicant, a representative from Doddington Parish Council and the three Ward Members attended the hearing and made representations with respect to the application.

[Note: The meeting was adjourned from 11.20 am to 11.25 am for a short break.]

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 further interested parties, the Environmental Health Service and Cheshire Constabulary

the following course of action had been agreed:

RESOLVED – That the application be REFUSED for the following reasons:

(a)  The operating schedule as drafted is wholly inadequate and the site in question is inappropriate for the proposed use.

(b)  There are no conditions which the Sub-Committee could impose which would enable the application to be granted without causing harm to the licensing objectives.

[Note:  The Chairman read in full the Decision Notice, including the reasons for refusal, and requested the Borough Solicitor to send a copy of the Notice to the applicant and objectors.]