Agenda and minutes

Licensing Act Sub-Committee - Friday, 22nd December, 2023 10.30 am

Venue: Committee Suite 1,2 & 3, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ. View directions

Contact: Sam Jones  Tel: 01270 686643 Email:  samuel.jones@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

13.

Appointment of Chair

To appoint a Chair for the meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That Councillor R Kain be appointed as Chair.

 

14.

Declarations of Interest

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

 

Minutes:

Councillor Wray declared that he lived in Smallwood and was the Ward Member for the area. Councillor Wray said that the Smallwood Parish Council met in the Village Hall and the applicant was also on the Parish Council but had not discussed the application with him.

 

Councillor Kain declared that he had attended functions at Smallwood Village Hall previously, but not for several years.

15.

Application for a Premises Licence - Smallwood Village Hall, School Lane, Smallwood, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 2UR pdf icon PDF 267 KB

To consider the above application.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report to determine an application for a

premises license for Smallwood Village Hall, School Lane, Smallwood, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 2UR.

 

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

 

·         The applicants

 

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 oral and written representations made by all parties to the hearing.

·         The licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance.

·         The Secretary of State’s Guidance under the Licensing Act 2003 (Dec 2022).

·         Cheshire East Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy.

 

The following course of action had been agreed:

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the application for a premises licence be GRANTED subject to the suggested conditions set out in the Operating Schedule accompanying the application and any mandatory conditions that must be included on the licence in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 as amended by the additional conditions set out below.

 

Additional conditions:

 

      i.        The supply of alcohol may take place on the premises between the hours of 11:00 and 23:00 hours, Monday to Saturday.

    ii.        The supply of alcohol may take place on the premises between the hours of 11:00 and 18:00 hours on Sundays.

   iii.        Loudspeakers shall not be located on the exterior of the premises or in the car park outside the premises without the submission of a Temporary Event Notice.