Agenda item

The Director of Local Services and Enforcement submits a report on an application for a new premises licence for Bar 47, 37-43 Rutland Street, Leicester.

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The Director, Local Services and Enforcement, submitted a report that required Members to determine an application for a new premises licence for Bar 47, 37-43 Rutland Street, Leicester.

Members noted that a representation had been received which necessitated that the application had to be considered by Members.

The applicant, Mr Simon Green was present with Mr Joe Trowell his assistant. Two officers from the Noise Team were present, also present was the Licensing Team Manager and the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee.

Introductions were made and the procedure for the meeting was outlined to those present.

The Licensing Team Manager presented the report. It was noted that a representation had been received from the Noise Team on 31^st March 2015 that related to the prevention of public nuisance.

An officer from the Noise Team outlined the reasons for the representation and answered questions from Members.

Mr Simon Green was then given the opportunity to outline the details of the application and respond to the points made in the representation and answer questions from Members.

All parties were then given the opportunity to sum up their positions and make any final comments.

Prior to Members considering the application, the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee advised Members of the options available to them in making a decision. Members were also advised of the relevant policy and statutory guidance that needed to be taken into account when making their decision.

In reaching their decision, Members felt they should deliberate in private on the basis that this was in the public interest, and as such outweighed the public interest of their deliberation taking place with the parties represented present.

The Licensing Team Manager, the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee, Mr Simon Green, Mr Joe Trowell and the two officers from the Noise Team then withdrew from the meeting.

Members then gave the application full and detailed consideration.

The Solicitor to the Sub-Committee was then recalled to the hearing to give advice on the wording of the decision.

The Licensing Team Manager, the applicant Mr Simon Green and his assistant Mr Joe Trowell and the two officers from the Noise Team then returned to the meeting.

The Chair informed all persons present that they had recalled the Solicitor to the Sub-Committee for advice on the wording of their decision.

RESOLVED:

                    That the application for a new premises licence for Bar 47, 37-43 Rutland Street, Leicester be granted subject to the conditions consistent with the operating schedule together with the conditions consistent with the representation from the Noise Team as stated in Appendix B, where there was duplication the Noise Team worded condition would take precedence.

In making their decision the Hearing Panel appreciated this was a new venture and wanted it to succeed. The hearing panel encouraged high quality leisure and entertainment however their primary consideration must be public safety and in particular prevention of public nuisance. With this in mind the hearing panel determined to grant the new licence with the conditions put forward by the Noise Team and consistent with the operating schedule.