Agenda and minutes

Councillor Thomas was elected as Chair for the meeting.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

There were no declarations of interest made.

The Chair has agreed to take an item of urgent business to allow the application to be considered within the statutory time period for Temporary Event Notices.

OBJECTION NOTICE GIVEN FOR A TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE: THE SPORTSMAN, PARK RISE, WESTERN PARK, LEICESTER, LE3 6SG.

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The Director, Environmental Services, submitted a report that required Members to determine an objection notice relating to a temporary event notice (TEN) submitted by The Sportsman, Park Rise, Western Park, Leicester, LE3 6SG.

Members noted that an objection notice had been received in respect of the temporary event notice, which necessitated that the temporary event notice had to be considered by Members.

Mr Nicholas Gillespie (Premises User) and Ms Deborah Griffiths (Landlady), and Mr Robin Marston (Noise Team) were present at the meeting. Also present was the Licensing Team Manager and the Solicitor to the hearing panel.

The Chair asked everyone present to introduce themselves.

The Licensing Team Manager presented the report. It was noted that an objection had been received from the Noise Team on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance. The Licensing Team Manager informed Members that the TEN would give an extra six hours operation of licensable activities from midnight on the Friday and Saturday nights requested. In response to a question, she added the premises had not been before the hearing panel previously for a review.

Mr Marston on behalf of the Noise Team outlined the reasons for the objection and answered questions from Members:

·         Pictures were circulated at the meeting, showing the location of the premises, situated in a residential area.

·         The current licence was up to midnight on Friday and Saturday evenings, and 23.00 hours on Sunday evenings. There was a condition on the existing licence to keep noise in the premises during those times.

·         The TEN was for consecutive weekend days.

·         Noise complaints for the premises were received in 2008/09/10/11 and 2013. Noise issues were witnessed by the Noise Team in 2009 and 2010, when loud music could be heard in nearby properties.

·         The premises had not been brought for a review as measures were put in place by the landlord at the time.

·         The Noise Team were concerned with noise breakout from the premises, noise from people smoking outside, noise from people coming and going, and vehicles arriving at and leaving the premises should the TEN be allowed.

·         Noise levels dropped in the area, and it was very quiet after midnight.

·         It was not believed that any conditions on the current licence would control noise issues.

·         The premises were built under old licensing laws, when public houses had earlier closing times.

·         The Noise Team had not been able to negotiate with the premises user as they would have wanted conditions attached and a reduction in hours. The procedure for determining TENs did not allow for both of these options to be implemented together.

·         It was not believed that a noise limiter would have dealt with the concerns of the Noise Team.

·         It was recommended that the TEN be refused, and a counter notice issued.

The premises user was then given the opportunity to respond to the points made and answered questions from Members:

·         The premises were under a different landlord when previous noise complaints were made. No complaints had been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

The meeting closed at 10.40am.