Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub Committee - Tuesday 21 January 2014 10.00 am

Venue: Council House (Next to the Civic Centre), Plymouth

Contact: Helen Rickman/Katey Johns Email: helen.rickman@plymouth.gov.uk/katey.johns@plymouth.gov.uk

Items

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Item

50.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR

The Committee will appoint a Chair and Vice-Chair for this particular meeting.

Minutes:

Agreed that Councillor Gordon is appointed Chair and Councillor Mrs Bowyer is appointed Vice-Chair for this meeting.

51.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest in accordance with the code of conduct.

52.

CHAIR'S URGENT BUSINESS

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

Minutes:

There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business.

53.

WOODSIDE, 12 GASKIN STREET, PLYMOUTH - REVIEW OF PREMISES LICENCE PDF 5 MB

The Director for Place will submit a report in respect of a review of a premises licence at the Woodside, 12 Gaskin Street, Plymouth.

Additional documents:

Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 53./2 is restricted
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Restricted enclosure 6 View the reasons why document 53./4 is restricted

Minutes:

The committee was advised that some matters linked to the review hearing were still under investigation and there may be prejudice to that investigation if the committee proceeded to hear evidence.

The Solicitor for the Premises Licence Holder outlined that conditions had been agreed between themselves and Environmental Health which addressed the concerns which had led to the review. All parties agreed that the conditions would be an appropriate way to deal with the matter.

With the agreement of all parties present the committee retired to consider the report and the agreed conditions.

The committee identified that the main issues in relation to the review were disturbance from live music between 8pm/8.30pm and 11.30/11.45pm and noise from the use of the outdoor area. The committee considered that these issues were relevant to the Prevention of Public Nuisance licensing objective and were satisfied that the recommended conditions addressed these issues.

Therefore the committee agreed that it was appropriate to apply the conditions listed below which had been agreed between Environmental Health and the Premises Licence Holder and that the conditions relating to live music are applied in accordance with section 177A(4) of the Licensing Act 2003.

Agreed Conditions:

Noise nuisance
1.	No regulated entertainment will take place until a noise limiting device (the specification and design to be agreed with Environmental Health Service) is fitted so that all regulated, live, Karaoke and recorded music (including the Juke Box) is channelled through the device(s). The maximum noise levels will be set by agreement with the Environmental Health Service and will be reviewed from time to time as appropriate.
2.	All doors and windows shall be kept shut during regulated entertainment.
3.	All doors and windows shall be maintained in good order and where appropriate acoustically sealed to minimize noise breakout.
4.	Staff shall check prior to the commencement of regulated entertainment, and periodically during regulated entertainment that all windows and doors are shut.
5.	Noise emanating from the premises shall not be heard above background levels 1 metre from the facade of the nearest residential property.
6.	The performance of live music will cease by 23:00 hours
7.	The performance of live entertainment will be limited to a maximum duration of three hours inclusive of any breaks.
8.	The performance of live entertainment will be limited on a weekly basis (Monday to Sunday) as follows:
	·	No more than two 'band' nights ('band' being defined as having three or more musicians)
	·	No more than one karaoke night
	·	Unlimited acoustic acts or acts with no more than 2 musicians performing at the same time
9.	The main Entrance to be provided with a lobby and the patio doors and internal lobby doors to be fitted with automatic door-closers and shall be maintained in good working order.
10.	The Premises Licence Holder shall nominate a senior member of staff as the person responsible for the management, supervision, compliance with licensing conditions and general control of regulated entertainment. This person will also be responsible for ... view the full minutes text for item 53.

54.

EXEMPT BUSINESS

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Minutes:

There were no items of exempt business.