Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub Committee - Tuesday 24 September 2013 10.00 am, NEW

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

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

Items

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Item

19.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR

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

Minutes:

Agreed that Councillor Rennie is appointed as Chair and Councillor Mrs Bowyer is appointed as Vice Chair for this meeting.

20.

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.

21.

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.

22.

COOPERAGE, 134 VAUXHALL STREET, PLYMOUTH - GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE PDF 41 MB

The Director for Place will submit a report regarding the grant of a premises licence under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Additional documents:

Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 22./2 is restricted

Minutes:

The Committee having –

(a)	considered the report from the Director for Place;
(b)	heard from the applicant that:
	·	as the building had been empty for some time the applicant wanted to reopen it as they considered it to be a viable business. Their intention was to run the premises without causing a disturbance to their neighbours and would work with local residents to ensure no problems were caused by the operation of the premises. They considered that the premises would be an asset to the community;
	·	the premise was not within the cumulative impact zone;
	·	they were looking to attract a mixed clientele;
	·	the premises would operate in three different areas. There would be a wine bar where soft music would be played, a function room and a back room where live music would take place. These three areas would not operate with music at the same time as they would compete against each other. There would not be any raves at the premises;
	·	in light of the objections from local residents the applicant stated that live music would cease at 12.30am and from that point onwards wind down music would be played;
	·	the sound system which had been within the premises would be replaced with a smaller one and speakers would not be on the party walls. These measures would prevent the noise disturbance which residents had previously suffered. Additionally they were prepared to have a sound limiter;
	·	they had undertaken some sound insulation works and would undertake further ones as they became necessary. However they were unable to supply sufficient details to allow environmental health to be able to comment on whether the insulation would be sufficient;
	·	they did not know what the acoustic properties of the building were at present and that they may need to make further alterations if there were problems with noise;
	·	the capacity of the premises would be 1000 people however the applicant did not envisage this number attending and considered that 750 people would be more realistic. They stated that the capacity figure may need addressing;
	·	there would be eight CCTV cameras inside the premises and eight CCTV cameras outside. This would be well advertised. The monitor would be in an office on the first floor but would not be monitored by staff continuously;
	·	they would ensure that they had sufficient doorman to deal with the number of people on the premises;
	·	the closing time of the premises was earlier than nearby premises to help with the dispersal of patrons;
	·	some events would be ticketed;
	·	they would have two different entrances to cope with any queues; maybe a pre bought ticket entrance and a pay on entry entrance;
	·	they did not believe there would be queues as they considered that people would drift in and leave in dribs and drabs;
	·	there would be two free of charge telephones within the premises which would help with dispersal;
	·	patrons would not be allowed to take drinks outside and door staff would be responsible ... view the full minutes text for item 22.

23.

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.