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

The Committee agreed to appoint Councillor Dr Mahony as Chair and Councillor Rennie as Vice Chair for this particular meeting.

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

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

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

There were no items of Chair’s urgent business.

The Director of Public Health will submit a report in relation to the application for a Temporary Events Notice from Ms Amy Magee, The Clarence, 31 Clarence Place, Stonehouse, Plymouth.

The Committee –

• Considered the report from the Office of the Director of Public Health

Heard from the Environmental Health Officer that –

• The premises previously went before the Licensing Committee on 1 August 2017 when the Committee took the decision to remove entertainment  from the premises licence in accordance with s.177A Licensing Act 2003 removing any exemption for entertainment taking place without a licence.
• Details of complaints that had been received which led up to the decision to remove entertainment from the premises licence in August 2017.
• Since the hearing on 1 August 2017 the Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor has changed to the applicant.
• Nearby residents have contacted the Environmental Health department and expressed concerns since the change in management as the Clarence is intending to provide regulated entertainment.  The residents are worried that any regulated entertainment would have unacceptable levels of noise that would cause a public nuisance.
• He has spoken with the manager of the Clarence to advise that Environmental Health would be making an objection to any application for regulated entertainment due to the short space of time that has passed since the review hearing
• The manager stated that structural changes to the pub would take place to minimise noise breakout before any application for entertainment was submitted.  The department has not had any further contact with the pub manager regarding any alterations to mitigate any noise escape.
• The manager also stated that she would contact local residents and discuss any proposals to have regulated entertainment with them.
• On 24 October 2017 two applications for temporary event notice had been received, the first being a late notice applying for a party to take place on 3 November 2017 and the second being this application being considered
• The first application was refused by officers in accordance with their delegated powers to deal with late temporary event notices.
• The second application did not contain sufficient detail regarding the nature of the event and as it was now known whether the event would include amplified music, a band, or karaoke for officers to be able to reach a conclusion on the event.
• On the 6 November 2017 the Manager of the premises contacted the Environment Officer to advise that they had installed 2 layers of sound insulating board  on the party wall with the adjoining property
• Despite leaving messages on telephone number provided on the application, there had been no contact until the 6 November from the Premises Licence holder or the Manager so the Officer considered it appropriate to refer the application to Committee for consideration.

Heard from the applicant, the Manager of the premises and performer of the event as follows –

·         The Premises Licence Holder could not recall receiving any missed calls or messages and perhaps there had been a typing error made on the application form for the telephone number

·         They presented the Committee with photographs showing the work that had been completed at the property which consisted of installing 2 layers  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.

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.

There were no items of exempt business.