(a)

considered the report from the Office of the Director for Public Health;

(b)

heard from the applicant that -

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the application was to extend the permitted hours on a Sunday for the sale of alcohol, late night refreshments, live music, recorded music from 00:00 hours to 02:00 hours to bring the licensed hours into line with the licensed hours already in operation at the premises for the rest of the week and in line with the rest of the premises in the surrounding areas;

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the extension was mainly to cover the summer months to cater for the tourist trade, as during this time, the premises supplied food later into the light evenings; 

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in response to representations raised by other parties and questions from Committee Members, the applicant explained that -

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he worked closely with the Council’s Environmental Health officers to deal with concerns about the volume of music played in the outside area; in consultation with Environmental Health officers he had installed noise limiters on his music equipment and had repositioned the speakers approximately three months ago to point more into the bar area to limit noise travel; he had not been contacted by Environmental Health officers with details of any other problems;

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the music in the outside area of the premises finished at 23:00 hours; the variation would be indoors only between 00:00 hours and 02:00 hours on a Sunday, to conform with the licensed hours already in place for the rest of the week;

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his bar was not the only one in that block that had live music and neighbouring premises held live music events outside which were loud;

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he had been a licence holder for 35 years and had always worked with the authorities during that time;

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he had managers and security staff controlling noise and music was not played to the whole of the outside area but was directed to one side;

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other venues in the same block also had music and noise travels, it may be that performers could be seen in his premises as they were on a small raised stage but other venues further along held live music outside and had no stage, so it may be mistakenly assumed that the music was from  his bar;

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noise can be generated from people walking past the bar as the main pathway was outside but not all were coming from this bar;

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written and oral representations under the Licensing Objectives from other parties -

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Prevention of Crime and Disorder -

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anti-social behaviour was rife in this area and it would become worse if this and other bars were allowed to extend their hours;

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if granted, other premises would likely to follow suit; this would be an inevitable increase in the number of drunken, noisy people in the streets, leading to more anti-social behaviour; an even greater police presence than was now the case would be required and for a long time especially on Fridays and Saturdays;

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