The Director for Public Health will submit an application for the grant of a license for: Brunel View, 7 Barne Road, St Budeaux, Plymouth, PL5 1EF.

Thecommittee having:

1.    Consideredthe reportfrom the Directorfor PublicHealth

2.    Heardfrom theapplicant asfollows:

·         The conditions of the Police/Fire Service and the PCC Environmental Health Department were accepted

·         Brunel View used to be a working men’s club - trading for 103 years. The applicants is a brand new business with new management and significant investment refurnishing the premises

·         Theintention isit willbe anasset tothe communityby havinga bar,restaurant and entertainment.It isalso the intentionto providefacilities fordarts and pool teams and a venue for a book club. It is intended to be a family venue.

·         All members of the staff (it is anticipated there willbe 30 members of staff) will be trained to a high stranded particularly in relation to Challenge 25 and recognising drunkenness. The business will join Pubwatch which will ensure people who areknown tocause issuesin licensedpremises areexcluded from theBrunel View.The DesignatedPremises Supervision(DPS) hasa significant experience in running family restaurants/public houses (Frankie and Benny’s and Weatherspoons)

·         They take the issue of crime and disorder seriously and this commitment is demonstrated by the installation of a £80K CCTV system which covers the inside and outside of the premises

·         In relation to door supervisors and security within the premises the business accepts the policecondition (Para7). Inaddition therewill bea riskassessment by the DPS regarding the provision of security.

·         In relation the garden – the Environmental Health suggested conditions were read out to the applicant. Those conditions were accepted.

·         Itwas acceptedthere wouldbe somenoise fromthe beergarden. Theapplicant agreed the fence surrounding the garden could be 5 feet high – he explained any higher would not affect the noise being heard because the noise would travel upwards.

·         Therewill beno outdoor music

·         The noise will be contained from the bar and restaurant areas because there are lobby doors

·         Anti-social behaviour will be taken seriously. There will be signage requesting customers to be respectful of neighbours when they leave the premises – customers will also be told to be quiet.

·         The applicant has a zero tolerance to anti-social behaviour and quoted an exampleof complaintsfrom residentsregarding foullanguage froma contractor – he spoke to the contractor about it but did not rectify the issue so he was dismissed.

·         The applicant has tried to engage with the local community and knocked on residents doors listens to concerns and objections – he has tried to address any concerns

·         The applicant noted the concerns over street parking but stated that the premises ison anearby bus routeand it is plannedfor a localtaxi company to provide a dedicated phone booking line to the premises

·         Regarding hours the applicant’s prediction would be Monday – Thursday and Sunday nights would not be particularly busyso the premises is likely to close at 10.30pm. In respect of the rest of the week and busy days the intention will be tooffer sales until midnight and the customers tohave left the premises by 00.15hrs.

·         The applicant understood that the license can where appropriate be reviewed by the committee if there are issues.

3.    Heardfrom otherparties (local residents)making representations

Prevention ofCrime andDisorder

There wereconcerns theprevious licensedpremises wascharacterised bythere being fights/vomitingand criminaldamage tocars. Therewas aconcern thatthere wouldbe an increase in drink driving in the area.

The police do not effectively address the anti-social behaviour in the area– they are not onpatrol whenpeople go homeand onlyrespond to 999 calls.There is alreadya serious problem in the area.

The hours of the license are too long and will encourage the customer to drink too much resulting in the anti-social behaviour.

The committee considered these representations to be relevant under this licensing objective.

The Committee decided that the premises would not add to the problems outlined in the representations:

·         The concerns expressed by the parties were in relation to the Working Men’s Club – the committee need to consider the concerns in relation to this application.

·         The committee accepts the applicant’s representations that management and staffwill tryto pre-emptany crimeor disorderby ensuringalcohol isnot soldto persons under 18 (they will use the Challenge 25 approach)and will not serve alcohol to person in a drunken state

·         Whereappropriate therewill be doorsupervisor securityon thepremises

·         CCTV will monitor behaviour within the premises and the close proximity outside

·         Thereis anemphasis onthe consumption offood ratherthan just drinking

·         There will be signage requesting customers leaving the premises to be quiet and respecting the neighbours

·         There have been no representations from the Responsible Authorities in respect of this licensing objective

Public Nuisance

Noisewas themain concernof theother parties.

The other parties outlined the premises is in a residential area and the noise (from speech and music) from the beer garden would be a nuisance for neighbours. The suggested four foot fence would not contain the noise – there need to be acoustic insolation (this was dismissed by the applicants).

There was also concern that music could be heard from within the building and from peopleleaving thepremises. Thisis aresidential areanot MutleyPlain orUnion Street

In additionthe partiesexpressed concernthe premisesdoes nothave adedicated car park which will result in parking pressures for residents.

The committee considered these representations to be relevant under this licensing objective.

The Committee decided that the premises would not add to the problems outlined in the representations:

·         Againthe Committeedetermined thatthe concernsexpressed bythe partiesis based on historic issues – the application for a premises licences is by a new owners and management.

·         Theapplicant hasaccepted theconditions recommendedby theEnvironmental Health department specifically in relation to no music must emanate from the premises between 23.00 and 08.00 and the restriction on the use of the beer garden

·         Thecommittee acceptsthe applicantsoffer fora fivefoot fencearound thebeer garden

·         Thereare lobbydoors tothe mainpremises, barand restaurantwhich willassist to contain the noise/music

·         The music level are controlled by a restricted access console by the management of the licensed premised not the DJ or parties

·         Noisefrom customerswill bereduced bypeople showingsigns ofdrunkenness not being served (as per staff training)

·         If there is excessive noise staff/security will be available to remind customers to moderate noise

·         Thereare noplans formusic inthe beergarden

·         Signagewill remindcustomers tolimit noisein residential area

·         CCTVwill monitorcustomers behaviour

·         Pubwatchwill assist inpreventing disruptivecustomers enteringthe premises

·         The hoursof opening and the selling of alcohol are appropriate forthis type of establishment

·         The parties accepted that the applicants could not do much about the street parkingissue –the committeenoted the premises were on anearby bus route and there was plans for a dedicated taxi book phone line

Protection of Children

Representations were madethe hours of thelicence would mean children walkingby after school would be subjected to foul language and smoke fumes from customers from the beer garden.

The committee considered these representations to be relevant under this licensing objective.

The Committee decided that the premises would not add to the problems outlined in the representations:

·         Theintention ofthe applicantswas thepremises wouldbe community focused

-it was avenue forpeople tochat overcoffee andhave ameal. itis not anticipated at 3.00pm there would be significant drinking

·         Customersbehaviourwill bemonitored byCCTV

·         Ifcustomers aredisruptive applicantshave azero toleranceto anti-social behaviour and they could be removed from the premises

·         Thestaff trainingis focusedon preventinganti-social behaviour

Decision

Taking intoaccount therepresentations andall thatwas saidby theapplicant detailed above, the committee agreed it was appropriate to grant the licence as per the application since it was satisfied that to do so would not undermine the licensing objectives.

The committee noted the representations from the other parties but for the reasons outlined determined the concerns were historic from the previous licenced premises and wasreassured thethis applicant has addressed those concernsby stafftraining, experience management, zero tolerance to anti-social behaviour, significant investment in CCTV and acceptance of the conditions recommended by the police and Environmental Health.

The licenceis grantedsubject tothe following:

·         Mandatoryconditions setout inthe LicensingAct

·         Conditionsconsistent withthe applicant'soperating schedule

·         Conditionsagreed withthe police.

·         Conditionsagreed withPlymouth EnvironmentalHealth Department

·         An additional condition that a five foot fence is erected to surround the beergarden to contain customer noise

The committee requestedthe Applicantsconsider usingthe “Ask forAngela” scheme to assist people who feel unsafe on a night out.