Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were made at the meeting.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 3rd May, 2017, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Sub-Committee considered an Application for a new premises licence in respect of ‘Get in the Spirit’, 20 Station Road, Askern, Doncaster, DN6 OJA.

The Sub-Committee Members, the Applicant, the persons making representations and Responsible Authorities had received the agenda prior to the meeting.  Copies of the representations were attached at Appendix E to the report. 

At the commencement of the meeting, the Chair made introductions and outlined the procedure to be followed. 

In presenting the report, the Licensing Officer informed Members that after receiving the notice of the hearing, one of the persons making representations had contacted the Licensing Office, stating that they had no knowledge of the objection and denied signing the document.  As a result, this person’s objection had been withdrawn.

The Applicant made representations regarding his application and answered questions.

All parties were then asked to leave the Council Chamber, to allow the Members of the Sub-Committee to deliberate on the application.

The Committee reached the following decision:-

RESOLVED that the Licensing Sub-Committee, having considered an Application for a new Premises Licence for ‘Get in the Spirit’, 20 Station Road, Askern, Doncaster, DN6 OJA’, and having taken into account the relevance of the written representations made and the evidence presented at the meeting, the steps that are appropriate to promote the Licensing Objectives, the Home Office Guidance and the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, decided to grant the application in the terms set out in Appendix B of the Agenda.

The Sub-Committee made its decision for the following reason:-

The interested parties did not attend, but submitted in their written representations that a further licenced premise would add to problems of crime, disorder and public nuisance.

The applicant submitted that there had been no problems with the premises during the time they had been operating with Temporary Event Notices and they felt some of the representations were vexatious.  Furthermore, they noted that the area is not in a Cumulative Impact Area.

The Sub-Committee found that the Applicant showed a commitment to promoting the licensing objectives both in the operating schedule and in their representations today.  Also, the Sub-Committee noted that there had been no representations by any of the responsible authorities such as the Police or Environmental Health.