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Meeting documentation

Meeting documents

Licensing Committee
Wednesday, 17th September, 2003 6.30 pm

ItemDescriptionResolution
Declaration of interests - members are reminded that following the adoption by Council of the new Code of Conduct, any declaration of interest should be made having regard to the new code. In particular, members must make clear the nature of the interest and whether it is 'personal' or 'prejudicial'.

The Monitoring Officer would like to remind members that when they are considering whether the following items are exempt information under the relevant paragraph under part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 they must have regard to the public interest test. This means that members must consider, for each item, whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure outweighs the public interest in making the item available to the public.
1 MINUTES
 That the minutes of the meeting held on 5 August 2003 be approved and signed as a correct record.
2 THE WHIMSEY INN, HIGH STREET, IBSTOCK
 That the grant of a public entertainment licence in respect of the Whimsey Inn, High Street, Ibstock to permit public entertainment on Mondays to Sundays from 9am until 12 midnight be delegated to the Council's senior licensing officer subject to the satisfactory completion of all works recommended by Station Officer Peter Bass of th eLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Miss Lister and Miss Greasley and that the licence be granted subject to the following condition:
The front internal door and all other doors and windows to be closed during entertainment.
In reaching their decision the group had considered the human rights of both the applicant, particularly under Schedule 1, Protocol 1 and of the obfectors, particularly under Article 8. On the evidence presented and having balanced these rights and considering the comments made by the consultees, the group had decided that it would not be proportionate to refuse the application. In addition, Councillor Evans told the applicant and obfectors that the group had had regard to the concerns of residents and felt that any concerns relating to noise nuisance and street disturbance could be addressed with the co-operation of hte licensee, the current legislative controls open to the District Council or through the Council's Partnership in Safer Communities.
3 THE OAK PUBLIC HOUSE, TALBOT STREET, WHITWICK
 That the application for a public entertainment licence in respect of the Oak Public House , Talbot Street, Whitwick, to allow public entertainment on Mondays to Sundays from 9 am to 12 midnight be granted subject to the following conditin:

Any door which opens onto the areas which are covered by the entertainment licence to remain closed during the specified hours of the entertainment licence.

The group had considered the human rights of both the applicant, particularly under the first protocol Article 1 and local residents particularly under Article 8. On the evidence presented and having balanced these rights, the group had decided that it would not be proportionate to refuse the application.
4 CINEMA LICENCE - CONDITIONS OF LICENCE
 (a) That the standard conditions for theatres, places of public entertainment and indoor sports entertainment licences be extended to include cinema licences.

(b) That the additional conditions with specific application to film exhibitions as detailed in appendix A of the report be adopted as standard for cinema licences.
Published on Thursday, 23rd June, 2005