Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bexhill-on-Sea

Contact: Louise Hollingsworth 

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Items
No. Item

LP21/1

Appointment of Chairman

To appoint a Chairman for the Panel hearing.

Minutes:

Councillor R.B. Thomas was duly appointed as Chairman of the Panel for the hearing.

LP21/2

Minutes

To authorise the Chairman to sign the Minutes of the meetings of the General Licensing Panel held on 25 March and 30 March as correct records of the proceedings.

Minutes:

The Chairman was authorised to sign the Minutes of the meetings of the General Licensing Panel held on 25 March and 30 March 2021 as correct records of the proceedings.

LP21/3

Disclosure of Interests

To receive any disclosure by Members of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.  Members are reminded of the need to repeat their declaration immediately prior to the commencement of the item in question.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

LP21/4

Report of the Head of Service Environmental Services, Licensing and Community Safety pdf icon PDF 654 KB

Crown Express, 30 Western Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1DY. (WK202102120)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Service Environmental Services, Licensing and Community Safety that gave details of an application for a premises licence for Crown Express, 30 Western Road, Bexhill-on-Sea for the licensable activity of the sale of alcohol (off sales) from Monday to Sunday 06:30 to 23:00hrs. One representation had been made in relation to the application in regard to the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance.

 

The Chairman welcomed all who were present and gave general advice in regard to the hearing. The Panel then proceeded to hear the case following the adopted procedure and all parties present at the hearing were invited to address the Panel.

 

The Panel heard from the Environmental Health Licensing Officer, who presented the report of the Head of Service Environmental Services, Licensing and Community Safety, detailing the application and then from Richard Baker and Professor Roy Light, who presented the case for the Applicant.

 

The Panel also heard from the representor present, Andrew Crotty, who detailed his concerns, primarily in relation to public nuisance in terms of extra noise in the street.  The letter of objection was given the Panel’s full consideration.

 

The Panel deliberated the application, which was determined having regard to the licensing objectives, together with the Guidance under Section 182 of the Licensing Act and the local Licensing Policy and retired to make their decision in private session. 

 

RESOLVED: That the application for a Premises Licence be granted consistent with the Operating Schedule and with sale/supply times as set out in Appendix 1.