Agenda and minutes

          RESOLVED:

                    That Councillor Laming be confirmed as Chairperson for                  the meeting.

To receive any disclosure of interests from Councillors or Officers in matters to be discussed.

Note: Councillors are reminded of their obligations to declare disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs), other registerable interests (ORIs) and non-registerable interests (NRIs) in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct.

There were no disclosure of interests made at this meeting.

The Chairperson welcomed all those present to the meeting:

Applicant:

Shane Oliver - Applicant

Michael Tunnicliffe – Business Partner (son-in-law of applicant)

Other Persons who have made written representations:

Chris Scrutton (representation on page 42) - also speaking on behalf of John Knowles (representation on page 41) and Louise Watson and David Biddle (representation on page 45)

The Licensing Officer introduced the report which set out an application for a new premises licence under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 for Mi Bello Lugar, Brooklands Farm, Botley Road, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, SO32 1DR.

It was reported that the premises was a former shipping container converted into a craft cider making facility which included an area of surrounding land for patrons to sit outside. The premises licence application had been submitted in order to be able to sell cider made on the land to the public. The applicant was seeking for members of the public to be able to drink alcohol on the premises so that they could choose which to purchase to take away for off-site consumption. The applicant stated that there would be no vehicular access to the site by the public, and a ‘walk-to’ premises was proposed and clarification of this was sought by the licensing authority during the consultation process.

It was stated that the land would be accessible by walkers only using the bridleway, the Pilgrims’ Way and a privately maintained lane over which there are public rights of way. Access was shared with three other owners and there was equestrian usage and small commercial units that shared access to the site.

The application proposed to provide licensable activities as follows:

(a)       Supply of alcohol (for consumption on and off the premises) from 0900     to 2100 hours (Monday, and Friday to Sunday).

The Sub-Committee’s attention was drawn to the ‘seasonal variations’ section of the application, in which the applicant had indicated some changes to the hours of trading that would be anticipated during the winter months.  The full application was set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

The Sub-Committee were advised that no representations had been received by Responsible Authorities. Four written representations had been received from ‘Other Persons’ against the application, one of whom was in attendance and addressed the Sub-Committee. The written representations were set out in full in Appendix 2 and related to three of the licensing objectives, the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety and the prevention of public nuisance.

The Licensing Officer advised the Sub-Committee that the four representations received were originally considered invalid by the licensing authority. However, upon seeking legal advice it was deemed that they be accepted as valid representations as they referred to concerns relating to the safety of the public accessing the premises, which were not sufficiently mitigated within the application.

It was noted that the representations made reference to planning permission. The Licensing Officer clarified that the council’s policy and Section 182 guidance stated that, prior to submitting an application to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.