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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool

Contact: Lennox Beattie  Executive and Regulatory Manager

Items
No. Item

1.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN

To appoint a Chairman for the meeting.

Minutes:

The Licensing Panel considered the appointment of a Chairman for the meeting.

 

Resolved:

 

That Councillor Hutton be appointed Chairman for the meeting.

2.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST - LICENSING

Members are asked to declare any interests in the items under consideration and in doing so state:-

 

(1) the type of interest concerned

 

(2) the nature of the interest concerned; and

 

(3) whether they have or have not sat on a Planning Committee which has previously considered a planning application in respect of a licensed premises which is also subject to consideration for a premises licence as part of the agenda for this meeting.

 

If any Member requires advice on declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting.

 

(Members are asked to also pay particular attention to the guidance sheet on interests supplied with the agenda).

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest on this occasion.

3.

PROCEDURE FOR THE MEETING

The Chairman of the Panel will summarise the procedure and announce the equal maximum amount of time for each party to speak for the hearing.

 

A.         Items 1 and 4 (b) will be undertaken in private session by the Panel and not in the Meeting Room.

B.         Items 2, 3, 4(a) and 4(c) will be recommended to the Panel to be held in public.

C.         The Panel may decide to exclude the public from all or part of a hearing where it considers that the public interest in so doing outweighs the public interest in the hearing, or that part of the hearing, taking place in public. (This includes a party and any person assisting or representing a party)

Minutes:

The Chairman explained the procedure for the meeting including that an equal time limit of fifteen minutes had been allocated by all parties.

4.

APPLICATION FOR THE VARIATION OF A PREMISES LICENCE- VIDELLA HOTEL pdf icon PDF 300 KB

a. APPLICATION AND REPRESENTATIONS SUBMITTED. To consider the attached report

 

b. DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE VARIATION OF A PREMISES LICENCE- VIDELLA HOTEL

 

c. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECISION FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE VARIATION OF A PREMISES LICENCE- VIDELLA HOTEL

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Panel considered an application for the variation of the Premises Licence in respect of the Vidella Hotel, 80-82 Dickson Road.

 

The variation requested Live music  18.00 – 01.00

Recorded music 09.00 – 01.00

Entertainment of a similar description 18.00 – 01.00

Supply of alcohol 09.00 – 02.00

To remove condition 1 in Annexe 2 – alcohol may only be supplied in the dining room by waiter/waitress service

 

The variation also requested the removal of the sale of alcohol outwith those hours to guests of the hotel and related conditions.

 

Miss Whiteside, applicant, was in attendance accompanied by her business partner, Mr Roche. Mr Roche outlined his view that the objections had been resolved by negotiation however in respond to this issue Mrs Davies explained that the Licensing Service had not been notified of the withdrawal of the .

 

Mr Roche then highlighted that even if the objections had not been withdrawn then they were of limited relevance. He further highlighted the investment already made in the premises and the high level of experience of operating similar premises of himself and Miss Whiteside. He also emphasised that the responsible authorities had not objected and that they had been satisfied

 

The Licensing Panel considered carefully the evidence submitted by the applicant, it also considered the objections but agreed that they were of limited relevance.

 

Resolved:

 

That the application for the variation of a Premises Licence in respect of Vidella Hotel, Dickson Road be granted as applied for.