Agenda and minutes

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To agree the minutes of the last meeting held on 25 May 2021 as a true and correct record.

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 25 May 2021 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

To consider an application by Pool Construction Ltd to transfer the Sexual Entertainment Venue licence for Eden, 15 – 17 Queen Street, Blackpool.

The Sub-Committee considered an application by Pool Construction Limited to transfer the Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) licence for Eden, 15 – 17 Queen Street, Blackpool.

Mr David Moseley, director of Pool Construction Limited, was in attendance with his legal representative Ms Sarah Clover and the proposed managers of the venue Mr Rafael Souski and Mr Arkadiusz Marczak. The objector to the application Mr Mark Newton, director of AA Recreation 1 Limited the current licence holder, attended with his legal representative Mr Richard Williams.

Ms Clover outlined the case for the transfer application on behalf of Mr Moseley, the landlord of the premises. The Sub-Committee was informed that when the previous tenant left in 2020 Mr Moseley had entered into negotiations with Mr Newton to take a lease for the venue but those negotiations had broken down and were not concluded successfully. At that time, in anticipation of being granted the lease, Mr Newton had bought the existing business from the previous operators and transferred the SEV licence for Eden to one of his companies, AA Recreation 1 Limited, but had never traded due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions. Ms Clover explained that in response to the failed lease negotiations Mr Moseley had applied to transfer the licence from AA Recreation 1 Limited to Pool Construction Limited (a company of which he was director) to retain control of the premises and to ensure compliance with the relevant rules and regulations as landlord.

Members were advised that Mr Moseley had subsequently signed a lease with Mr Souski who intended to run the premises with Mr Marczak. This management team had been carefully vetted by Mr Moseley and were considered by him to be suitable operators as they had significant experience running a number of hotels and bars in the resort over the last decade. The Sub-Committee was assured that whilst Mr Souski intended to run the premises Mr Moseley, as director of Pool Construction Limited, would ensure that regular audits and checks of the venue took place to ensure the tenant remained compliant with the licence conditions and regulations.

Ms Clover observed that no concerns had been raised by Mr Newton in relation to Mr Souski who would be operating the premises for Pool Construction Limited. Referring to Mr Newton’s objection, Ms Clover considered the points raised in relation to the operation of care homes under the control of Mr Moseley’s companies to be inaccurate and irrelevant to the SEV application. With regards to the reviews submitted in relation to the Premises Licence held by Mr Moseley in 2009 and 2010, it was suggested to the Sub-Committee that these were as a result of a difficult relationship with the Police Licensing Sergeant at that time. She therefore suggested that the alleged historical transgressions should not be taken into consideration when determining the application and presented Mr Moseley as a suitable operator who had appointed a competent and appropriate team to operate the venue.

Mr Williams presented the case to the Sub-Committee on behalf  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

To note the date of the next meeting as 20 July 2021.

The date of the next meeting was confirmed as 20 July 2021.