Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Broughton, Howard, Rowlands and Susan Sandall for this meeting only.

Members are asked to disclose any interests in matters for consideration at the meeting.

None disclosed.

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The minutes of the meeting held on 5th July were agreed as a correct record of the decisions taken. A letter had been received from one of the interested parties concerning the minutes and it was agreed that a copy of the letter be filed with the minutes.

Report CSL033 by the Community Safety and Licensing Service Manager.

(Enclosure)

Decision:

That the Premise Licence for the William Cecil Hotel, High Street, Stamford be modified to include the following conditions:

1)     A temporary barrier to be erected (as discussed at the meeting) to deal with the noise nuisance.

2)     That the smoking and dispersal policy (as circulated at the meeting) by the respondents be implemented.

3)     That the smoking and congregation area outside the marquee be moved away from the marquee and closer to the hotel premises.

4)     That guests leaving the marquee are continued to be diverted away from all residential and school properties.

5)     That a Designated Duty Manager is in the marquee at all times that a function is being held. The contact details of the Designated Duty Manager to be circulated to the Environmental Protection Team, residents and the school.

The Solicitor to the Committee introduced those present and confirmed who was to speak  in connection with the application; Pete Rogers, Environmental Protection Team (responsible authority), James Rankin  Counsel for the respondents, Chrisophe Brookes, Managing Director of Hillbrooke Hotels (Burghley) Ltd and David Parnell, Land Agent for Burghley Estates.

The Licensing Officer presented report CSL033 which concerned the review of the premises licence for the William Cecil Hotel, Stamford which had been requested by the Environmental Protection Team on the grounds of public nuisance under Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003.   The options available to the Committee when dealing with the review were listed within the report. The Licensing Officer reminded Members of the guidance issued under S182 of the Licensing Act 2003 to be mindful of when dealing with a premise review and the powers available to them.

In deciding which of these powers to invoke, it is expected that licensing authorities should, so far as possible, seek to establish the cause or causes of the concerns which the representations identify.  The remedial action taken should generally be directed at these causes and should always be no more than an appropriate and proportionate response.”

An application to review the premises had been received by Environmental Protection, one of the responsible bodies on 10 June 2013 on the grounds of public nuisance.

At the hearing held on17 March 2006, conditions were placed on the licence that noise levels for the marquee should not exceed 85 decibels and that the licence holder should take steps to reduce the level of noise where it was likely to cause a disturbance to local residents.

Written records of the assessments were to be kept and were to include the time and date of the checks, the person making them and the results, including any remedial action.  Appendix 2 to the report gave the minutes of the hearing held on 17 March 2006.

The premise held a licence for the following activities:

·     Live music

·     Recorded music

·     Performance of dance

·     Making music

·     Dancing

·     Late night refreshment

·     Sale of alcohol

Appendix 3 of the report gave full details of the times of the licensable activities.

Since August 2011 Environmental Protection had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

The meeting closed at 12.10pm.