Agenda and draft minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Tuesday 9th July 2024 10.00 am

Venue: Rennes Room, Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter. View directions

Contact: Liz Smith, Democratic Services Officer Email committee.services@exeter.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
49.	Appointment of Chair To appoint a Chair for the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Snow was appointed as Chair for this meeting.
50.	Declarations of Interest Councillors are reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests that relate to business on the agenda and which have not already been included in the register of interests, before any discussion takes place on the item. Unless the interest is sensitive, you must also disclose the nature of the interest. In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, you must then leave the room and must not participate in any further discussion of the item. Councillors requiring clarification should seek the advice of the Monitoring Officer prior to the day of the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of interest were made by Members.
51.	Application to Vary the Premises Licence - Quayside Distillery, 60A Haven Road, Exeter EX2 8DP PDF 168 KB To consider the report of the Service Lead - Environmental Health & Community Safety. Additional documents: Appendix A Application & Plan , item 51. PDF 5 MB Appendix B Current Licence , item 51. PDF 4 MB Appendic B.1 Minor Variation , item 51. PDF 3 MB Appendix B.2 , item 51. PDF 67 KB Appendix B.3 , item 51. PDF 274 KB Appendix C - Redacted , item 51. PDF 1 MB Restricted enclosure 10 View the reasons why document 51./8 is restricted Appendix C.1 Redacted , item 51. PDF 130 KB Restricted enclosure 12 View the reasons why document 51./10 is restricted Appendix C.2 Redacted. , item 51. PDF 6 MB Restricted enclosure 14 View the reasons why document 51./12 is restricted Appendix C.3 Redacted , item 51. PDF 555 KB Restricted enclosure 16 View the reasons why document 51./14 is restricted Appendix C.4 Redacted , item 51. PDF 216 KB Restricted enclosure 18 View the reasons why document 51./16 is restricted Appendix C.5 Redacted , item 51. PDF 144 KB Restricted enclosure 20 View the reasons why document 51./18 is restricted Appendix D , item 51. PDF 579 KB Appendix E , item 51. PDF 419 KB Determination Notice - Quayside Distillery , item 51. PDF 165 KB Minutes: The Chair introduced the Members of the Licensing Sub-Committee together with the Legal Advisor, Apprentice Solicitor, Principal Licensing Officer, Licensing Officer and Democratic Services Officer. The Legal Advisor set out the hearing procedure and the Applicant, who was in attendance, agreed that the procedure was understood. The Licensing Officer presented the application to seek a variation of the premises licence for Quayside Distillery at 60A Haven Road, EX2 8DP as set out in the report. The application included a plan of the proposed new licensable area and the Applicant had included additional conditions in the application to promote the Licensing Objectives. It was confirmed that the application had been advertised on the premises and in the local newspaper in accordance with the requirements of the Licensing Act 2003, with the last date for representations being 14 June 2024. It was confirmed that six representations objecting to the Application relating to all four Licensing Objectives were received. The representations were from Environmental Health, Planning and four residents. The representations were listed in an appendix to the report. The Applicant spoke in support of their application and responded to questions from Members and the Legal team. Representations were made by both Environmental Services and the public against the application. All parties present were advised that a decision notice would be issued within five workings days of the hearing. The meeting was closed so that the Members could determine the application. RESOLVED that the application be granted as applied for, subject to conditions for the reasons set out in the formal decision notice attached.