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LS16/22

Appointment of Chair

The Sub-committee to appoint a Chair for the meeting.

Minutes:

Resolved that Councillor M Thirlaway be appointed Chair for the meeting.

LS17/22

Declarations of Interest

Members of the Sub-committee are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda and the nature of that interest.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest of dispensations reported.

LS18/22

Cullercoats Coffee and Bistro, 1-5 Countess Avenue, Whitley Bay pdf icon PDF 143 KB

To give consideration to an application to vary the Premises Licence in respect of Cullercoats Coffee and Bistro, 1-5 Countess Avenue, Whitley Bay.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Sub-committee met to consider an application for a variation to the Premises Licence in respect of Cullercoats Coffee and Bistro, 1 – 5 Countess Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 3PN.

 

The Applicant, Cullercoats Coffee Group Limited, sought to vary the Premises Licence to the following:

 

Supply of alcohol for consumption on the Premises:

 

·       Sunday to Friday between 12:00 hours and 22:00 hours; and

·       Saturday between 12:00 hours and 23:00 hours.

General Opening Times:

 

·       Sunday to Friday between 07:00 hours and 22:00 hours; and

·       Saturday between 07:00 hours and 23:00 hours

Those present were invited to introduce themselves and the Legal Advisor outlined the procedure to be followed at the hearing.

 

Mrs Graham, Senior Licensing Officer, presented details of the application, the representations received and the options available to the Sub-committee.  She also referred to the planning observation in relation to the restrictions which applied to the Premises.  She responded to questions from Members of the Sub-committee and Councillor J O’Shea.

 

Councillor J O’Shea presented details of his representation, and that of several residents who objected to the grant of the application.  He responded to questions from Members of the Sub-committee.

 

Mr D Young presented details of his representation and responded to questions from the Sub-committee.

 

Ms J Lalor presented details of her representation in relation to the application.

 

Mr D Bolton presented details of his representation in relation to the application.

 

Ms S Harris presented details of her representation in relation to the application and responded to questions from the Sub-committee.

 

Mr C Stonebanks presented details of the application on behalf of the Applicant.  He confirmed that the Applicant would be happy to amend the hours applied for to address some of the concerns of the residents.  Mr Stonebanks responded to questions from Members of the Sub-committee, Councillor O’Shea, Ms Harris and Mr Bolton.

 

Each of the parties to the hearing were given the opportunity of summing up their respective cases and the Sub-committee retired to make its decision in private.

 

All parties were invited back into the hearing and the Chair announced the decision of the Sub-committee.

 

Resolved that the application, as amended by the applicant during the meeting, be approved and subject to the following conditions:

 

Licensable hours:

 

Sunday to Friday – 12:00 hours to 22:00 hours

Saturday – 12:00 hours to 22:30 hours

 

Premises open to the public:

 

Sunday to Friday – 08:30 hours to 22:00 hours

Saturday – 08:30 hours to 22:30 hours 

 

1.         A CCTV system will be installed at the Premises and maintained in proper working order at all times and the licence holder will ensure that: -

                  a)         The CCTV cameras are located at the Premises so as to provide coverage of entrance(s) and exit(s), both internally and externally and areas where the sale and consumption of alcohol takes place.

                  b)         The CCTV system is able to capture clear images permitting identification of individuals.

                  c)          The CCTV system will be in operation whenever the Premises are open to the public.  ...  view the full minutes text for item LS18/22