*LSC3
The Sub Committee considered an
application for the granting of a new premises licence at
Eversfield Manor Cottages, Bratton
Clovelly. The Applicant, Mr McNelis, was not present, but his agent
Mr Stockbridge was present.
The Licensing Officer proceeded
to present the application and the content of the report. He
reported that there had been a number of relevant representations
received, both against and in favour of the
Application. The objections to the
Application had raised concerns about all four Licensing
Objectives, but in particular the prevention of public nuisance due
to noise and public safety due to the condition of the access
road. Those in support referred to the
premises being an asset to local area and those making the
representation had not been disturbed by noise from the
premises. The Licensing Officer said no
representation had been received by Environmental Health as at the
time of the application being made they had not received any
complaints. He added that a noise report from one of the objectors
and comments by the Applicant responding to some of the objections
had been received as late submissions.
Finally, the Licensing Officer
highlighted the plan attached to the Application.
Mr Stockbridge made
representations in support of the Application. He said the
established holiday lets had not received any complaints until the
application for the premises licence was made. He confirmed the
bookings system would be controlled in-house rather than through an
agency so as to monitor the groups of people making the booking. He
stated all music after 11pm would be held in solid buildings with
windows closed. Sound monitoring equipment would be installed and
should the sound go above the levels permitted the music would be
shut down. He stated the applicant had withdrawn the request for
music to 2am.
Upon the conclusion of his
presentation, the Sub-Committee asked Mr Stockbridge about the
details of the Application. Mr
Stockbridge explained that banquets could be booked by guests
during their stays. The applicant would also like to put on
oriental banquets for people in the village to attend. The letting
season is mainly in the summer and to supplement income the
applicant hoped to continue to hold banquets. Currently this can
happened up until 11pm without the need for a licence.
Having previously said that he
would be asking Mr Stockbridge about the plan that was part of the
Application, the Monitoring Officer explained what the statutory
requirements were that a plan had to meet. The Monitoring Officer then took Mr Stockbridge
through each of the requirements and invited Mr Stockbridge to
explain how the plan met those requirements or to say what the
intention was. Mr Stockbridge explained
that the plan was supplemented by a number of further plans that
had been submitted due to the size of the premises and the
impracticability of showing them at a scale of 1:100. He then explained the various areas and that the
plan was intended to be an overarching plan and he had
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