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BCP Council has made an application to vary the premises licence to enable outdoor pop up catering sites across the Seafront to enhance the existing offering for the main season.

The application is to add the sale of alcohol every April – September from 10:00 to 22:00 (with the exception of the Air Festival each year where alcohol would remain from 10:00 to 23:00.).

The application is brought before the Licensing Committee for determination.

The following persons attended the hearing:

Sarah Rogers, BCP Senior Licensing Officer

Tanya Coulter, BCP Legal Advisor to the Committee

Michelle Cutler, BCP Clerk to the Committee

Helen Wildman - BCP Council Events Manager – Representing the Applicant

Noel Oliver – BCP Council Seafront Contracts Manager – Representing the Applicant

Matthew Taylor – BCP Senior Environmental Health Officer - Objector

Sergeant Gareth Gosling   - Dorset Police - Objector

Member of the public who have made representations and requested to speak:

Mr Chadwick

Cllr D Brown – left at 12:09pm

The Chairman made introductions and explained the procedure for the Hearing which was agreed by all parties.

The Senior Licensing Officer presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated, along with other relevant papers for the meeting, and a copy of which appears as Appendix A to these minutes in the Minute Book.

The Committee was asked to consider an application for a variation to the existing premises licence for the Pier Approach, Bournemouth. The application was to vary the current licence to allow the following licensable activities to take place during the requested times:

·       The sale of alcohol seven days a week between 10:00hrs and 22:00hrs between the months of April and September (with the exception of the annual Air Festival where the sale of alcohol would remain between 10:00hrs and 23:00hrs).

The area covered by the variation to allow the sale of alcohol during these times was identified on the plan attached to the application and shown in Appendix 1 of the Committee Report.

The application was brought before the Licensing Committee for determination further to the requirements of the Council’s Constitution as the applicant was BCP Council.

Following this, the officers from the Council’s Events Team presented their application and case.

The Dorset Police represented, then presented, the Police position and advised the Committee that the Police had been in discussion with the Applicant who had agreed to a total of 24 conditions to be attached to the proposed licence, which in the view of the Police would mitigate the impact of the proposed licence and support the Licensing Objectives. These conditions are identified at Appendix 5 of the Committee Report.

The Committee then heard from the member of the public who had made relevant representations and who had requested the right to speak at the meeting. They expanded upon their written representations and advised the Committee of their concerns and set out their reasons why they considered the proposals would not promote the Licensing Objectives.

All parties were invited at the appropriate time to ask questions of the other participants following their presentations. 

The Committee asked various questions of all parties present and were grateful for responses received. There were several questions posed and answered by both the Senior Licensing Officer and the Council’s Events Team Officers and all parties were invited to sum up before the Committee retired to make its decision. Before concluding the Hearing, the Legal Advisor advised all parties of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 53