Issue - meetings

Licensing Act 2003 - Review of Statement of Licensing Policy

This is the first Statement of Licensing Policy for BCP Council since the establishment, on the 1^st April 2019 of a single local government area for the now dissolved boroughs of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Following 2 consultation periods, agreed by members of the Licensing Committee and undertaken in accordance with Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003, the Licensing Committee on behalf of the Licensing Authority must now consider all responses received in respect of the proposed Statement of Licensing Policy and either decide to include them or exclude them and provide reasons for their decision.

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Minutes:

The Licensing Manager presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

It was noted that this was the first Statement of Licensing Policy for BCP Council since the establishment, on the 1^st April 2019 of a single local government area for the now dissolved boroughs of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Consultation on the proposed SOLP had been undertaken in accordance with Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 and agreed by Members of the Licensing Committee. The Licensing Manager explained that due to significant feedback and proposed amendments following public consultation on Version 5 of the SOLP, a further six week consultation on Version 6 had taken place. The Licensing Committee on behalf of the Licensing Authority was now required to consider the final draft of the SOLP (Version 7, attached at Appendix 1 of the report) and all responses received (listed in Appendix 2 of the report), and decide whether to include or exclude the responses and provide reasons for its decision.

The Committee confirmed its agreement with the action already taken by officers as indicated against the consultation responses listed in Appendix 2.

The Chairman explained that the Committee would now consider the following responses which were highlighted in the document for discussion and decision:

Paragraph number	Respondent	Summary of Comments	Committee Decision	Reason
6.6	Roger Brewer, Upton Country Park	Perhaps helpful to confirm that Council premise licence is for 4999 capacity, does not include alcohol and is only available subject to agreement and conditions. Larger events required to apply for own premise licence - past examples have included Starlight ‘Dance in the Park’ hosted at Upton Country Park in 2019 which attracted an audience of over 7k.	Exclude	Amendment unnecessary as already have provision under BCP Council licence and 6.6 applies across BCP. Works well as it is. Could be onerous on individuals and licensing team.
7.3	Sandra Graham, Trethowans LLP	Effectively repetition of 1.2	Exclude	Helpful to restate timescales in different section of document, for clarity
8.3/8.4	As above	Combine wording with 8.7 as so similar, in order to be succinct	Exclude	Helpful to retain wording as is, for clarity
8.8	As above	Repeat of 1.4	Exclude	Retain, as helpful to restate licensable activities in different section for clarity
Section 9	Martyn Underhill, Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner	Concerned that changes appear to advocate lighter touch than previously and removes previous BBC Cumulative Impact Special Policy that was kept under regular review. New proposal states that BCP Council may produce Cumulative Impact Assessment Policy. Given issues and hotspot areas that already exist I would expect to see such a Policy produced and continue to be kept under regular review.	Exclude	No substantial evidence received from any of the Responsible Authorities following the Licensing Authority’s ‘call for evidence’ to support the designation of a cumulative impact zone in BCP Council area. V6 was amended to ... view the full minutes text for item 8

Issue - meetings

Licensing Act 2003 - Review of Statement of Licensing Policy

Meeting: 17/09/2020 - Licensing Committee (Item 8)