Agenda and minutes

(Director of Governance) To declare interests in any item on this agenda.

There were no declarations of interest made pursuant to the Member’s Code of Conduct.

The Sub-Committee noted the agreed procedure for the conduct of business.

(Director of Neighbourhoods) To consider the attached report.

The Sub-Committee noted that this item had been deferred to the meeting to be held on 12 January 2016

(Director of Neighbourhoods) To consider the attached report and documents.

The three Councillors that presided over this item were Councillors Boyce, Dorrell and Lion.

The Chairman introduced the Members and Officers present and outlined the procedure that would be followed for the determination of the application. The Chairman welcomed the participants and requested that they introduced themselves to the Sub-Committee. In attendance on behalf of the application were Mrs H Kelly-Howe, the applicant and Mr M Sewell. On behalf of the objectors were Mr A Beal-Forbes and Mrs M Sartin. Also present was Peter Jones the Essex Police, Epping and Brentwood Licensing Officer.

(a)          The application before the Sub-Committee

The Licensing Compliance Officer, Ms Moran introduced the application. The application had been made by Mr T Howe and Mrs K Kelly-Howe, trading as ‘Just at the Station Ltd’ for a new premises licence. The authority had received the application on 17 November 2015.

The responsible authorities had received a copy of the application; it was properly advertised at the premises and in a local newspaper.

The only representation received from the responsible authorities was from Essex Police (the Epping and Brentwood Licensing Officer). He had originally suggested 4 conditions to be added to the licence, but after consultation with the applicant had agreed to remove condition 2 and amend condition 3. Conditions 1 and 4 would remain.

A further 11 representations from interested parties had also been sent in. these related to the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety and public nuisance.

The Council’s legal office Ms Ferreira, advised the meeting on the changes to the law on live and recorded music and that they could not be regulated by condition between 8am to 11pm as long as there were less than 500 people in the venue. They could however be subject to review. Ms Moran noted that the capacity of this establishment was 60.

(b)          Presentation of the Applicant’s case

Mrs Kelly-Howe began by saying that she was sorry that she had not got off on a better footing with the objectors. It was a family owned business run by herself and her husband to provide the best quality food and service. She was aiming for operational excellence. 

Mr Sewell said that he was a restaurant designer and intended this to be a restaurant with a flexible space to enable it to hold such things as wedding parties etc. but primarily it was intended to be a local restaurant and bar.

(c)          Questions for the Applicant from the Sub-Committee

Councillor Boyce wanted to know if the fact that the personal licence holder had not received his licence as yet would cause any problems. Ms Moran replied that he was still waiting for the certificate to come through. Although the Sub-committee could grant a premises licence today, they could not trade until that licence came through.

Councillor Dorrell asked the applicant what would her normal opening hours be.  Mrs Kelly-Howe said that the normal hours would be as indicated on the appendix to the agenda. If there was the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 57.