Agenda and decisions

Date of hearing

1000hrs – 1 October 2019

Members of  Sub-Committee

Councillor Jonathan Noble

Councillor  Frank Pickett

Councillor  Stephen Woodliffe

Applicant(s) Name

Mrs Zahra Cagdas

Premises Address

Tates, 4-6 New Street, Boston

Represented by

Mr D Dadds

Date Application Received

27 June 2019

Details of Application

Application for a premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003.

The Parties:

Mrs Cagdas has submitted an application for a premises licence for Tates, 4-6 New Street, Boston.

The application submitted was for the sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises between the hours of 1100hrs and 2300 hours every day. The opening hours being the same.

Representation has been received from the Chief Officer of Police.

Policy and Guidance:

In reaching its decision, the sub-committee has considered the statutory guidance issued under S182 of the Licensing Act 2003 and Boston Borough Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy.

Licensing Objectives:

The sub-committee has found that all of the licensing objectives are relevant to this application. 

Decision: 

The sub-committee has decided to grant the premises licence subject to such conditions as are consistent with the operating schedule accompanying the application, having modified the conditions to such extent as the authority considers appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives.

Reasons:  

Mrs White addressed the Sub-Committee to confirm that the applicant had requested a delay in holding the hearing as she had been out of the country. It was agreed by all parties that only the applicant was prejudiced by the delay, and so all parties had agreed to the delay. This is why the hearing was being held outside of the 20 day period.

The reasons for the sub-committee reaching this decision are as follows:

The sub-committee has read all of the information before them, and heard from Mrs White (Licensing and Land Charges Manager), Sergeant Enderby on behalf of Lincolnshire Police, Mr Dadds (on behalf of the applicant), and Mrs Cagdas (the applicant).

The Sub-Committee heard that prior to the hearing, how there had been a considerable amount of dialogue between the applicant, her representative and Lincolnshire Police.

The Sub-Committee had previously been presented with a set of proposed conditions, and were then advised during the hearing that all parties had agreed the conditions and some amendments to the application and were quite content with the application now.

Mr Dadds addressed the Sub-Committee to confirm the agreed conditions and the amendments that were to be made to the application.

He confirmed on behalf of the applicant, that there had been a considerable amount of engagement with the police, and the parties had agreed a way forward. He explained that it was his opinion that had there been some pre-application discussions between the parties, that he did not believe that there would have been a need to hold a hearing, but as it was the Licensing Authority’s discretion had been triggered and a hearing held.

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