Licensing (Activities) Sub-Committee – 15 March 2010

Chair: To be appointed
Venue: Council Chamber, Pittwood House, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe
Time: 10am

AGENDA

  1. Appointment of Chair.
  2. Declarations of personal or personal and prejudicial interests, and significant contact with applicants, objectors or third parties (lobbying), if any.
  3. Licensing Act 2003 – Notice of Hearing
    1. Application for Grant of a Premises Licence, Scunthorpe Fake Festival, Sheffield Park, Ferry Road, Scunthorpe
  4. Any other items which the chair decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances which must be specified.

MINUTES

PRESENT: Councillors Barkworth, L Foster and Poole.

The sub-committee met at Pittwood House, Scunthorpe.

849 CHAIR – Resolved – That Councillor Barkworth be and he was hereby appointed chair for the meeting.

Councillor Barkworth thereupon took the chair.

850 DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS AND SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH APPLICANTS, OBJECTORS OR THIRD PARTIES (LOBBYING) – The following member declared a personal interest –

Member
Minute
Nature of interest
Councillor Poole 851 Knew one of the interested parties and as a member of Messingham Parish Council, had received a presentation from representatives of Fake Festivals.

851 (37) LICENSING ACT 2003 – APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF A PREMISES LICENCE, FAKE FESTIVALS, SHEFFIELD PARK, FERRY ROAD, SCUNTHORPE – The Service Director Neighbourhood and Environment submitted a report advising members of an application for grant of a premises licence by Fake Festivals, Sheffield Park, Ferry Road, Scunthorpe.

Details of the application were outlined in the report, together with the application form and supporting papers submitted by the applicant, a copy of the mediation between the applicant and the Environmental Protection Team, four letters of objection from local residents and two petitions signed by residents of Sheffield Park Avenue.

There was no application to vary the procedure.

The Service Director in his report reminded the sub-committee that the options available to it under the Licensing Act 2003 when considering such applications were:

  • To refuse to grant the licence
  • To grant the licence with additional conditions
  • To grant the licence without additional conditions
  • To grant the licence but restrict the licensable activities
  • To grant the licence with restricted times

The applicant and their representative and three objectors addressed the sub-committee and responded to questions.

Following the summary of the case, the meeting was adjourned for deliberation by members and then reconvened when the decision of the sub-committee was stated as follows: –

Resolved – The Sub-Committee resolved unanimously to grant the premises license, with the following conditions

1. Condition

That suitable and sufficient receptacles be placed in and around Sheffield Park by the applicant, in locations to be agreed by the council’s Licensing Unit, for the purposes of litter. The receptacles to be installed by the applicant, and emptied and removed by the applicant at the close of the event.

The condition relates to the following Licensing Objectives –

Prevention of crime and disorder No
Public safety No
The prevention of public nuisance Yes
The protection of children from harm No

Reason

To keep Sheffield Park and the immediate vicinity clean and tidy.

2. Condition

That all licensable activities cease at 23:15 hours.

The condition relates to the following Licensing Objectives –

Prevention of crime and disorder No
Public safety No
The prevention of public nuisance Yes
The protection of children from harm No

Reason

To protect the amenities of local residents.