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Items
No. Item

17/20/Lic

Appointment of a Chair

Minutes:

17/21/Lic

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were made.

 

17/22/Lic

Meeting Procedure

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17/23/Lic

Temporary Events Notice Hearing pdf icon PDF 116 KB

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Minutes:

The Licensing Officer presented the report and outlined the Temporary Events Notice (TEN) application.

 

With the permission of the Chair the Applicant circulated a document at the beginning of the meeting. The Chair allowed 10 minutes for the document to be considered by Members and Officers.

 

Applicant

Mr Agar made the following points:

     i.        Queried why the Environmental Health team called the Fire and Rescue Officer to carry out an inspection on the Friday just passed but did not notify him (the Applicant) of the meeting. He was only informed when the fire report was produced later that day.

    ii.        Highlighted that Giles Granger from the Cambridge Fire and Rescue Service had attended the site 3 weeks prior and had been content with the site under the revised plan. Swapping the layout had removed the initial fire safety concerns.

   iii.        Giles Granger had not yet had the opportunity to see the additional fire report conducted on 27 October. The Applicant therefore requested that either-

1.   The licence would be granted with a condition stating that the Fire and Rescue Service had to approve the new revised plans.

2.   The committee was adjourned until 6 November to allow Giles Granger time to see the report.

  iv.        Highlighted that Fire and Rescue could not make formal objections to a TEN application, only objections from Environmental Health were considered.

   v.        Asked why Environmental Health objected to the event being held on Saturday and not on the Sunday given that the plans were the same for both days.

  vi.        Stated that he had decided to take over this event from his friend who had been holding it successfully for the past 10 years.

 vii.        Affirmed that he had 40 years’ experience of holding successful public events.

 

The Legal Advisor responded:

     i.        Confirmed that putting a condition on the licence was not permitted under statute, a TEN only allowed Members to approve or reject the application.

    ii.        The Fire and Rescue Service did not appear on the list of persons able to object to TEN’s because they had their own legislation. However, their objection could be considered by the committee.

   iii.        The Police had withdrawn their objection.

  iv.        Highlighted that the committee could adjourn the meeting which would give the committee time to consider the application further.

 

Councillor Benstead asked whether the Applicant and Licensing Enforcement Officer on behalf of Environmental Health had had an opportunity to discuss the Fire and Rescue Service objections prior to this meeting. Suggested that if they had not then an adjournment may be worthwhile.

 

The Licensing Enforcement Officer on behalf of Environmental Health referred to the fourth paragraph on page 25 of the agenda. Highlighted that the main concern for Environment Health was the lack of emergency access to the site should the main entrance become obstructed. He affirmed that the revised plan did nothing to alleviate this issue. He outlined that the metal gate under the railway bridge could be unlocked and used as emergency access. Although this  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17/23/Lic