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Contact: Democratic Services Committee Manager
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Appointment of a Chair Minutes: |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: No declarations of interest were made. |
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Meeting Procedure Minutes: |
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Scudamores Punting Co Ltd PDF 472 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Senior Technical Officer presented the report and outlined the
application and made the following points in response to members’ questions: i.
Clarified that Scudamores
had submitted two premises licence applications one at Bridge Street and one at
Granta Place.
The application at Granta Place had been
approved because no representations had been made in relation to that
application. ii.
Confirmed that the agent had consulted the police
about the application and had agreed conditions which were included within the
application. Mr Conisbee, Mr Krushkov
and Mr Ingersent made the following points on behalf
of the Applicant: i.
The application was not for an
off-licence per se but the intention was to serve alcohol on punts which were pre-booked. ii.
Referred to p51 of the agenda and
commented that felt that current operations were sufficient to deal with
objections. iii.
Three alcohol punting packages
were provided by a third party vendor. Customers booked and organised these
tours through a third party vendor. The vendor invoiced Scudamores
for the punting element of the booking. iv.
Punts serving alcohol accounted
for less than 1.6% of their business. v.
Chauffeurs should conduct a
challenge 25 check. vi.
Having tours booked through a
third party was a clunky process, some customers
expressed frustration with the booking system. They were looking to bring the
process in-house. vii.
Referred to bat tours which were
delivered in-house and had a better booking process. viii.
Alcohol would be brought down to
the punt sealed and would be opened on the punt. ix.
Punts would be in the cumulative
impact area for a very short period of time when the punt was moved around. x.
Referred to the additional
documents a, b and the plan which had been provided to members and published on
the website in advance of the meeting. xi.
Referred to other punt tour
companies which were closer to Beaufort Place than Scudamores
and confirmed that tours by Scudamores did not cover
this area of the River Cam. xii.
None of the objections had said
that Scudamores had caused the issues raised by the
objections. xiii.
With the current procedures in
place the application would not add to the cumulative impact. Mr Conisbee,
Mr Krushkov and Mr Ingersent
made the following points in response to members’ questions:
i.
There would continue to be a
mixologist on the punt, Scudamores did not want their
staff to be serving alcohol as they would be concentrating on navigating the
punt.
ii.
Staff members were not permitted
to consume alcohol on punt tours. iii.
The youngest chauffeur was 17
years old; they would not be able to take a tour which was serving alcohol. iv.
Tying punts together was
irresponsible. Self-hire customers were briefed before they went out on the
river. If Scudamores became aware that their punts
had been tied together then they would intervene and take action to stop this.
v.
Staff could not take punts out
after hours; there was a policy against this. |