Agenda and minutes

Councillor Gawthrope was elected as Chair for the meeting.

No interests were declared.

All parties noted the hearing procedure.

The Licensing Officer presented the report and outlined the application to vary a Premises Licence under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of Calverley’s Brewery Limited, 23a Hooper Street, Cambridge CB1 2NZ.

The Licensing Officer made the following points:

·        the premises were not located within a cumulative impact area;

·        the Premises Licence had been in effect since 03/11/14; 

·        the premises had reached their limit of 15 Temporary Event Notices for 2016;

·        a complaint had been received by one resident in regard to the Temporary Event Notices.  However, this was made after the event, and no calls had been made to the out of hours noise service;

·        an out of hours officer did visit the premises on 07/05/16 when a Temporary Event Notice was taking place.  The officer did not witness any excessive noise or any other issues. 

Mr Calverley made the following points as Applicant:

·        outlined the nature of the business, the premises and neighbouring properties; 

·        highlighted the favourable comments that had been received;

·        outlined the Brewery’s recycling policies and advised that staff regular litter pick;

·        explained that whilst the majority of their customers were local people who walked or cycled to the brewery, there was parking available on site, for customers to collect. 

Members’ Questions

In response to a Member question, the applicant confirmed that approximately 28-30 people could be accommodated within the Brewery, and around the same number outside.

The Sub-Committee received a presentation from a local resident, Sally Collins-Taylor, who was objecting to the variation.  In her presentation, she highlighted specific problems her family experienced as near neighbours to the Brewery, particularly with the Events, including catering vans, parking issues, noise and litter.  She quoted specific incidences, and the negative impact that this had had on her family and immediate neighbours.  The operating hours of the other businesses in the Yard, and the nature of those businesses, meant that they did not cause a disturbance. 

Arising from questions, Ms Collins-Taylor confirmed that she had not reported the incidents of disturbance to Environment Health. 

Members reminded those present that because the premises were outside of the community impact zone, the 2003 Act made a presumption that applications/ variations should be agreed unless there were exceptional circumstances.

Members withdrew at 10:35am and returned at 11:15am. Whilst retired and having made their decision, Members received assistance on the wording of the decision by the Legal Advisor, but no legal advice was provided.

Decision:

The Sub-Committee decided to grant the variation of licence as applied for.

The Sub Committee provided the following reasons for their decision:

21 representations had been received from Other Persons, 19 in support of the application and 2 opposing the grant of the application.  The representations raised by those opposing the application were not relevant to the licensing objectives and could not be taken into account when determining the application.