Agenda and minutes

To elect a Member to act as Chair of the meeting.

Resolved

That Councillor Tim Grogan be elected as Chair for the meeting.

There were no apologies for absence.

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the procedure to be followed at the meeting.

The attached procedure was noted.

The Sub-Committee considered the report of the Corporate Director of Environment which sought determination of an application for a new premises licence in respect of the Northern Performance Academy, Jubilee Works, Anchor Road, Harrogate, HG1 4TA.

The Senior Licensing Enforcement Officer introduced the report which had been circulated to all parties, and explained that the licence was for the following licensable activities:

Sale by retail of alcohol

Monday to Saturday   1200hrs until 2200hrs

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday   0900hrs until 2200hrs

Members heard that the applicant had agreed with North Yorkshire Police a number of additional conditions that would form part of any premises licence; detailed at appendix 4 of the agenda pack and, as such, no representation was made.

A representation had been received from North Yorkshire Council’s (NYC) Environmental Protection team, which the applicant had accepted in full and additional conditions had been agreed as detailed at appendix 5 of the agenda pack, and the representation was subsequently withdrawn.

Members noted that North Yorkshire Council’s Children and Young Peoples Service had also been consulted on the application, but no representations had been received from them.

In terms of representations from other persons, fifteen had been received on the objective’s prevention of public nuisance and protection of children from harm, however, two of these were withdrawn prior to publication of the agenda pack.  One further representation was withdrawn after publication and was shown at appendix 7.6 from page 77 of the agenda pack. The remaining representations were detailed at appendices 7.3 to 7.14 of the agenda pack along with an amended representation at page 15 of the supplementary agenda pack.  This resulted in a total of twelve representations for the Licensing Sub-Committee to consider and determine.

The licensing officer reminded Members of the four Licensing Objectives and referred the Members to the steps the applicant intended to take to promote the licensing objectives, as detailed in the application at appendix 1 of the report.

Finally, the licensing officer confirmed that the Licensing Authority had received no complaints regarding the premises, however NYC’s Environmental Protection team had received one complaint in May 2022 regarding noise from an outdoor children’s play area, associated with the nursery in the same building at the premises; the licensing officer advised this case was closed as no further information had been submitted by the complainant to demonstrate a noise disturbance.  Members also noted that the Environmental Protection team had been asked by the council’s Planning Enforcement team for assistance following a complaint they had received in July 2022, again in relation to an outdoor children’s play area; the licensing officer advised this was not counted as a complaint by the Environmental Protection team as the complainant wished the matter to be dealt with by the Planning team.

Submission by the Applicant

The applicant, Kelly Nevett, addressed the Sub-Committee and gave an overview of the business, which had been established in 2020 following the renovation of a derelict factory, to provide an arts and cultural centre  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.