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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.

Councillor Grogan highlighted that he had sat on a previous Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee for the premises which had taken place on the 26 April 2024, but stated that he had not expressed any views and would consider the application before him with an open mind. 

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 a variation of a premises licence application in respect of WhaddyaKnow?, trading as La Feria, Ground Floor, Wellington House, Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, HG2 0NA.

The Licensing Enforcement Officer introduced the report which had been circulated to all parties, and it was confirmed that all statutory requirements had been complied with.

The applicant sought the removal of a condition which had been attached to the current premises licence, namely that customers should not use the external areas of the premises for eating and/or drinking between the hours of 9.00 pm and 11:00 am during the months of October to March.  During the months of April to September the external areas could be used between the hours of 11:00 am and 11.00 pm from Monday to Saturday.

This condition was to be replaced with customers would be allowed to use the external areas of the premises for eating and/or drinking until 11.00 pm from Monday to Saturday for the whole year (January to December).

A copy of the application and premises plan was provided at Appendix 1 of the report and the Licensing Enforcement officer referred the Sub-Committee to section 2.6 of the report which provided a list of the licensable activities and opening times the current premises licence had and confirmed that the application did not seek to change these hours.

It was confirmed that one representation had been received from the Council’s Environmental Protection Team on the objective of prevention of nuisance, which the applicant had accepted in full and agreed to the amended condition contained within the representation as detailed in Appendix 3; this would form part of the premises licence, if granted.

One representation had been received from an Interested Party, on the objectives of prevention of public nuisance and protection of children from harm, which was shown at Appendix 5 of the report.  Members heard that the applicant had provided a response to the Interested Partys representation, shown at Appendix 7 of the report, however, the Interested Party was not satisfied with the response and did not wish to withdraw their representation, which was show at Appendix 8 of the report.

Members heard that the premises had submitted Temporary Event Notices on 14 occasions in 2024, and 3 Temporary Event Notices in 2025, all of which had authorised the use of the outside area until 11.00 pm.

The Sub-Licensing Committee noted that no noise complaints had been received by the Council about the premises either in relation to the current premises licence activities or for the periods covered by the Temporary Event Notices.

The Senior Licensing Enforcement officer advised of the options available to the Members which were outlined at paragraph 13.0 of the report.

The Sub-Committee queried where the Interested Party lived in relation to the premises, this information was not available.  It was further queried whether since the variation to the original licence had been granted in April  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.