Agenda and minutes

Lewes District Council Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday, 9th June, 2022 10.00 am

Venue: Ditchling and Telscombe Rooms - Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1AB. View directions

Contact: Committee Services on 01273 471600 

Items
No. Item

10.

Election of chair of the sub-committee for this meeting

Minutes:

Councillor Boorman was nominated and seconded as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

11.

Apologies for absence/declaration of substitute members

Minutes:

There were none.

12.

Declarations of interest

Disclosure by councillors of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the councillor regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

There were none.

13.

Application for a new Premises Licence Special Event Space, Southover Grange Gardens, 18 Eastport Lane, Lewes pdf icon PDF 411 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Those attending were introduced, and the Chair of the Licensing Sub Committee welcomed all parties to the hearing and detailed the procedure for the hearing.

 

The Specialist Advisor for Licensing, Michael Davis, presented the report to the Sub-Committee and summarised the details.

 

The Applicant, Helen Browing-Smith, supported by Phil Rose from LYT Productions (the Production partner) addressed the Sub Committee and responded to questions.

 

There were no representors present at the meeting.

 

Michael Davis summed up

 

The applicant summed up

 

Following all the evidence presented, the Sub-Committee retired to consider and determine the application. Michele Wilkinson, Housing and Regulatory Lawyer was in attendance to assist with any legal queries. The Sub Committee returned to provide the following decision:

 

Resolved to grant the premises licence but modify the conditions as appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives. The modification of the licence conditions as follows;

 

1.    Addition of condition “A notice shall be placed prominently at all the exits asking customers to exit quietly and this is to be monitored by staff.”

 

2.    Amend proposed condition 2 on page 27 of the Report by adding “The EMP must be agreed by the Licensing Authority, if changed from the original.”

 

The Sub Committee noted that a Challenge 25 condition should be placed upon the licence rather than Challenge 21 condition.