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19.

Election of chair of the sub-committee for this meeting

Minutes:

RESOLVED that Councillor Liz Boorman be elected Chair for the duration of the meeting.

20.

Apologies for absence/declaration of substitute members

Minutes:

There were none.

21.

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.

22.

Premises Licence - Application to Review the Premises Licence for The Lamb, 10 Fisher Street, Lewes pdf icon PDF 122 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair of the Licensing Sub Committee welcomed all parties to the hearing. Those attending introduced themselves and the procedures for the hearing were read out to all parties.

 

The Specialist Advisor presented the report to the committee and summarised the report as follows:

 

A review application had been received from Councillor Manley (on behalf of five local residents) under the Licensing Act 2003 for the premises ‘The Lamb, 10 Fisher Street, Lewes’.

 

Residents had provided the Licensing Authority with their written reasons for anonymity which were accepted, and which was covered in the Home Office Guidance points 9.26 to 9.30 in the Report.

 

The grounds for review outlined by the applicant on page 19 of the report were the undermining of the public nuisance, public safety and prevention of crime and disorder objectives and are, therefore, considered relevant.

For data protection reasons, none of the recordings submitted as evidence were made available to the public and were not shown at the Hearing. However, both the Licensing Sub Committee and the Premises Licence  Holder had seen them.

 

During the 28 day review period further representations were received in support of the review from Sussex Police. Two further representations from local residents were also detailed in the report and were considered relevant. A representation in support of the Premises Licence Holder had also been received and was detailed in the report.

 

Other than Sussex Police, no comments were received from any of the responsible authorities listed in the report.

 

The Premises Licence Holder had written to all parties at the end of the consultation period setting out the proposed future of the premises. The letter included the proposed changes to the premises licence, removing some of the licensable activities, amending the hours of the activities and proposing the replacement of current conditions with those listed in their letter.

 

The premises closed its doors on Sunday 23rd February 2020 and the Designated Premises Supervisor made contact with the Licensing Authority to be removed from the licence on 25th February 2020.

 

Current licensable activities authorised at The Lamb were shown on the Premises Licence in the report and the report also outlined the effect of the Live Music Act and the Legislative Reform Order, rendering both live and recorded music as no longer licensable at The Lamb between the hours of 8am and 11pm, and suspending any conditions on the licence relating to those activities during those hours.

 

Where the sub-committee considered that action under its statutory power was appropriate, it would need to take any of the following steps:

 

·         Modify the conditions of the premises licence temporarily for a period not exceeding three months, or permanently.

 

·         Exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the licence temporarily for a period not exceeding three months, or permanently

 

·         suspend the licence for a period not exceeding three months or revoke the licence.

 

·         Decide that it was appropriate to take no action or to issue a formal warning.

 

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