Agenda and minutes

Councillor Nicholas Bennett was appointed Chairman for the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

DECISION

1.   INTRODUCTION:

The Licensing Sub-Committee having carefully considered the application for  a new premises licence at DOUGH ARTISAN BAKE HOUSE LTD, 210 HIGH STREET BECKENHAM BR3 1EN:

The Licensing Sub-Committee made the following decision having regard to:

-  The four licensing objectives,

-  The Council’s current Statement of Licensing Policy

-  Guidance issued under the Licensing Act 2003; The Secretary of State Guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 (As amended),

-  All written representations

-  Written and oral representations by the Applicant (and supporters)

-  Written representations by two Ward Councillors 

-  Written and oral representations by Local Residents

-  Written representations by the Responsible Authorises

-  Written and oral representation by the Council’s Health and Safety Inspector

The decision of the Licensing Sub-Committee was:

The Licensing Sub- Committee decidedto Grant the premises licence subject to amendments made at the Hearing on the 24th October 2022.

The Licensing Sub- Committee  meeting was conducted in a manner which allowed each party to present their case and to discuss their concerns and positive aspects of the above application. The Licensing Sub-Committee paused to ask questions to the relevant parties with the view to obtain clear responses and where necessary, to get further information, and an overall understanding of various points.

The Licensing Sub-Committee was made aware prior to the commencement of the meeting about the change of hours (by the applicant) for the sale of alcohol at the above premises. The applicant decided to reduce the hours stated in the above application for film, live music and sale of alcohol to end at 10pm (22.00hours) rather than 12:00 midnight (00:00 hours) as proposed, and the use of the outdoor area until 9pm ( 21:00 hours)

Regarding Planning, there had been class use changes since the premises was owned by the previous tenant.The Licensing Officer briefly explained about the changes in the Planning Class use which were updated on the 1^st September 2020 [as noted in the [Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) ]. The former class A3 for Restaurants and Cafes was now the new Class E, which  included Restaurants, Snack Bars and Cafes. However, before the change, the premises was a class A1 retail shop and was denied an application to change to  A3.  The change in class coding meant that the premises could operate as any type of business within the new class E which included both shops and cafes. The premises was therefore now under Category E and could operate as a bakery/café without the need to apply for planning permission.

The application plan showed an outside (outdoor) area in the rear which was subject to planning permission. The applicant previously applied for permission for that area and later withdrew the application to amend the drawings. The applicant mentioned that she has since re-submitted to the Council for consideration the amended application for that part of the premises.

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