Agenda and draft minutes

There were none.

To agree that the Chairman, after consultation with the other members of the Panel, sign the record of this meeting outside the meeting. 

It was agreed that the Chairman, after consultation with the other members of the Panel, would sign the record of this meeting outside the meeting. 

There were none. 

Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct.  Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 5.

Disclosable pecuniary interests

There were none.

Other significant interests (OSIs)

There were none.

Other interests

There were none.

The applicant has applied for a new Premises Licence in respect of MS8 Limited, Dockhead Road, Chatham Maritime Kent, ME4 3ED. All responsible authorities have been consulted in line with the Licensing Act.

Representations have been received from the Police and from members of the public. Agreement has been reached with the Police and Environmental Protection.

Discussion:

The Licensing Officer stated that an application for a new premises licence had been received in respect of MS8 Limited, Dockhead Road, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 3ED.

The application was for:

Films Outdoors Monday to Sunday 10:00 – 22:00

Supply of Alcohol on and off the premises Monday to Sunday 10:00 – 22:00   

The application had previously been considered by the Licensing Hearing Panel on 19 January 2021. The Panel had taken the decision to adjourn the hearing for the reasons set out in the agenda.

Agreement had been reached with the Police and Environmental Health. This was subject to conditions being added to the operating schedule, as set out at Appendices F and G to the report in the agenda.

The matter had been put to the Licensing Hearing Panel because the Council had received representations relating to all four of the licensing objectives from members of the public. 

The following documents were included in the agenda pack:

Appendix A – pages 11 to 24 – Original application for new Premises Licence

Appendix B – page 25 – Amended application for new Premises Licence

Appendix C – page 27 – Location Plan

Appendix D – pages 29 to 48 – Copies of representations received in response to original application

Appendix E – pages 49 to 50 – Copies of representations received in response to amended application

Appendix F – page 51 – Agreement with Environmental Protection

Appendix G – page 53 – Agreement with Kent Police

Appendix H – pages 55 to 62 – Decision Notice, Licensing Hearing Panel – 19 January 2021

The Chairman invited the applicant to present his amended application for a new premises licence. Mr Sutton said that he had engaged extensively with Kent Police in relation to the application. These discussions had helped clarify the range of licensable activities that it was proposed would take place at the site. The license application had been amended accordingly. A separate planning application had previously been submitted. This had been withdrawn as the provision of a detailed Traffic Management Plan had been requested. This was to address concern that the hosting of drive-in films at the site could cause traffic management issues. The planning application had recently been resubmitted to include this information.

The Chairman invited the objectors to ask Mr Sutton questions. Mr Richardson said that no reassurance had been provided to residents regarding how they would be affected by the proposals. He asked what assurance could be given that there would be no impact on residents and said that the resubmitted planning application did not appear to be available on the Planning Portal.

In response, Mr Sutton said that he was not aiming for the proposals to have a detrimental effect on the Chatham Maritime area and was looking for them to enhance the area. The conditions agreed with Environmental Protection would require that a full event plan be submitted prior to each event held at the site. This would address issues such as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 812.

It is recommended that the Panel exclude the press and public from the meeting during the decision-making process for the reasons set out in the report. 

Decision:

The press and public were excluded from the meeting during the Panel’s deliberations and decision making in respect of agenda item 5, because consideration of this matter in public would disclosure information falling within paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as specified in agenda item 6 (Exclusion of the Press and Public) and, in all the circumstances of the case, the Panel considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.