Agenda and minutes

          Resolved – That Councillor Vera Tomlinson be Chair of this meeting of the Panel.

(Councillor Tomlinson took the Chair.)

          The Panel considered (a) a report of the Council’s Licensing Manager setting out an application, by Wiltshire Constabulary, objecting to a temporary event notice for 37-38 Fleet Street, Swindon, for an event covering the period covering 20:00 hours on Friday 26^th August 2016 until 06:00 on Saturday 27^th August 2016, (b) information set out in the Licensing Manager’s report, (c) the Council’s procedure for licensing hearings, (d) oral and written representations received from Wiltshire Constabulary in support of their objection, (e) oral representations from the applicant, Mr Julian Hogan, in support of his application for a temporary event notice and written documentation tabled by him, (g) oral submissions from Mr O’Neill (assisting with the promotion of the proposed event) in support of the application, (h) questions and answers to officers, the applicant, Mr O’Neill and Wiltshire Constabulary, (i) the Licensing Act 2013 and the Secretary of State’s Section 182 Guidance, and (j) the Council’s Licensing Policy.

The Council’s Licensing Manager introduced the report noting:

·       1. That the Temporary Event Notice application was for 37-38 Fleet Street.

·       2. That the Police had objected to the application and that their objection was set out in the agenda papers and supporting information had been tabled.

·       3. That Mr Julian Hogan was the applicant and had made several temporary event notice applications previously, although this being the first at this location.

·       4. The venue of 37-38 Fleet Street currently held a premises licence although this had not operated for some time.

·       5. The application was as set out in the agenda papers.

·       6. That the sale of alcohol and regulated entertainment was proposed from 20:00 hours on Friday 26^th August 2016 until 06:00 on Saturday 27^th August 2016 which was a Bank Holiday weekend.

·       7. That a copy of the current premises licence was attached to the Agenda papers and the Panel, if it were so minded, could attach any of those conditions to the current notification.

·       8. That no new conditions could be introduced to the notification.

The oral submissions in support of the objection to the grant of a temporary event notice can be broadly summarised as follows:

·       That the Police believed that the event as proposed would undermine the licensing objectives in respect of the Prevention of Public Nuisance and the Prevention of Crime and Disorder.

·       That the Police had considered the application and had negotiated with the applicant to suitably amend the application but there had not been any agreement as to a revised application.

·       Mr Hogan had held other events at Quasar, Havelock Square, Swindon, and the Police had concerns following those events as a result of drugs and legal highs found within the vicinity.

·       The Police had concern about the knowledge and experience of the organisers and staff at these events.

·       The organisers no longer had access to the script radio system as they hadn’t paid the appropriate fee which meant that they had no direct access to the Police which could  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.