Agenda and decisions

That the minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Committee, held on 27 February and 13 March and 14 March 2024 be consdiered at the next meeting.

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1.    An application was received from Radioactive Clothing Ltd t/a Slammin Events (“Applicant”) for a variation of premises Licence, Pl1376, Beckenham Park Place, Beckenham Hill, Beckenham, BR3 5BS (“Premises Licence”).

2.    The application for variation received representations from a number of local residents.  The application did not receive representations from any of the Responsible Authorities.

3.    The Licensing Committee held a hearing on 26 March 2024 to consider the application. The Applicant was represented at the hearing and made submission in support of the Application. The Committee also heard submission from two local residents who were speaking on behalf of a number of local residents who had made written representations to the application.

4.    In making its decision the Committee has considered all of the papers contained in the report pack together with the submissions and evidence presented by the Applicant and local residents. The committee has also considered the Council’s own Statement of Licensing Policy and the Home Office’s Statutory Guidance.

5.    The Committee’s decision is to grant the application to vary the Premises Licence subject to amendments to conditions 54, 55 and 57 of the Premises Licence.

6.    The Committee considers that the variation application should be granted, subject to the amended conditions, for the following reasons:

a.    The Committee received no representations from the Responsible Authorities, including the Police and Environmental Health, that the premises had not been run in accordance with the conditions on the existing licence. There was no evidence before the Committee that any concerns from local residents had been raised with any of the Responsible Authorities in relation to the previous event held by the Applicant on 19 and 20 August 2023 before the variation application was submitted by the Applicant. In all of the circumstances the Committee considers that on the evidence the applicant has run the previous event, held on 19 and 20 August 2023, responsibly and notes at paragraph 1.5 of the Section 182 Guidance the general principle to support responsible premises;

b.    The concerns raised by the local residents relate to all four licensing objectives. However, other than assertions the Committee has not received sufficient evidence to suggest that the operation of events under the Premises Licence fails to uphold each of the four licensing objectives. In addition the Premises Licence already includes conditions that require the Premises Licence Holder to implement controls that promote each of the four licensing objectives that are directly relevant to the concerns raised by the local residents.

c.     The local residents made a number of representations relating to previous events hosted at Beckenham Park by previous licence holders which were not relevant to the variation application before the Committee and were not considered.  The only event hosted by the Premises Licence Holder and relevant to the Committee’s determination of the application was the event hosted on 19 and 20 August 2023;

d.    The Committee was satisfied on the evidence before it that the local residents had not been involved  ...  view the full decision text for item 3.

This Item was WITHDRAWN.

Agreed