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Local Code of Conduct - Disclosable Pecuniary Interests In accordance with the revised local Code of Conduct, a councillor is required to disclose at the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI) that they may have in respect of any matter for consideration on this agenda. Any councillor with a DPI must not participate in any discussion or vote regarding that matter and that they must also withdraw from the meeting immediately before consideration of the matter.
If that DPI has not been registered, you must notify the Monitoring Officer of the details of the DPI within 28 days of the date of the meeting. |
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Minutes: The Sub-Committee considered the application for a new premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption OFF the premises, between the hours of 0900hrs and 1700 hrs Monday to Friday. The Sub-Committee also considered the relevant sections of the Council’s Licensing Policy and the National Guidance issued by the Secretary of State under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 (as amended).
The Environmental Health Manager informed the Sub-Committee that the premises was a private residence and grounds, which was being used as a small independent gin distillery with the gin stored on site. The applicant was permitted to manufacture, store and supply wholesale without a licence. The public would not have access to the property; sales would be via telephone and or internet and sent to the customer. The application was validated on 13 April 2016 and consulted on from 14 April until 11 May 2016. The consultation end date was extended to 13 May 2016. The applicant had given a consultation end date on notices, which exceeded the statutory required period; the period of consultation was extended to that date in order to be fair to all interested parties. A total of eighteen relevant representations had been received, mainly from local residents, on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance. A number of issues had been raised which were outside the remit of the Sub-Committee, these included the safety of the public on the highway, and a concern over a possible increase in property crime, related planning issues and not being appropriate for the area in general. A petition had also been received detailing the names of 51 local residents who objected to this application. The petition had been received after the end of the consultation period and was attached as part of the late sheets for information only. The applicant had submitted a number of proposals and steps that he intended to take, in order to promote the four licensing objectives.
Mr Mew the applicant, made the following submissions in support of his application:
· Mews Gin Ltd was a private company with three Directors and five shareholders comprised of family members. Mr Mew was recently semi-retired and worked as a consultant. Mr Mew’s wife had a part-time job and his son had a full-time job. Mr Mew had two licences from HMRC, one for the rectification of spirits, which was taking alcohol and re-distilling it. The second licence was for compounding spirits, which was a cold process and was how sloe gin was created. Alcohol was bought in with the duty paid for up-front. It was not possible to produce alcohol, as it was too large an operation requiring approval from customs and excise. · He would like to sell craft gin online to members of the public for delivery in the local area. · In relation to the potential for public nuisance objection, the applicant stated that his understanding was that this mainly applied to pubs and bars, and was not sure how it applied in ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |