Councillor Stan Avison was duly nominated and upon being put to the vote, it was

RESOLVED

That Councillor Stan Avison be elected Chairman of the Licensing Sub-Committee for this Meeting only.

COUNCILLOR STAN AVISON IN THE CHAIR

At this point in the meeting, Members were invited to declare any relevant interests.

·       Councillor Graham Cullen asked that it be noted that he was a personal licence holder and that he knEW Michael Kheng from Kurnia Licensing Consultants.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Adrian Benjamin.

Report of Service Manager, Safer Communities.

An open report was submitted by the Service Manager, Safer Communities which enabled Members to consider an application to vary the premises licence for the Turks Head, 1 Aswell Street, Louth, LN11 9BA.  The application had received representations from local residents and the Council’s Environmental Health Team.

The premises licence variation application was seeking to firstly increase the internal licensed area of the premises by adding a function room / restaurant area to the first floor of the venue.  Secondly, to extend the external licensed area with the construction of a roof terrace to the first floor.  The applicant had volunteered a terminal hour of 2300 Hours for use of the roof terrace.

A representation regarding the licence variation application had been received from the Council’s Environmental Health Team (who were acting as a Responsible Authority under the Licensing Act 2003).  Three representations had also been received from local residents.

The Principal Licensing Officer outlined the recommendations available to the Sub-Committee, page 2 of the report refers.

Mr Jonathan Hyldon representing the applicant was invited to make his representation to the Sub-Committee.

Mr Hyldon referred Members to the application details, page 1 of the report pack refers, which outlined adding a restaurant/function room area on the first floor and secondly, the construction of a roof terrace on the first floor.

Reference was then made to page 3 of the report pack with regards to the plan which was submitted.  Mr Hyldon advised Members that he wasn’t involved in the submission of the application that contained red-lining around some of the external area which wasn’t currently licensed.  A revised plan had since been submitted, page 14 of the applicant’s bundle refers.

The Sub-Committee were provided with some background information with regards to the applicant, The Turks Head Louth Limited and were advised that Mr Howell was the owner and had been running the premises since 2013.  He also had the help of his Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS), Joanna Faulkner and the Manager, Kai Appleyard.  They worked well together and ran the premises well. 

It was stated that Mr Howell was also the DJ at the venue and was in control of the sound system, noise etc.  Mr Hyldon informed Members that around £300k had been spent on the premises in the last year and referred Members to photos of the Turks Head, pages 8 to 13 of the applicant’s bundle refer.

Mr Hyldon commented that the license had been in its current form since January 2022 as the hours were extended at the end of 2021.  Members were referred to the current hours that were granted and the list of activities, along with the times, pages 1 to 2 of the applicant’s bundle refers.

Members were also referred to the Conditions Consistent with the Operating Schedule which must be adhered to, Annex 2 on pages 5 to 7 of the applicant’s bundle refer.

Mr Hyldon referred Members to the additional photos that had been produced for the new first floor function  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.