To receive apologies for absence.

To receive any details of Members nominated to attend the meeting in place of a Member of the committee.

There were no substitutes present at the meeting.

To receive declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

To consider an application for a grant of a premises licence in respect Pudleston Court, Pudleston, Leominster, HR6 0QY under the Licensing Act 2003.

Members of the licensing Sub-Committee from the Council’s Planning and Regulatory Committee considered the above application, full details of which appeared before the members in their agenda published on 17 November 2025.

Prior to making its decision the senior licensing officer presented the report which outlined the options available to the Sub-Committee. No representations were received from the responsible authorities. Six (6) representations were received from members of the public that the licensing authority accepted as being relevant. Six (6) representations were received from members of the public that were rejected by the licensing authority as not being relevant as they did not address at least one (1) of the four (4) licensing objectives.

The Sub-Committee heard from the public representative that:

·       The residential property of the speaker was set at 650m from Pudlestone Court; the home was an older home with no noise insulation. The family home would be prone to disruption with the approval of the application. The area was a very quiet, rural area set in open fields. There were no natural barriers to sound which travelled easily across the village. It was possible to hear livestock from 1km away therefore there was concern that noise from the Court would be clearly audible.

·       The nearest property to Pudlestone Court was set at 300m and livestock, including horses, were present close to the Court.

·       It was stated on the application that no sound would be perceived and there was an assumption that all doors and windows would be closed. There was concern that in Summer, with windows and doors open,  sound from the venue would be audible.

·       Pudlestone was a quiet village and noise from the court would be audible across the village.

·       The current sound level at night was between 20-30dB, a moderate level of 65-75dB would be clearly audible to nearest dwelling at 300m and perceptible to the family home at 650m. The claim in the application that noise would not be audible was not credible.

·       There was concern that the change and extension of licensing hours would extend drinking beyond midnight into the early hours of the morning.

·       It was requested that if the licence was granted strict conditions should be imposed. There should be no outdoor amplified music after 9 p.m., controls on sound levels at source, there should be limits on event frequency and duration and a noise impact assessment should be undertaken before any outdoor entertainment.

Following questioning by the Sub-Committee, it was confirmed that:

·       Music could be played until 11 pm. in accordance with the Live Music Act 2012 as amended

The Sub-Committee then heard from the applicant representative:

·       A noise management plan (NMP) was in place and noise levels were tested at the extremities of the property.

·       The application was for seven (7) days a week but it was intended that the majority of events would involve yoga and wellness weekends. There would not be events everyday. Events at the Court would, in the majority of cases, be small scale  ...  view the full minutes text for item 27.