Councillor DW Greenow was elected as Chairman for the Regulatory Sub-Committee hearing.

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

To consider an application for a new premises licence in respect of The Royal Oak Hotel, South Street, Leominster, HR6 8JA.

Members of the Council’s Regulatory Sub Committee considered the above application, full details of which appeared before the Members in their agenda.

Prior to making their decision the Members heard from Mr Fred Spriggs, Licensing Officer for Herefordshire Council, Ms Charmaine Brookes, the applicant, and Mr Steve Fellows for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Services.

Having carefully considered those matters brought before them and in reaching their decision, the Members had full regard to both the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003, the Guidance Issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 and the Council’s Licensing Policy. 

DECISION

This Regulatory Sub-Committee has heard an application for a new Premises licence made in respect of the Royal Oak Hotel Leominster.

 It has referred and given weight to the appropriate statutory provision, best practice and evidence put before it by all parties.

The Hearing today relied upon the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005. Our Legal Adviser has referred the Committee particularly to certain paragraphs of these Regulations which the Committee duly considered and followed in its decisions concerning what evidence to admit, who it would hear and in what capacity and how the proceedings should generally be conducted.

The Committee is invited to consider;

• Whether to grant a new premises licence and if so with what conditions;
• Whether, in the event of it granting such a licence, it can accept Ms Charmaine Brookes as its designated premises supervisor.

The Committee has made the following decision:

The Committee adjourns this application in the public interest to the 25 January 2016 at 11:00am.

This  decision is made in accordance with the duty placed upon us to safeguard the four Licensing Objectives in general and in particular the protection of Public Safety and  prevention of Crime and Disorder objectives to which we have specifically been referred.