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            The Committee considered an application which had been made under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 for a premises licence in relation to the above premises.

            The hearing was held in accordance with the provisions of section 18 Licensing Act 2003 and the Licensing Act (Hearings) Regulations 2005.

            The Committee heard representations in person on behalf of:

1                    the applicant;

2                    Cheshire Constabulary and Halton Borough Councils Environment Enforcement and Building Control Division, and Warrington Borough Council (as responsible authorities); and 

3                    Mr & Mrs Harris, Dr Barlow and Mr Priestner of Higher Walton and Mr Owen of Daresbury (as interested parties)

            The Committee also considered all written relevant representations. 

            As part of their presentation Cheshire Constabulary outlined a number of conditions which they had requested to be attached to the premises licence should the application be granted with the exception that condition No. 3 was amended from “All CCTV must comply with the recommendations laid down by the Force Architect and CCTV Liaison Officer” to “An agreed level of CCTV coverage is to be determined by consultations between the organisers and a multi agency group taken from the Responsible Authorities”.  The applicant accepted the proposed conditions.

            Halton Borough Councils Environmental Health and Building Control Division and Warrington Borough Council advised the Committee that the conditions requested by both authorities (as set out at Appendix 2 and Appendix 3 of the Committee Agenda) dealt with the same issues and were effectively duplications of each other. Consequently, both authorities agreed that the set of conditions as tabled by Halton Borough Council (Appendix 2) would be the conditions being requested in their representations. The Divisional Manager Halton Borough Council Environmental Health gave an undertaking to consult with Warrington Borough Council Environmental Health on any relevant issues.  The applicant accepted the proposed conditions.

            Five interested parties addressed the Committee in person.

            At the conclusion of the hearing the Committee retired to consider the application

RESOLVED: That

Having considered the application in accordance with section 4 Licensing Act 2003 and all other relevant considerations the committee decided that the application be granted subject to the following conditions.

The conditions shall be those set out at Appendix 1 of the Agenda (subject to condition 3 being amended as above) and Appendix 2 of the Agenda

The reason for the determination was that the Committee felt that the application was consistent with the Licensing Objectives.

The conditions to be imposed on the premises licence are as follows

1        All activities, structures, stages and facilities shall be positioned in accordance with the application plan. No changes shall be made to the plan without prior permission in writing from the Operational Director (Environment & Regulatory Services) or the Divisional Manager (Environmental Health, Building Control& Enforcement).

2        The licensee shall appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Noise Control Consultant who shall be required to advise the Licensee on managing noise generated during the licensed events and to liaise with all relevant parties ie the Licensee, the Environmental Health officers  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.