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The Committee met to consider 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 Council’s Environment Enforcement and Building Control Division, and Warrington Borough Council (as responsible authorities) 

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

The Committee also considered all written relevant representations from interested parties

The applicant informed the Committee that it was amending its application by seeking a grant of a premises licence limited to a three year period.

Cheshire Constabulary had not objected to the grant of a permanent licence provided that it was restricted to the August Bank Holiday Weekend in any year and did not object to the grant of a three year licence subject to conditions being imposed. 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. Certain proposals made by Cheshire Constabulary were outside the scope of the Licensing Act 2003 and were withdrawn: and others were not appropriate to the decision reached by the Committee. However, the majority of the conditions proposed by Cheshire Constabulary were accepted by the Committee.

Warrington Borough Council objected to the original application and had not proposed any conditions should a licence for a limited period be granted. Warrington Borough Council also objected to the amended application but stated that it would not object to a licence limited to one year (subject to the conditions proposed by Halton Borough Council in the printed agenda).

Halton Borough Council’s Environmental Health and Building Control Division  had objected to the grant of a permanent licence but  proposed a number of conditions should a licence be granted for a limited period (that is, the August Bank Holiday weekend 2009). However, no objection was raised by them to the amended application subject to additional conditions that were tabled at the hearing.

Representations had been received from 148 interested parties. A further 12 representations were made by persons outside of the vicinity of the site. One representation was received which contained no address. The vicinity of the site had been determined to be the area enclosed within a radius of 1.5 miles from the site (or just over 7 square miles).  The 12 persons who have submitted representations from outside the vicinity of the premises together with the person who did not provide an address were not considered to be interested parties. The representations had been placed on the application file and copies had been forwarded to the applicant and to members of the Committee prior to the hearing. Only relevant representations were  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.