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Councillor Diggory Seacome was duly elected as Chairman.

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Sandford Parks Lido, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham

Licensing Officer, Phil Cooper, introduced the report as circulated with the agenda. An application had been made by Sandford Lido Limited for a premises licence in respect of Sandford Parks Lido, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham. The application was for a licence to authorise the sale of alcohol, the performance of plays, the exhibition of films, the performance of live and recorded music and the performance of dance.

A copy of the application was attached at Appendix A, together with site plans at Appendices B, C and D.

Following concerns raised by residents shortly after the application was originally submitted, the applicants revised their application to reduce its scope and identified a maximum number of occasions per year when the licence would be used to provide licensable activities.  These were detailed in paragraph 1.3 of the report, together with the times and days of the week when these activities would happen.

The two tables in paragraph 1.3 showed the applicants’ proposals firstly in relation to the normal operation of the premises throughout the year, and secondly in relation to a proposed annual six week winter event.

The Licensing Officer referred members to the operating schedule listing the steps the applicant intended to take to ensure that the activities at the premises would not cause crime or disorder, risk public safety, present a public nuisance or cause children to be harmed. These steps were listed in full in Appendix A. He informed the sub-committee that if a premises licence was granted it would be subject to binding conditions consistent with the steps shown in the operating schedule.

He advised members that no objections had been received from the nine responsible authorities. However 49 representations had been received mostly from residents living in the area.  Their objections were summarised in 4.1 of the report and were reproduced in full at Appendix E.

The representations related principally to such matters as the potential for noise nuisance from events at the premises as well as the potential for the sale of alcohol at the premises to risk public safety, cause harm to children and lead to crime and disorder both at the premises and in its vicinity.

The Officer advised that in making their decision the sub-committee must take into account all of the relevant representations and the steps the applicant had proposed to take in relation to promoting the licensing objectives.

Having given due consideration to all the relevant issues, the sub-committee may grant the licence as applied for, in which case it will be subject to mandatory conditions as well as conditions consistent with the steps proposed by the applicants. Alternatively if the sub-committee was satisfied that to grant the licence as applied for would compromise one or more of the licensing objectives, they may refuse the application in full, or they may grant the licence subject to such modifications or conditions as are appropriate to promote the four licensing objectives. 

In response to questions from a member, the Officer confirmed that since  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.