Agenda and draft minutes

The Sub-Committee comprised of Councillor Mike Greenall (Chair), Councillor Fabiha Askari and Councillor Colin Hartley. 

The Legal Adviser was Daniel Spencer, Solicitor.

The Democratic Support Officer was Stephen Metcalfe. 

An application had been made for a review of a Premise Licence, under Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003, submitted by Mrs Rachel Stainton, Senior Environmental Health Officer, Lancaster City Council, Public Protection Service. The application relates to The Boardwalk, 100 Marine Road, Morecambe, LA4 4DR. There have been further relevant representations received from PC Andrew Taylor on behalf of the Chief Officer of Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and from Sarah Jones, Enforcement Officer from the Licensing Authority. The hearing was necessary in light of the relevant representations received. 

The following parties were present and made representation to the Committee; Mrs Rachel Stainton, Senior Environmental Health Officer (Applicant), PC Andrew Taylor on behalf of the Chief Officer of Lancashire Police, Ms Sarah Jones, Licensing Enforcement officer and Mr Lee Michael Wallett, (Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor), Mr Darren Clifford (Business Partner to Mr Walett). 

The Committee also considered a letter from Mr Mick Birks who is an authorised fire safety inspector appointed by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, which outlined the results and recommendations following an inspection of the licensed premises on the 25^{th of} August 2022. 

The Chair explained the procedure to those present and stated that the hearing would be a discussion led by the licensing authority. 

Parties present introduced themselves. 

Mrs Jennifer Curtis, Licensing Manager, introduced the report.

The applicant Mrs Rachel Stainton, Senior Environmental Health Officer then presented her representations in line with the details provided within the report. She did provide additional information, stating that since an application for a review of the premises licence was submitted on the 10^th of August 2022 there been further complaints relating to excessive noise and noise apps have been submitted, the most recent of which was Sunday 2^nd October 2022. Before presenting the additional information the agreement of all parties to present was obtained. 

Police Constable Andrew Taylor made representations on behalf of Lancashire Police. The representations made were in line with the representations contained within the report. Additional information was provided in relation to a further incident on the 13^th of September 2022, whereby there were a large number of customers drinking on the site and on the street. The door staff didn’t have a Hi-Viz jacket and hadn’t been using the clicker properly to count the number of people on site. On this date PC Taylor confirmed that there was approximately 166 people on site at the premises. At that time Mr Wallett was not present, but he did call the officer two days later to discuss. 

Sarah Jones, Licensing Enforcement Officer, made representations in line with her report. 

Mr Lee Wallett, as the licence holder and Designated Premises Supervisor for The Boardwalk was present alongside his business partner Mr Darren Clifford.

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