Issue - meetings

To consider the application at 13:00pm.

Contact: Mike Skelton, Senior Licensing Officer. Tel: 01484 221000

RESOLVED:

That the application for the Grant of a Premises License, Bankgate Mills, Bankgate, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5DL be refused.

The reasons for the Panel’s decision was that the following licensing objectives will not be met:

1.    Protection of children from harm

2.    Public Safety

3.    Prevention of public nuisance

The Panel considered a report which outlined an application for the grant of a premises licence, Bankgate Mills, Bankgate, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5DL.

The Licensing Officer informed the Panel that on 4^th July 2023, the Licensing Department received an application for the grant of a premises licence.  The licensable activities applied for were as follows:-

Sale of Alcohol (on and off the premises)

Monday – Sunday 12:00 – 23:00

The Licensing Officer advised the Panel that the responsible authorities had been consulted and no concerns or objections had been raised.

In response to this application, a total of 18 representation from members of the public, and one representation from Colne Valley Ward Councillors had been received which expressed concerns in relation to noise, public nuisance, anti-social behaviour, crime and disorder and public safety, and that if the license be granted the licensing objectives in respect of public nuisance, prevention of crime and disorder, protecting children from harm and public safety would not be achieved.

The applicant informed the Panel that he owned the Fourth Fiend which was a well-established tap room in Meltham, and that his intention was to replicate the tap room which catered for the community, in Bankgate Mills, Slaithwaite.  The applicant also advised the Panel that he was happy to work with the community to create a successful business.

Responding to concerns raised by the objectors, the applicant explained to the Panel that until the landlord at Bankgate Mills had allocated the outside space to each unit, the applicant was unable to confirm the area that would be in use from the tap room, and that he expected people to walk to the venue obliterating the concern for parking at the site.  The applicant advised the Panel that he would communicate with the landlord to discuss what could be implemented to protect the public from harm on exiting the tap room onto a busy road. The applicant also advised that the Fourth Fiends tap room was based in the centre of Meltham with residential properties close by and that there had only ever been one instance of a noise complaint in the last two years, the applicant’s intention was to do his utmost to ensure noise was kept to a minimum.

RESOLVED:

That the application for the Grant of a Premises License, Bankgate Mills, Bankgate, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5DL be refused.