Agenda and minutes

It was moved by Councillor Hall and seconded by Councillor Symonds, that Councillor Bolton be appointed Chairman for the meeting. After being put to the meeting and a vote taken, the motion was declared CARRIED.

RESOLVED – that Councillor Bolton be appointed Chairman for the meeting.

To receive apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

The Chairman reminded participants to use their microphones when speaking.

The Chairman advised that there was a work experience student observing the meeting, and asked participants if there were any objections to the student’s presence. There were no objections.  

To receive any Members’ Declarations of Interest.

There were no declarations of interest.

A summary of the procedure to be followed during consideration of item 6 is attached.

The Chairman advised that this document could be found at pages 5 – 11 of the agenda. 

The Chairman duly noted that neither the applicant nor the interested parties were in attendance at the hearing, and asked for confirmation from Officers that notifications had been sent to them. The Senior Licensing and Enforcement Officer said that all parties had been sent the appropriate notifications on 15 June 2022, with agenda packs also being sent to participants by Democratic Services last week. The Chairman noted that information relating to the hearing was also available on the Council’s website.

The Chairman asked if the applicant had made an application before, and would therefore be familiar with the hearing process. The Senior Licensing and Enforcement Officer said that the applicant had made a prior application, and that at least one of the interested parties had also made a previous representation. 

The Chairman asked for advice from the Legal Representative. The Litigation and Legal Advisor said that the Sub-Committee could proceed with the hearing if they were satisfied that service of papers had been affected, and that there had been no requests to adjourn the hearing. All Members confirmed that they were happy to continue in the absence of the applicant and the interested parties.

The Senior Licensing and Enforcement Officer introduced his report, advising the Sub-Committee that on 8 May 2022 an application was received from Integrated Management Ltd (Stone Valley Festival/ Wannasee Festival) for a new premises licence for events at Hillside Farm, Hillside Lane, Great Amwell. He said that application requested the supply of alcohol for consumption on, and off of the premises, late night refreshment and regulated entertainment as detailed below:

The Senior Licensing and Enforcement Officer said that the application had restricted events to eleven days per calendar year. However, this number had been reduced during the consultation period to three events per year, each consisting of a maximum of three consecutive days. 

The Senior Licensing and Enforcement Officer advised the Sub-Committee of the additional steps proposed by the applicant to promote the four licensing objectives, which could be seen at pages 45 – 51 of the report. This included that all operations be carried out in conjunction with a comprehensive Management Plan. He advised the Sub-Committee that the application was further supported by further conditions which had been agreed between the applicant and Environmental Health, which could be seen at Appendix B of the report.

The Senior Licensing and Enforcement Officer said that during the statutory twenty eight day public consultation period, three valid representations had been received from interested parties, attached at Appendix C of the report. One representation was from Great Amwell Parish Council, one was from the Ward Councillor, and the other was from a local  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, is of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration and is not likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information.

There was no urgent business.