Resolved: That Cllr. Clack be appointed as Chairman of the Licensing Hearing.

(Cllr. Clack in the Chair)

There were none.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the hearing.

The Chairman advised that further correspondence had been received since the publication of the agenda papers and proposed an adjournment of the meeting which would allow Environmental Protection Team Leader to discuss the information with the applicant. An amended version of the Variation of Licence application was tabled as an appendix.

At 10:37am the hearing was adjourned, and Hearing Members withdrew, accompanied by the Legal Advisor.

At 10:47 the Hearing Members and the Council’s Legal Advisor, returned to the Conference Room.

The Senior Licensing Officer stated that the Applicant and Environmental Protection Team Leader had discussed the application with regards to the recently received information. The Environmental Protection Team Leader and the Applicant had come to a mutual agreement that both the live and recorded music elements of the application could be removed from the application to vary and this was subsequently confirmed verbally by both parties to the Licensing Sub Committee.

The Chairman informed the Hearing that the Sub-Committee, noting that there were no further outstanding representations for the application to consider, were content to approve the variation to the licence as amended by the tabled document and the agreement between the parties.

A full decision notice would be issued within five working days to all interested parties.

It was therefore

Resolved: That the Variation Application in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 (as amended), Sevenoaks District Council Statement of Licensing Policy, and the Home Office Guidance issued per Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, incorporating the agreed amendments, be granted.