Agenda and draft minutes

There were no apologies of absence, substitutions, declarations of interest or dispensations.

NOTE: The purpose of the meeting is to hold a hearing under the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings Regulations) 2005, details of which will be published as soon as they are available.

Procedure Note attached.

·        Report attached with Appendix 1-4

·        Appendix 5

·        Environmental Health Report with appendices

·        Planning Report with appendices

Recommended - That the Sub-Committee consider the application to review the premises licence for Accrington Stanley Football Club Limited made by the resident, and any submissions made by the premises licence holder and all other representations received.

The Chair read out the procedure for the committee and outlined the purpose of the hearing and the premises to which it relates, and introductions were made around the table at the start of the meeting. The following people were present:

Cllr Clare Yates, Chair

Cllr Stephen Button

Cllr Danny Cassidy

Daniel Hoyle, Solicitor

Wendy Redfern, Licensing Manager

Paul Thwaites, Environmental Protection Manager

Adam Birkett, Head of Planning and Transportation

Applicant

Representative 2

Representative 3

Representative 4

Gill Sherrat, ASFC Representative, Licensing Matters

Warren Eastham, ASFC Director

Karen Gettins, ASFC Events Manager

Lesley Goodall, Millar Goodhall Acoustics

There were 3 representatives that did not attend and the committee agreed to proceed in their absence.

It was agreed by the committee to allow those other persons (other than a representative) to appear at the hearing as requested by the ASFC Representative.

It was agreed by the committee to hold the meeting in public.

The Licensing Manager presented the application for review of the premises licence for Accrington Stanley Football Club, Livingstone Road, Accrington under section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003. A person other than a responsible authority, namely a resident living in the vicinity of the premises, submitted the review application.

The premises was first issued with a licence in June 2007. The licence at the time covered an older smaller building on the grounds of the club. The licence had been subject to several variations and covers the whole of the club grounds including the building that was erected in March 2022, which incorporates Coleys Bar and the 1968 Lounge.

Accrington Stanley Football Club holds the current licence and the current Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) is David Presley Burgess.

The licensable activity was listed in 3.5 of the report and a copy of the current licence was attached at Appendix 1.

The application was received on the 14^th January 2025, and then the application was amended and accepted on the 30^th January 2025. The grounds for the review is that the following licensing objective is in danger of not being upheld: - The Prevention of Public Nuisance.

A copy of the amended review application was attached at Appendix 2.

The application was advertised on the Council’s website and representation had to be made by the 27^th February 2025. The representations were attached at Appendix 3 in the report.

Members were informed of the Live Music Act 2012 and how it affects the condition on the licence, all the information was listed at 4.6 of the report.

A google earth map was attached at Appendix 5 in the report.

Members were then presented with the options on how to progress the determining of the application once all representations had been heard.

The applicant spoke to the committee and the following points were raised:

I requested this application for a Licensing Review for the function rooms due to the public nuisance.

Since March 2022 there has been major problems as the floor space is over a wider space  ...  view the full minutes text for item 376.