To receive any apologies from Members.

Apologies were received from Councillors A Brown, Begy, Bool, Payne, Blanksby and Wilson.

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There were no declarations of interest.

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No petitions, deputations or questions had been received however, public representation had been received and would be dealt with under agenda items 4 and 5.

To receive Report No.67/2023 from the Strategic Director of Places.

The Chairman introduced the parties in attendance and the procedure to be followed.

Darren Dolby, Licensing Officer for Peterborough City Council and Rutland County Council introduced the report, he confirmed that representations had been received from two local Councillors and five local residents, he also highlighted that no representations had been received from any of the responsible authorities. He highlighted in paragraph 3 dealt with the authorisations and times applied for. After consultation, it was agreed by the applicant that they would amend the hours on the licence to sell alcohol. From 1^st November – 28/29^th February, the hours would be from 9am – 4pm. From 1^st March – 31^st October, the hours would be from 9am – 7pm.

In paragraph 6, the applicant proposed the following conditions to be added onto the licence:-

-        Notices on the grassed area to signal the boundaries of the licensable area and where alcohol bought could be consumed.

-        Notices on kiosk to advise customers the alcohol must be consumed within the licensable area and staff to remind customers of this.

Mr W Kirstein, applicant on behalf of Anglian Water was invited to make his representations. The applicant highlighted the main reason for obtaining the licence for alcohol was to serve wedding guests who used Normanton Church as a drinks reception as part of a wedding package whilst photographs would be taking place. The Kiosk would remain open to the public within the opening hours but only beers and wines would be available, the Kiosk would not serve spirits. For those customers, it would be a 1 drink per customer which would be the Kiosk’s internal policy.

A Member asked a question around the staffing of the drinks reception and the detail of signage to show the area in which the alcohol would be consumed. The applicant responded by saying it would be staffed like any other wedding reception, the Kiosk team would serve and clean up after each booking. With regards to signage, wooden posts and signage would notify the public where the alcohol could be consumed. The alcohol would be decanted into a separate cup before being passed to the customer.

It was highlighted to Members that the licence stated it would start from 9am but the applicant assured the Committee they would not look to be selling alcohol around that time.

A member asked a question around the accuracy of the map, the licensing officer highlighted that clarification had been asked for the boundaries to be defined. The applicant had provided the officer with what3words for the 3 boundaries of the site. If approved, they would be incorporated into the plan.

The applicant also explained that the extensive area for the license was to provide flexibility for when photographs would be taken for wedding parties.

An interested party asked the applicant why they had not applied for the license for Normanton Church. The applicant responded by saying practically the Church would not be suitable to serve  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

To receive Report No.68/2023 from the Strategic Director of Places.

As the meeting reached 10.00pm, it was decided  that the variation application for Bills Bar would be arranged for a different hearing date.