To consider a report of the Head of Regulatory Services.

The Head of Regulatory Services submitted a report informing Members of an objection from Environmental Health and Greater Manchester Police to a Temporary Event Notice for OS Reference SJ771867, outside People Bar and Restaurant, corner of Westgate and Ashley Road, Hale, WA15 9AY.

RESOLVED –

(1)    That the objection notices dated 3^rd August 2023 be accepted as outlined in the decision notice below.

(2)  That a Counter Notice to the Temporary Event Notice be issued.

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE DECISION NOTICE

Sub Committee        

Members:                   Councillor J. Holden

                                    Councillor G. Carter

Applicant:                   Mr. Adam Hilton

Type of Licence:        Temporary Event Notice(s) – OS Reference SJ771867, outside People Bar and Restaurant, corner of Westgate and Ashley Road, Hale, WA15 9NY

Representors:            Greater Manchester Police – P.C. J Lloyd

                                    Environmental Health – Mrs. A Acton

Parties Present:        On behalf of Greater Manchester Police

                                    P.C. John Lloyd

                                    On behalf of Environmental Health

                                    Mrs. A. Acton – Environmental Health Officer

                                    Officers present

James Parry – Locum Litigation Lawyer

                                    Joanne Boyle - Licensing Team Leader

                                    Stacey Hilton – Licensing Officer

                                    Natalie Owen – Governance Officer

Date of Hearing:        Wednesday 9^th August 2023

Time Commence:      6.40 p.m.

Time Terminated:      6.55p.m

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE DECISION

The Sub Committee have considered the licensing objectives and they accept the police objection notice & the Environmental Health objection notice to the Temporary Event Notice dated 3^rd August 2023.

The Sub Committee have determined to issue a counter notice to the Temporary Event Notice(s) pursuant to section 105 of the Licensing Act 2003.

SUB-COMMITTEE’S REASONS FOR REACHING ITS DECISION

On the 9th August 2023 we formed a licensing sub-committee to consider an Temporary Event Notice submitted by Adam Hilton on behalf of Hilton BevCo Limited who sought to park their mobile horsebox bar across Westgate at the junction with Ashley Road in the centre of Hale on the 3rd September 2023 between 10:00am and 6:00pm for the purposes of serving alcohol.

We have been referred to two sets of representations, the first issued by Alison Acton on behalf of the Environmental Health Authority which objected to the notice on the grounds that:

1.              The applicant does not have a street trading licence and would commit an offence by trading on the street in the circumstances described by the applicant, and:

2.              That the location at which the vehicle is to be parked would create an obstruction and a risk to public safety.

The second counter notice was received from Greater Manchester Police. On the Chief Constable’s behalf, PC Lloyd states that:

1.              The serving of alcohol in open containers to members of the general public would conflict with an existing public spaces protection notice, which prohibits members of the public from being in possession of open containers of alcohol in that locality, and:

2.              That the statutory requirement that no more than 500 people can be on the premises at any one time cannot be achieved due to the nature of the public space and the number of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.