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No declarations of personal interest were made at the meeting

The Sub-Committee considered an application from Morgan & John Leisure Ltd for the variation of a premises licence in respect of Chillies Diner & Mojitos Bar, 17-21 Cowell Street, Llanelli SA15 1YA as follows:-

Supply of Acohol/Films:- Monday to Thursday 09:00 – 00:30

                                        Friday and Saturday 09:00 – 03:00

Live Music:-  Monday to Sunday 09:00 – 23:30

Recorded Music: - Sunday to Thursday 09:00 – 00:30

                               Friday & Saturday 09:00 – 03:00

Late Night Refreshment: - Sunday to Thursday 23:00 – 00:30

                                          Friday & Saturday 23:00 – 03:00

Non-Standard Timings:- to allow all the above activities, except live music, on 12 occasions per year to 03.30 a.m.

The current premises licence allowed:-

Supply of Alcohol/Films/Recorded Music:- Monday to Sunday 10:00 – 00:15

Live Music Monday to Sunday 10:00 – 23:30 (limited to 24 occasions per year)

Late Night Refreshment Monday to Sunday 23:00 – 00:15

Opening Hours Monday to Sunday 09:00 – 00:30

The Legal Services Manager briefed all present on the procedure for the meeting.

The Committee’s attention was drawn to additional documentation circulated at the meeting from the applicant amending his application to remove those elements relating to the playing of live and recorded music.

The Licensing Authority Representative referred to the report detailing the particulars of the application, as set out above, and advised that the following documentation was also attached thereto:-

·        Appendix A – A copy of the application

·        Appendix B – The Licensing Authority’s representations;

·        Appendix C – Dyfed Powy’s Police’s representations, as agreed with the applicant

·        Appendix D – Representations received from interested parties;

The remaining Responsible Authorities had not submitted any representations in respect of the application.

The Licensing Authority Representative referred to his representations, detailed in Appendix B to the report, and drew the Sub Committee’s attention to a number of factors in relation thereto. Firstly, on point c), and the issue of the premises’ planning consent, the applicant had confirmed that it would be his intention to seek a variation to that planning consent for any variation that may be granted by the Sub-Committee that day, and that the variation would not be implemented until such time as planning consent had been obtained. With regard to point f), the Licensing Authority was of the view that the wording of the operating schedule, submitted as part of the application, was not sufficiently precise to enable it to form clear enforceable licence conditions in accordance with Section 18(2)(a) of the Licensing Act. The applicant had stated in point f) that a risk assessment had been undertaken, however, there was no documentary evidence to support that claim. Accordingly, site visits had been undertaken by himself and a representative of the Public Health Division on separate weekends to assess whether there was a need for such an assessment to be formally undertaken and documented. During those occasions the level of music being played at the premises was found to be low background music only. As a result, discussions had been held with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.