Agenda and draft minutes

There were no declarations of personal interest.

The Legal Adviser briefed all present on the procedure for the meeting, which had been convened to consider an objection notice submitted by the Environmental Health Officer of Carmarthenshire County Council, in relation to 5 Temporary Event Notices submitted by Mr David Drinkall, of Glanrannell Park House, Crugybar, Llanwrda, SA19 8SA. The Temporary Event Notices related to the sale by retail of alcohol between 14:00 – 23:30hrs and the provision of regulated entertainment between 18:00-22:30hrs at the premises as follows:

Temporary Event Notice 1 – Friday 22^nd July and Saturday 23^rd July 2022.

Temporary Event Notice 2 – Friday 29^th July and Saturday 30^th July 2022.

Temporary Event Notice 3 – Friday 5^th August and Saturday 6^th August 2022.

Temporary Event Notice 4 – Friday 12^th August and Saturday 13^th August 2022.

Temporary Event Notice 5 – Friday 19^th August and Saturday 20^th August 2022

The Environmental Health Officer clarified the distinction between the factors which would constitute a public nuisance in accordance with the Home Office Guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 and the factors which would constitute a statutory noise nuisance enshrined within the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

The Environmental Health Officer referred to his written submission and detailed the objection to the notices on the grounds that the Authority considered that the Public Nuisance objective would not be met for the reasons set out within Appendix A to the report.

At this point the Sub-Committee was provided with a selection of audio recordings captured by local residents by way of a ‘Noise App’, together with those recorded using professional equipment by the Authority’s Pollution division during the monitoring of noise levels undertaken at previous events held by the applicant.  It was reported to the Sub-Committee that the activities from Glanrannell Park House were both audible at the properties visited and in the wider community. The Environmental Health Officer further confirmed that whilst the noise witnessed during the Authority’s monitoring exercise was not sufficient to be considered as a statutory noise nuisance, it was clarified the determination could change based on factors relating to the duration, frequency, type and volume of noise, in addition to factors pertaining to reasonableness and the nature of the locality.   The Environmental Health Officer therefore concluded that the main basis of the objection related to the frequency of Temporary Event Notices applied for over a short duration.

The Sub-Committee thereupon considered written and oral witness statements from local residents in support of the objections put forth by the Environmental Health Officer.  The objections related to the following areas:

·       The adverse health and well-being implications on local residents, caused by the frequency of events and taking cognisance of the distance of the venue from its neighbouring properties.

·       The duration of events, including the noise ancillary to events held there caused by vehicle noise, noise generated by the setting up of an event and noise from individuals  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.