Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chairman confirmed that all parties understood the procedure to be followed for the hearing.

Annex A – Premises Application

Annex B – Pizza Hut Plan

Annex C – Representation 1 (Thames Valley Police)

Annex D – Representation 2 (Environmental Protection)

Annex E – Map of Area

Annex F – Proposed Conditions

The Panel’s decision was that the application for a new premises licence in respect of Pizza Hut, Unit 2, West View, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JG shall be granted subject to additional conditions.

The Panel carefully considered all the information presented, both written and oral, from:

• the Licensing Officer Mr Charlie Fletcher, who outlined the issues;
• the Applicant, Mr Sanj Uppal
• the responsible authorities Miss Charlie Fielder Environmental Health and Mr Mike King, Thames Valley Police. Mike King did not attend but his written representations were considered. The other representation was heard in person.

These representations were considered together with reference to the appropriate Licensing Objectives: the Prevention of Public Nuisance, Crime and Disorder and the Protection of Children from Harm, the Council’s own Licensing Policy and the Secretary of State’s Guidance. The principal objectives in this case being public safety in respect of  cars pulling over and public nuisance specifically noise nuisance.

At the conclusion of the Panel Hearing, having heard all participants present, the participants confirmed that they had been given the opportunity to say all they wished to say.

The Panel noted that two of the responsible authorities Environmental Health and Thames Valley Police had made representations.  The Panel noted that Thames Valley Police’s representation had been accepted by the applicant at mediation.  The Panel noted that Environmental Health had considered the application for a new premises licence for Pizza Hut and had raised concerns about the impact of noise from potential customers on close neighbours and in the general area, arising from the opening hours proposed by the applicant.

The applicant confirmed that the Pizza Hut site was not a restaurant and customers were only able to order food to be either delivered or taken away with them; CCTV operation had been added as a condition variation at mediation so the site would be regulated; Pizza Hut staff would ensure that the site was kept tidy and notices would be erected to encourage people to be respectful and quiet for residents nearby. Based on his prior experience of the trade the applicant expected the majority of his customers would use the delivery option rather than the ‘walk-in’ option.  The applicant was interested in being a good neighbour to residents in the area and was not aware of any issues relating to anti-social behaviour or litter at the site.

The Panel noted that as a result of mediation with the applicant some additional conditions had been agreed.

The Panel decided that granting the premises licence subject to the additional conditions would promote the four licensing objectives, and noted that the proposed licensing conditions addressed some of the concerns with regard to noise nuisance and public nuisance .

The Panel had to consider on the one hand the applicant’s right to run his business free of unnecessary restrictions but that had to be balanced against the rights of those who live in the vicinity not to be woken or disturbed by the applicant’s patrons when they leave the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.