South Cambridgeshire District Council

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

The application

The application to grant a Premises Licence for O & T Wines, Artemis and Justinian, Pegasus House, Pembroke Avenue, Waterbeach, CB25 9PY was received by the licensing department and sent for consultation on the 5 October 2020.

The application is for the grant of a new Premises Licence.

General description of premises

Section 5 of the application form asks the applicant to provide a general description of the premises.  The application form states:

The premises to be licensed is a space of two rented rooms on the ground floor of Pegasus House. One room will be used as an office to receive orders and conduct general processing. This is the larger of the two rooms. The second room will be used for storage of stock. There is a lockable door separating the two rooms, and lockable doors into the rest of the building. The building itself is also locked 24/7.

All sales made by O&T Wines Limited are for delivery only and no consumption will take place on site.  

Requested activities

The sale by retail of alcohol for consumption OFF the premises only

Monday          09:00 – 18:00

Tuesday         09:00 – 18:00

Wednesday   09:00 – 18:00

Thursday       09:00 – 18:00

Friday             09:00 – 18:00

Saturday        Closed

Sunday          Closed

            Hours premises are open to the public

Monday          09:00 – 18:00

Tuesday         09:00 – 18:00

Wednesday   09:00 – 18:00

Thursday       09:00 – 18:00

Friday             09:00 – 18:00

Saturday        Closed

Sunday          Closed

Background

This application is being put forward to the Licensing Committee to determine the granting of the licence due to the relationship between the applicant and a Member of the Council.  Theo Gough, the applicant, is the son of Cllr Gough.

The premises are located on the ground floor of Pegasus House, Pembroke Avenue, Waterbeach.  Pegasus House comprises of office suites on two floors, which is occupied by a range of businesses.

As required by the Licensing Act policy, the application was sent to all responsible authorities for consultation as part of the licensing application process.

Notification of the application was sent to 48 neighbouring properties.

The requirements for advertising and displaying relevant notices were carried out in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003. The Blue Notice correctly displayed, and a notice was placed in the Cambridge Evening News on 9 October 2020.

Relevant representations

No representations were received from interested parties. A representation was received from Environmental Health. The applicant agreed to the suggested Environmental Health conditions.

Observations:

The panel heard representations from the applicant who explained the nature of the business, how the premises would be used and how daily operations would work at the premises. He explained the reasons for moving to a new premises. He confirmed that there would be no collection and no consumption of alcohol at the premises. He confirmed the age verification processes that were in place. He explained the delivery process for local and national deliveries.

Decision

Taking all the above into account the Sub-Committee agreed to grant the Premises Licence subject to the incorporation of the conditions that had been proposed by Environmental Health and to which the applicant had confirmed he agreed.

The conditions proposed by the applicant and those proposed by the Environmental Health Officer and accepted by the applicant, would improve the promotion of the licensing objectives.

The applicant has a right of appeal to the Cambridge Magistrates’ Court within 21 days of receiving notification of this decision.

Signed:

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Councillor Jose Hales (Chair)

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Councillor Anna Bradnam 

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Councillor Deborah Roberts

Dated: 23 November 2020