Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that Councillor L Bigham be elected as Chair for the meeting.

There were no apologies for absence.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider an application to review a Premises Licence in respect of The Pilot Hotel, Catesby Road, Coventry.

Note: The review applicant and their representative have been invited to attend

  the hearing.

  The licensee and persons who have made representations have been

  invited to attend.

The City Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy is available on the Council’s website. Alternatively, please contact us if you require a hard copy.

The Sub-Committee considered an application to review the Premises Licence in respect of The Pilot Hotel, Catesby Road, Coventry. The review application was submitted by Environmental Protection on the grounds that the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance had been undermined. The review application requested the removal of live and recorded music and the reinstatement of the previously removed licence condition: “The only consumption of alcohol to be permitted outside is in a designated area on Catesby Road at the front of the premises. There is to be no consumption after 10pm”. This condition was removed by way of a Premises Licence Variation application submitted by the applicant in November 2017.

One representation from a local resident had been received in support of the review application on the grounds that the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance had been undermined.

None of the other Responsible Authorities had made representations.

The Sub-Committee’s statutory duty was to consider the application and any representations and to take such steps as contained in the Licensing Act 2003 as it considered appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives.

At the start of the hearing, the Sub-Committee confirmed that they had received all relevant the documentation and had viewed all of the video footage provided by the resident. All relevant parties also confirmed that they had received all the relevant documentation and had viewed the video footage submitted by the resident.

When asked by the Chair of the Sub-Committee whether any parties wished to submit any further documents, Counsel for the Licence Holder, with the agreement of all parties, submitted photographs of the works undertaken in relation to the front doors of the premises.

The Licensing Officer presented her report confirming that the application was for a Premises Licence Review submitted by Environmental Protection and that one representation in support of the review had been received from a local resident. It was confirmed that all other licensing formalities had been complied with during the application process.

The Sub-Committee heard from Environmental Protection (the Review Applicant) that the reason behind their application was that they received several complaints about noise nuisance from the premises since February 2022 and directed the Sub-Committee to the noise monitoring reports contained within the agenda pack. The complaints were about noise arising from loud music and loud voices from customers of the pub. They explained that the current conditions stipulated that the doors and windows are to be kept closed during live music events however, there had been occasions where the doors had been left open leading to noise nuisance complaints from residents about noise levels.

On one occasion, rock music and noise emanating from the premises were almost a replica of club noise levels. Such incidents had led to the Review Applicant serving a Noise Abatement Notice in June 2022. Following the receipt of further complaints, the Licence Holder to in respect of these. A further complaint was received on 30 July 2022 and Officer’s monitoring  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

To consider any other items of business which the Chair decides to take as a matter of urgency because of the special circumstances involved.

There were no other items of business.