To appoint a Chairman for the duration of the meeting.

Councillor Luxton proposed Councillor Cannon be Chairman for the meeting, this was seconded by Councillor Hill.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Councillor Cannon was elected Chairman for the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence received.

To receive any declarations of interest.

Councillor Luxton declarared an interest as she had considered a previous application for a license at the same venue.

To note the procedural details for the meeting.

The clerk informed all present of the procedures for the Sub Committee.

To licence a town centre nightclub comprising one trading floor with a balcony area at ATIK, 19 William Street, Windsor, SL4 1BB. The previous Premises Licence lapsed and the applicants had applied for identical Licensable hours and conditions to the previous Licence held.

The Reporting Officer to outline the application and the decision to be taken

Greg Nelson, Trading Standards and Licensing Manager, set out the application. This meeting of a Licensing Sub-Committee was convened to hear an application for a new premise licence located within the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. In line with the Licensing Act 2003, when relevant representations were made against an application, a hearing had to be held to consider them. A relevant representation made against an application for a new premises licence had to relate to at least one of the four licensing objectives set out in the Licensing Act 2003. These were; ‘The Prevention of Crime and Disorder’, ‘Public Safety’, ‘The Prevention of Public Nuisance’, and ‘The Protection of Children from Harm’.

The purpose of this hearing was for the Sub-Committee to hear the application, receive written and oral representations from other parties and then to make a decision in respect of the application.

The Applicant was CC Stim UK Tradeco 3 Limited and the DPS was Mr Rio Kader for the premises ATIK, 19 William Street, Windsor, SL4 1BB. CC Stim UK Tradeco 3 Limited had applied, under the Licensing Act 2003, for a new premises licence to be granted.

The application was to licence a town centre nightclub comprising one trading floor with a balcony area. The previous Premises Licence had lapsed and the applicants had applied for identical Licensable hours and conditions to the previous Licence held. A summary of the application was as follows:

Main Room

·         The standard opening hours of the premises: Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:30

·         Films Indoors Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

·         Indoor sporting events Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

·         Boxing or wrestling entertainments Indoors Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

·         Live Music Indoor Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

·         Recorded Music Indoors Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

·         Performance of dance Indoors Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

·         Late night refreshment Indoors Monday to Sunday 23:00 – 03:00

·         Supply of alcohol on the premises Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:00

Small Room

·         The standard opening hours of the premises: Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 03:15

·         Licensable activities as above Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 02:45

·         Seasonal Variation: An additional hour to the standard and non-standard timings on the day when British Summertime commences New Year’s Eve and Halloween permitting licensable activities until 03:30, closing at 04:00.

The Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) was Mr Rio Kader.

This application had originally received one representation from Thames Valley Police, but this was withdrawn after a meeting was held with the applicants. There were no other representations from the responsible authorities which included; Royal Borough Fire and Rescue Service, Planning, Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, Public Health, Trading Standards, Environmental Health and RBWM Licensing. There had been nine individual representations from residents that were relevant to the application as they related to one or more of the four licensing objectives.

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