This meeting was scheduled to consider a note on declaring interests from the Monitoring Officer and two licensing applications. The first application was for a variation of a premises licence for Isleworth Service Station, and the second for a new premises licence for UK Entertainment Group Ltd in Bedfont Lakes Country Park.

Application for a new Premises Licence for UK Entertainment Group Ltd, Bedfont Lakes South Side, Part of Bedfont Lakes Country Park, off Challenge Road, Feltham, TW15 1AX

This application was for a one-off event to be held on Saturday 31 August 2024. It was for the sale of alcohol, live music, recorded music, performance of dance and anything of a similar description between 12:00 and 23:00, and for the premises to be open to the public between 11:00 and 23:30.

This application was the subject of nineteen representations from members of the public, one from Councillor Alan Mitchell, and one each from the police, the Licensing Enforcement Officer and the Pollution Control Team. The Metropolitan Police did not object to the application, and instead proposed a number of conditions that they wished to see attached to the licence. These conditions centred around the provision of an Event Safety Management Plan, which would be presented to the Safety Advisory Group. They also requested that the maximum number of people on site at any one time should not exceed 9,999. The Licensing Enforcement Officer objected to the application, because the applicant had not confirmed that they would agree to the conditions he had proposed. The Pollution Control team also objected, and requested further information about the proposed noise levels, and wanted confirmation that the organisers had contacted HMP YOI Feltham to discuss the potential for noise disturbance. Councillor Alan Mitchell objected, due to concerns about transport, noise, policing and the impact on biodiversity. Many of the representations from members of the public included a newspaper article about the disruption caused by a previous event organised by the applicant, and some of them echoed the Licensing Enforcement Officer's complaint that the applicant had not yet agreed to the conditions they had been asked to agree to.

The report pack quotes from the application, which says that UK Entertainment Group Ltd would:

work closely with suppliers to minimise disruption to local residents from the event and will ensure that the event production schedule specifies deliveries/collections from the site between 08:00 and 21:00 where possible.

The applicant also provided details of a large number of steps it would take to promote the licensing objectives, particularly the prevention of public nuisance.

Application for the Variation of a Premises Licence for Isleworth Service Station, 403-405 Twickenham Road, Isleworth

Motor Fuel Limited requested that the panel approve their application to vary their premises licence to permit the sale of alcohol 24 hours per day, and the provision of late night refreshment between 23:00 and 05:00.

The application was the subject of three representations from members of the public. All of these representations centred on the proximity of the petrol station to Redlees Park. Some of them said that anti-social behaviour in Redlees Park would be exacerbated by the availability of alcohol at the petrol station 24 hours per day. Many of the objectors also claimed that Motor Fuel Limited had previously claimed that they only wanted the licence to match their trading hours, and that extending the licensing hours would lead to an extension of trading hours. The applicant was provided with an opportunity to respond to these representations.

The Licensing Officer included a decision sheet¹ for a previous successful application to vary the licence at Isleworth Service Station from 2020. It contained the applicant's claim that the variation was:

“to match their licencing hours to their trading hours which were 06.00 to 23.00”.

It is not known whether the applicant addressed this point during the meeting.