Licensing Act Sub Committee - 15 July 2026
Key Takeaways
- •The applicant for the Trevalon premises licence offered several amendments to address resident concerns, including removing late-night refreshment and recorded music, reducing alcohol sale hours to 11pm, and lowering capacity from 240 to 180.
- •The Licensing Sub-Committee noted that the offered amendments had only been communicated verbally and not submitted in writing.
- •The applicant stated that the application aimed to regularise and extend existing activities without significantly changing current operations.
- •The Sub-Committee adjourned a separate hearing for a licence-holder's representation due to the representative's scheduling conflict, rescheduling it for 22 July 2026.
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A Licensing Sub-Committee of Cornwall Council met to consider an application for a Grant of a Premises Licence at Trevalon, Church Hill, Herodsfoot, Liskeard. Councillor Moorcroft was elected Chairman for the meeting, and no declarations of interest were made. The sub-committee considered a report from the Licensing Officer alongside additional information provided after the report's publication.
The applicant attended the hearing and proposed several amendments to the original application in response to concerns raised by neighbouring residents. These amendments included removing late night refreshment and regulated entertainment (recorded music) from the application, reducing the sale of alcohol hours to 11:00 pm, and decreasing the maximum venue capacity from 240 to 180 persons. The applicant also proposed removing all non-standard timings relating to music and late-night entertainment, while retaining the ability for campers and bona fide guests to access facilities 24 hours per day.
During questioning, the applicant confirmed that these proposed amendments had not been submitted in writing but were communicated verbally to the Licensing Officer. The applicant acknowledged the presence of farm machinery and equipment in the yard during a site visit, explaining that these would be relocated to a gated field during summer months. Further clarification was provided regarding the operation of a 60-day pop-up campsite and existing bookings extending through to 2026.
The sub-committee adjourned consideration of this item until 10:00 on 22 July 2026, following a separate matter that concluded at approximately 14:15. The licence-holder's representative had an urgent appointment at 13:30 and could not attend the hearing to make representations, with no other representative available to stand in. The sub-committee determined it was necessary in the public interest to adjourn the hearing under the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 to allow for proper discussion and oral representations.
Attendance
3 of 3 members present
Decisions
Councillor Moorcroft was elected to chair the meeting.
The council has delayed the hearing for a business's alcohol licence until 22 July 2026 at 10:00 because the licence-holder's representative couldn't attend due to an urgent appointment.
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