Agenda and draft minutes

The minutes of the previous meeting held on 8 October 2025 were agreed as a true record.

Guidance is available online to Councillors and co-opted members on making declarations of interest

Minute 28. Application for the grant of a new premises licence for the supply of alcohol to be consumed OFF the premises at Stranger Tides Brew Co., The Store/The Workshop, Little Bicton Place, Exmouth EX8 2SS.

Councillor Olly Davey, Personal, Councillor is a member of The Campaign for Real Ale [CAMRA] who had submitted a response to the application.

Information on matters of urgency is available online

There were no matters of urgency.

To agree any items to be dealt with after the public (including the Press) have been excluded. Thereare no itemswhich officersrecommendshould be dealtwithin thisway.

There were no confidential or exempt items.

The Chair thanked everyone for attending the meeting online due to recent severe weather conditions making travelling difficult.

The meeting was a hearing under the Licensing Act 2003.

The Chair introduced the members of the Sub Committee and the Officers present.

The Sub Committee’s Legal Advisor, Giles Salter, outlined the procedure for the meeting.

The Sub Committee considered the application for the grant of a new premises licence for the supply of alcohol to be consumed OFF the premises at Stranger Tides Brew Co., The Store/The Workshop, Little Bicton Place, Exmouth EX8 2SS.

The applicant, present and entitled to make representations, was Mr Connor Hawkins, accompanied by Mr Mike Prudence.

Also present, and entitled to make representations were Mrs Jane Urquhart, Mr Steve Murray and Mr Paul Turner.

The Licensing Manager summarised the application and made the following points regarding the report:

·        The premises was on a narrow street with parking restrictions and street views had been included with the report;

·        Clarification on parking restrictions had been received from Devon County Council since the report was published; loading was permitted and stationary vehicles should not cause an obstruction;

·        A letter from the Local Planning Authority had been included at Appendix D regarding planning permission and use class for the property;

·        The agreed position reached with the Police was included at Appendix E of the report;

·        The applicant had attempted mediation and correspondence was included at Appendix I.

Responses to questions for the Licensing Manager from Councillors included the following points:

·        The applicant had acknowledged the concerns regarding parking raised in the representations and had addressed this issue in the letter included at Appendix I;

·        The Highways Authority could be asked to provide further clarification on parking restrictions if needed.

There were no questions for the Licensing Manager from the applicant or from the interested persons.

The applicant, Mr Hawkins, made his case for the application and highlighted the following:

·        A letter of support from local residents, with 18 signatures, had been received by the applicant;

·        A nano brewery required the smallest level of brewing kit and the brewing of small batch, high quality artisan beer would be done by hand with as many components sourced as locally as possible;

·        The focus of the business was off sales and online sales, including local outlets;

·        The applicant, with 8 years of brewing experience, was unable to take on the cost of a retail premises;

·        The premises at Little Bicton Court was too small to accommodate future growth and the applicant would move should the business grow and require more space;

·        The applicant had contacted the nearby school, and no reply had been received;

·        It was noted that there was no legal minimum distance between a school and a premises producing or selling alcohol;

·        The hours applied for also needed to include the applicant’s time for making deliveries;

·        The premises would not be a shop, but customers could collect in person;

·        No drinking would be permitted on site and CCTV would be in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 28.