The Licensing Act Sub Committee of Cornwall Council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 3rd December 2025. The meeting will be held online and is scheduled to consider an application to vary a premises licence. Councillor Brian Clemens, Councillor Julie Cunningham and Councillor Damon Dennis are scheduled to attend the meeting.

Licensing Act 2003 Application - Upstairs Social, Bude

The sub-committee is scheduled to consider an application to vary a premises licence for Upstairs Social, 20A Belle Vue, Bude, EX23 8JL.

The Licensing Service is scheduled to outline the matter, mentioning any conditions which have been suggested or agreed. The applicant (or their representative) will then present their application and call any witnesses.

Following this, representations from the Responsible Authorities from within the council, external Responsible Authorities, and Other Persons in relation to the application will be heard.

The sub-committee is scheduled to vote to retire to obtain legal advice, after which the decision will be read out by the Legal Officer, who will advise on the right of appeal.

The Hearing Report - Variation Upstairs Social contains details of the application. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3 Upstairs, Appendix 4 and Appendix 5 contain supplementary information related to the application.

Other Items

The agenda for the meeting includes:

• Election of a Chairman for the meeting.
• Apologies for absence.
• Declarations of interest.
• Any other business that the Chairman considers to be of urgency. The Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1972 prohibits the consideration of any items which have not appeared on the agenda unless the Chairman is prepared to certify that a proposed item is 'urgent'.