Minutes:
The Assistant Director Law and Governance submitted a report (previously circulated) to consider a request received from Blackwell Grange Hotel to make a variation to its licence to be approved as a venue for Marriages and Civil Partnerships in accordance with the provisions of the Marriage Act 1949 (as amended by the Marriage Act 1994) and the Marriage and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005 and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
The submitted report gave a summary of Blackwell Grange Hotel as an approved venue; detailed the variation request following refurbishment; enclosed a schedule of the designated rooms for Civil Marriage and Civil Partnerships within the Hotel; and provided photographs of the replacement gazebo to be used as a suitable place for Civil Marriage and Civil Partnerships to take place.
RESOLVED – That approval be granted to vary the conditions of the licence for the Blackwell Grange Hotel as follows :-
(a) to note the change of ownership;
(b) to note the renaming of the ‘The Jacobean Suite’ to ‘The Bruhenny Suite’; and
(c) to approve the replacement Gazebo as a suitable place for Civil Marriage and Civil Partnerships to take place.