Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director, Law and Governance and Proper Officer for the Darlington Registration District

The Assistant Director, Law and Governance and Proper Officer for Darlington Registration District submitted a report (previously circulated) to give consideration to the renewal of a Licence for the Walworth Castle Hotel, Walworth to be approved as a venue for Civil Marriages and Civil Partnerships in accordance with the provisions of The Marriage Act 1949 (as amended by the Marriage Act 1994); the Civil Partnership Act (2004); the Marriage and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005 and 2021; and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act (2013).

The submitted report gave a summary of the Walworth Castle Hotel as approved venue; the designated rooms and maximum capacity for each room for civil marriage and civil partnerships at the Walworth Castle Hotel.

RESOLVED – That the licence for the Walworth Castle Hotel as an approved premise for civil marriage and civil partnerships be granted for a further three years from 9 January 2023 and that the places designated where civil marriage and civil partnerships can take place indoors at the premises and the maximum numbers of persons who can attend those marriage and civil partnerships continue to be:

Reception Lounge -  40

Ballroom Lounge/Breakfast Room -  40

Ballroom - 100

Cardinals Court- 120

Hansard Restaurant -  80

King James Suite -  80

Library Tower -  10

Prince Bishops Room -  45

Dungeon -  50

Lady Palmer’s Pavilion*-  6 (outside of the structure is unlimited)           

*ie. two registars, the couple and two witnesses inside the gazebo. Guests Outside on the garden is unlimited.