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 Hallgarth Golf and Country Club Hotel, Coatham Mundeville 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 Hallgarth Golf and Country Club Hotel as approved venue; the designated rooms and maximum capacity for each room for civil marriage and civil partnerships at the Hallgarth Golf and Country Club Hotel.

RESOLVED – That the licence for the Hallgarth Golf and Country Club 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:

Summerson Suite - 220

Brafferton Suite A - 120

Residents Lounge -  25

Restaurant-  40            

Conservatory-  50

The Secret Garden Gazebo*-   6

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