AN anomaly in licensing law has resulted in a Burton Bradstock farm venue having to appear before a licensing panel to agree one day of a long weekend event to mark the Queens Jubilee in the summer.

Bredy Gate at Bredy Farm, Burton Bradstock had asked for a temporary event notice for Thursday June 2nd for a live music, food and drink event for up to 500 people using a natural amphitheatre on the site.

The bank holiday weekend is being advertised as the BeCider Seaside 14 event, open from June 2nd to June 5th.

A special meeting of the Dorset Council licensing panel, with three councillors, heard that the venue already has a premises licence in the name of Mr Charles Harris which runs from noon on Fridays to 02:00 on Sundays on bank holiday weekends throughout the year, but does not cover Thursdays.

The meeting lasted only 20 minutes with most of the time taken up explaining why, because of an anomaly in licensing law, Mr Harris and council licensing and environmental staff had to appear in person before the panel to make the application, together with one of the council’s solicitors.