Rutherford Punting Cambridge granted alcohol licence after anti-social behaviour concerns withdrawn More news, no ads LEARN MORE Sign in   SINCE 1819 ☰ Change consent Premium login 01223 320320 Buy a photo | E-edition | Iliffe Media | About us | Advertise | Public Notices | Jobs | Announcements | Racing Ahead | Visit East Anglia | Newsletter | Velvet Mag | SME Awards | Contact | | Home News News Cambridge Combined Authority Coronavirus Crime East Cambridgeshire East West Rail Environment Health Latest News Nostalgia Politics RSS Feeds South Cambridgeshire Videos Coronavirus Coronavirus Sport Sport Football Cricket Shelford Rugby Club Cambridge United Cambridge Rugby Club Cambridge City Histon FC Rugby Hockey Cambridge University Sport Rowing Youth Sport Other Sports What's On What's On Cows about Cambridge Events and Festivals Music Theatre Digital Theatre Comedy Art Books Museums TV and Film Places to visit Visit East Anglia Lifestyle Lifestyle Food and Drink Shopping Gardening Nature Photography Travel Velvet Visit East Anglia Education Education Education Directory Schools Cambridge University Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge Regional College Science Science Business Business Business news Business Directory Interviews Law Life Science Technology Science and Technology Awards Property Property Motors Motors Motoring News Cycling Live Traffic Map Subscribe Subscribe Premium login Buy a photo | E-edition | Iliffe Media | Jobs | Public Notices | Announcements | Place an ad | Newsletter | Contact | Advertise SINCE 1819 7°| 2° 5 days Home News Cambridge Combined Authority Coronavirus Crime East Cambridgeshire East West Rail Environment Health Latest News Nostalgia Politics RSS Feeds South Cambridgeshire Videos Coronavirus Sport Football Cricket Shelford Rugby Club Cambridge United Cambridge Rugby Club Cambridge City Histon FC Rugby Hockey Cambridge University Sport Rowing Youth Sport Other Sports What's On Cows about Cambridge Events and Festivals Music Theatre Digital Theatre Comedy Art Books Museums TV and Film Places to visit Visit East Anglia Lifestyle Food and Drink Shopping Gardening Nature Photography Travel Velvet Visit East Anglia Education Education Directory Schools Cambridge University Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge Regional College Science Business Business news Business Directory Interviews Law Life Science Technology Science and Technology Awards Property Motors Motoring News Cycling Live Traffic Map Subscribe 01223 320320 Sign in   Home   News   Article Subscribe Now Rutherford Punting Cambridge granted alcohol licence after anti-social behaviour concerns withdrawn By Hannah Brown, Local Democracy Reporter Published: 06:00, 12 October 2021 More news, no ads LEARN MORE A punting company in Cambridge will be allowed to continue selling alcohol on its tours after concerns over anti-social behaviour were withdrawn.Rutherford Punting Cambridge at the River Cam (52149396)Rutherford Punting Cambridge applied to Cambridge City Council for a new premises licence to be able to sell alcohol to customers on its guided punting tours.The company offers champagne tours and gin punting experiences as some of its punting tour experiences.The punting company has a premises licence to sell alcohol, but due to a change of address to new offices at 90 Searle Street, it had apply for a new licence.Concerns were initially raised by Anthony French, from the streets and open spaces department at the council, over the potential for anti-social behaviour if people were allowed to drink alcohol on Jesus Green.However, Mr French withdrew his concerns after Rutherford Punting Company said it would amend its application to remove the part where it referenced that alcohol not consumed on the boats could be drunk on Jesus Green.Google street view image of 90 Searle Street offices (52149398)At a meeting of the city council’s licensing sub committee yesterday (Monday, October 11) the applicant’s representative clarified that any alcohol not finished on the guided tour would be put in a sealed container for the customers to take away with them.Other concerns had been raised by an individual living near to the proposed licensed premises on Searle Street.They said that an “off licence” on the “quiet residential road” was not “appropriate or needed”.Speaking at the sub committee meeting, the applicant’s representative highlighted that the objector said they had not been able to view the full application, and that the application would not see 90 Searle Street become an off licence. They said: “We have tried to engage with [the objector] but have heard nothing back from them.“The reason we established contact is, note the first opening lines, they have not actually been able to view the full application.Jesus Green, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (52149390)“The email I sent on September 28, addressed the concerns expressed in the representation, providing more information on the nature of how the business operates.“When you read the representation, it appears the concerns expressed that 90 Searle Street is to be a shop, an off licence.“This premises is not going to be a shop, it’s purely used for storage of products before they are dispatched to customers.“The commercial activities will be maximum one delivery every day, one courier, and a member of staff taking the products from the location to the riverside by bicycle.“The nature of the business at Searle Street will cause no issues whatsoever for anybody.”Founder and chief executive of Rutherford Punting Cambridge, Emma Wynne, told the committee that it is a small company that does not produce a lot of commercial activity.River Cam at Jesus Green, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (52149394)She said: “When we first started we specialised in romantic tours and anniversary tours, and then came on to champagne tours.“We only have four punts, we are a small company, our impact is pretty small, we’re not producing a lot of commercial activity.“We have probably done 60 champagne tours this year. It’s quite a small level, but we’re trying to offer a nice service to people, offering services above what’s being offered elsewhere.”The representative for the company also added that since the company had been founded it has gone from “strength to strength”.After taking time to consider the application in private, the committee councillors returned and announced that the application would be granted.They highlighted that they had considered the fact that the application “mirrored” the existing licence, as well as the details provided in the meeting such as the use of bicycles to deliver the alcohol from the offices to the punt station.Read more: Milton Country Park will no longer host Cambridge parkrunPlans for early designs for £220m Cambridge Children’s Hospital submitted Cambridge Days Out Economy Food and Drink Planning - Other What's On News Hannah Brown, Local Democracy Reporter CORONAVIRUS STATS New cases, rolling rate & case rate MOST READ About us E-edition Subscribe Contact us Consent Preferences (EU user only) Advertise Privacy Policy Travel map Send us a story Newsletter Buy a photo RSS Feeds Weather Find Jobs in Cambridge Visit East Anglia © 2022 - Iliffe Media Publishing Ltd. 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