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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
Minutes:
There were no changes to the Membership.
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Declarations of Interest
To receive declarations by
Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in
matters on this agenda.
Minutes:
There were no declarations of interest.
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Swingers, 15 John Prince's Street, W1 PDF 627 KB
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Ward/ Cumulative
Impact Area
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Site Name and
Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference
Number
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1.
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West End Ward / not in
cumulative impact area
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Swingers, 15 John
Prince’s Street, W1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/08278/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
21st September 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jan Prendergast and
Councillor Shamim Talukder
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Daisy Gadd. Heidi Lawrance also in attendance.
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health, Metropolitan Police and local residents x 3.
Present: Mr Gerald Gouriet QC
(Representing the Applicant), Mr Jeremy Simmonds (Co-founder and
Managing Director), Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health) and PC
Reaz Guerra (Metropolitan Police).
Swingers,
15 John Prince’s Street, W1
17/08278/LIPN
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Wednesday:
23:00 to 00:30
Thursday to Saturday:
23:00 to 01:30
Sunday:
23:00 to 00:30
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Mr Gouriet advised the
Sub-Committee that his client had amended the proposed hours for
licensable activities to the Council’s Core Hours (a terminal
hour of 23:30 Monday to Thursday, midnight Friday and Saturday and
22:30 on Sunday).
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Sub-Committee
heard from Mr Gouriet. He confirmed
that the site of the premises was the former staff café at
British Homes Stores. The premises
would operate as an indoor crazy/mini golf facility. The Applicant was currently operating a similar
venue in the City of London and had been given recent permission to
operate a venue in Leadenhall Street.
The expected age range for indoor crazy/mini golf at 15 John
Prince’s Street was 30-50 years of age in line with the City
of London venue.
Mr Gouriet said there
would be at least two SIA licensed door supervisors employed at all
times and there would be up to six door supervisors employed at
peak periods. Mr Simmonds in response
to a question from the Sub-Committee stated that immediately
opposite the premises were predominantly office
tenants. There were no residents
directly opposite. There were residents
on the corner of Margaret Street and John Prince’s
Street.
Mr Gouriet made the
point that the Phoenix pub in John Prince’s Street was able
to operate until the early hours of the morning. His client had decided to amend the proposed hours
for licensable activities so that they were in keeping with the
Council’s Core Hours policy. His
client was seeking a closing time to the public of half an hour
after the licensable activities concluded.
Mr Gouriet described
the operation on the first floor of the premises. There were two 9 hole mini golf
courses. They were surrounded by table
and chairs. There were 450 seats on the
first floor in total (Mr Gouriet requested that the capacity was
finalised by the Senior Licensing Surveyor and Environmental
Health). Mr Gouriet advised that the
purpose of coming to the premises was to play indoor golf with the
majority booking to play. 50% of the
business was corporate bookings. It was
possible to hire out the whole venue or the private
areas. Approximately 10% would be
customers who had not booked in advance. There would be up to 7 or 8 staff on both courses
supervising ...
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Connaught Hotel, Carlos Place, W1 PDF 558 KB
App
No
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Ward/ Cumulative
Impact Area
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Site Name and
Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference
Number
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2.
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West End Ward / not in
cumulative impact area
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Connaught Hotel,
Carlos Place, W1
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Variation of a
Premises Licence
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17/07945/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
21st September 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jan Prendergast and
Councillor Shamim Talukder
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Daisy Gadd. Heidi Lawrance also in attendance.
Relevant Representations: Councillor
Glenys Roberts (local ward councillor).
Present: Mr Mark Browning
(Solicitor, Representing the Applicant) and Mr Massimiliano Binda (General Manager,
Connaught Hotel).
Connaught
Hotel, Carlos Place, W1
17/07945/LIPV
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1.
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Sale
by retail of alcohol (On and Off)
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Current Hours
Monday to Saturday
10:00 to 02:30
Sunday 10:00 to
00:00
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Proposed hours
Monday to Saturday
07:00 to 02:30
Sunday 07:00 to
00:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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The Applicant proposed a
condition that there would be no off sales prior to
10:00.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Applicant had applied by
way of a variation of the premises licence to update the ground
floor plans for the hotel following refurbishment work to the new
restaurant known as Jean George @ The Connaught. The Applicant now intended to have direct access
to the pavement/street at the corner of Mount Street and Carlos
Place. This would allow guests to
access the restaurant without passing through the
hotel. Councillor Glenys Roberts had
submitted a written representation expressing concerns regarding
the direct access for non-hotel residents, particularly during the
later hours. She had referred to the
arrangement with the Connaught bar where visitors entering and
leaving after midnight would be via the hotel lobby entrance
only.
Mr Browning, addressing the
Sub-Committee, stated that the Applicant was seeking to provide
alcohol with a business breakfast between 07:00 and 10:00,
including to non-hotel guests. He
advised he had written to Councillor Roberts on this
point. Conditions had been offered by
the Applicant that there would be no off sales prior to 10:00 and
that alcohol restricted to wines or champagnes may be served
between 07:00 and 10:00 by waiter or waitress to non-hotel guests
and the service of such alcohol will be ancillary to the supply of
food.
Mr Browning was asked by the
Sub-Committee about the access to the Jean George
restaurant. He advised that there was a
security person covering the main entrance who would also be able
to monitor the new access via the pavement/street at the corner of
Mount Street and Carlos Place. It was
proposed that the entrance at the corner of Mount Street and Carlos
Place would close at 01:00. Mr Browning
also confirmed there was access from the Jean George restaurant to
the lobby of the Connaught Hotel.
The Sub-Committee asked Mr
Browning for his view on Councillor Roberts’ request that a
similar arrangement was introduced for the corner of Mount Street
and Carlos Place entrance as the Connaught bar where visitors
entering and leaving after midnight would only be via the hotel
lobby entrance only. Mr Browning
replied that his client did not wish to see restrictions on the use
of the corner of Mount Street and Carlos ...
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