Items
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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:
Councillors Harvey, Mitchell
and Gassanly declared in respect of Soho Mixer, Unit 5 Jubilee
House, Ramillies Street, W1 that the Council works closely with New West End
Company (‘NWEC’), as it is a Business Improvement
District. The Chief Executive of NWEC
had submitted a representation in support of the
application. This did not affect the
Members’ ability to consider the application
impartially.
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3. |
Rosa's Victoria, 25 Gillingham Street, SW1 PDF 5 MB
App
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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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Warwick Ward / not in
cumulative impact area
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Rosa's Victoria, 25
Gillingham Street, SW1
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Variation of Premises
Licence
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17/03852/LIPV
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Additional documents:
Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Friday 16th
June 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Tim Mitchell and
Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health Service and 4 local residents.
Present: Mr Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
Representing the Applicant), Mr Alex Moore (Managing Director) and
Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health).
Rosa’s Victoria, 25 Gillingham Street, SW1
17/03852/LIPV
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1.
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Conditions being varied, added or removed
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Condition on existing licence
Condition 16 –
Outside tables and chairs shall be rendered unusable by 21:00 each
day.
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Proposed variation
Outside tables and chairs shall
be rendered unusable by 22:30 each day.
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Condition 30 –
There shall be no external consumption of drinks after
20:30
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There shall be no
external consumption of drinks after 22:00.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Mr Baylis, representing the
Applicant, advised during the hearing that it was no longer
proposed to extend the hours in relation to conditions 16 and 30 on
Sundays.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Applicant was
seeking to amend two conditions on the existing premises
licence. One was to change when outside
tables and chairs would be rendered unusable from 21:00 each day to
22:30 each day and the other was to extend the latest time when the
external consumption of drinks could take place from 20:30 until
22:00. Mr Baylis, representing the
Applicant advised at the hearing that it was no longer proposed to
extend the hours in relation to these conditions on
Sundays.
A local resident, Dr
Al-Kaisy, had originally submitted a written representation
objecting to the application. He had
then submitted a further written representation the evening prior
to the meeting which included a photograph of the premises, showing
that he lived immediately next door. Mr
Baylis was asked whether he was content for the late submission to
be considered by the Sub-Committee and he replied that he had no
objection.
It was noted that the
representation from the Licensing Authority had been
withdrawn.
Mr Baylis stated that
Rosa’s Victoria is a Thai restaurant where alcohol is
ancillary to substantial table meals.
The premises had been trading for just over a year. There were currently six external chairs in
Gillingham Street and a further ten on Wilton Street. He added that there had been no complaints
received at the premises. The premises
had also operated until the hours sought in the current application
on 12-13 May, 18-20 May and 25-27 May as a result of three
temporary event notices and there had been no complaints in
relation to these.
Mr Baylis responded to
some of the objections in the written representations. He made the point that Dr Al-Kaisy had commented
that ‘to introduce alcohol to the equation is a recipe for
disaster. Undoubtedly this will
increase the level of noise, and also antisocial
behaviour’’. Mr Baylis
wished to draw Members’ attention to the fact that alcohol
was already permitted at the ...
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Royal Standard Cocktail Bar & Restaurant, 8 Sale Place, W2 PDF 547 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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Hyde Park Ward / not
in cumulative impact area
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Royal Standard
Cocktail Bar & Restaurant, 8 Sale Place, W2
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Variation of Premises
Licence
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17/03544/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Friday 16th
June 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Tim Mitchell and
Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: In support
– 1 resident
Objecting - Environmental Health, 1 amenity society and 3 local
residents.
Present: Mr Nigel Carter (Licensing
Consultant, Representing the Applicant), Mr Arish Mustabi (Manager and leaseholder), Mr Ian Watson
(Environmental Health), Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens
Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project, representing Mr Zamit) and
Mr John Zamit (Chairman, South East Bayswater Residents’
Association).
Royal
Standard Cocktail Bar & Restaurant, 8 Sale Place, W2
17/03544/LIPV
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Late
Night Refreshment – basement to be included within the
licensable area (these hours are permitted for the ground floor as
a result of the existing premises licence)
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Monday to Saturday:
23:00 to 23:30
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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There was an existing
licence for the premises which permitted on the ground floor late
night refreshment from 23:00 to 23:30 Monday to Saturday and on and
off sales of alcohol from 10:00 to 23:00 Monday to Saturday and
12:00 to 22:30 on Sunday. Mr Carter,
representing the Applicant, confirmed that his client sought to
vary the application by adding the basement area to the licence for
exactly the same licensable activities and hours as the ground
floor.
Mr Carter stated that
the Applicant had agreed conditions with Environmental Health and
the Police. The Police had subsequently
withdrawn their representation. Mr
Carter also wished to respond to some of the concerns expressed by
residents in their written representations. Professor Henderson had suggested that the
premises would now be opening on Sundays but the premises had in
fact previously under the existing premises licence been permitted
to open on Sundays. The current
application was only seeking to add the basement to the licence for
the same hours as on the ground floor.
Mr Carter made the point that Mr Mustabi did not intend in the foreseeable future to
open the premises on Sundays or Bank Holidays as he wished to spend
quality time with his family then. The
Applicant was also not extending the proposed hours to Core Hours
at this stage.
Mr Carter also wished
to refute Mr Henderson’s view that the basement would operate
as a music / drinking club. Mr Carter informed the Sub-Committee that Mr
Mustabi intended to offer the basement
as a meeting room during the daytime and for private functions
during the evening as well as having additional capacity there on
busy evenings. Any music would have to
be routed through a noise limiter set by Environmental
Health. A condition was also proposed
by Environmental Health that seating would be provided in the
basement to accommodate a minimum of 50 persons.
Mr Carter said that
his client appointed, as a voluntary undertaking, one SIA door
staff at Royal Standard Cocktail Bar & Restaurant on Thursday
and ...
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Soho Mixer, Unit 5 Jubilee House, Ramillies Street, W1 PDF 9 MB
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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3.
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West End Ward / West
End Cumulative Impact Area
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Soho Mixer, Unit 5
Jubilee House, Ramillies Street,
W1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/03847/LIPN
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Additional documents:
Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Friday 16th
June 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Tim Mitchell and
Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: In support
– 1 Business Improvement District, the landlord of the
premises and 1 local business
Objecting
- Environmental Health, Metropolitan Police, Licensing Authority, 1
amenity society and 1 local freehold owner.
Present: Mr Piers Warne (Solicitor,
Representing the Applicant), Mr Jon Dalton (Director), Mr Dave
Nevitt (Environmental Health), PC Bryan Lewis (Metropolitan
Police), Mr David Sycamore (Licensing Authority), Mr Niall McCann
(Solicitor, representing Leighton Harbor Ltd) and Mr Ronald Laser (David Menzies Associates - Managing Agent for 187-195
Oxford Street).
Declaration: Councillors Harvey,
Mitchell and Gassanly declared that the Council works closely with
New West End Company (‘NWEC’), as it is a Business
Improvement District. The Chief
Executive of NWEC had submitted a representation in support of the
application. This did not affect the
Members’ ability to consider the application
impartially.
Soho
Mixer, Unit 5 Jubilee House, Ramillies
Street, W1
17/03847/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Thursday:
23:00 to 23:30
Friday to Saturday:
23:00 to 00:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Mr Warne, representing the
Applicant, advised during the hearing that the aspect of the
application relating to Late Night Refreshment was being
withdrawn.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Sub-Committee was
not required to consider this aspect of the application as it had
been withdrawn by the Applicant.
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2.
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Sale
by retail of alcohol (On and Off)
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Monday to Thursday:
10:00 to 23:30
Friday to Saturday:
10:00 to 00:00
Sunday:
12:00 to 22:30
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Mr Warne advised in writing
prior to the hearing that the proposed hours for the sale by retail
of alcohol had been reduced to:
Monday to Wednesday:
12:00 to 22:30
Thursday to Saturday:
12:00 to 23:00
Sunday:
12:00 to 22:00
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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 Warne, representing the Applicant. He referred to additional papers submitted by the
Applicant which had been circulated to all parties. These included two additional proposed conditions
which had been submitted by the Applicant following discussions
with the Police. These were that there
would be one SIA doorman on duty between 19:00 and the closing time
on Friday and Saturday and CCTV would cover the area immediately
outside the premises. Two conditions
proposed by Environmental Health had been agreed by the
Applicant. These were that the licence
holder would remove litter and waste from the area immediately
outside the premises and it would be cleaned and washed and also
that the number of persons permitted on the premises at any one
time (excluding staff) would not exceed 70. This was a reduction from the previous proposed
condition which put forward a maximum of 110 people inside the
premises.
Mr Warne confirmed
that his client had not agreed ...
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The George, 55 Great Portland Street, W1 PDF 1 MB
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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4.
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West End Ward / not in
cumulative impact area
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The George, 55 Great
Portland Street, W1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/02755/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Friday 16th
June 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Tim Mitchell and
Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: 1 amenity
society.
Present: Mr Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
Representing the Applicant), Ms Katerina Mercury (Retail Asset
Manager, the Crown Estate), Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens
Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project, representing Mr Rees) and
Mr Linus Rees (Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association).
The
George, 55 Great Portland Street, W1
17/02755/LIPN
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Wednesday 23:00 to 23:30
Thursday 23.00 to midnight
Friday to Saturday 23:00 to 01:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Applicant, the
Crown Estate, held an existing premises licence which enabled the
ground floor to be operated as a pub.
The hours permitted for the ground floor premises licence in
respect of late night refreshment were Monday to Wednesday 23:00 to
23:30, Thursday 23.00 to midnight and Friday to Saturday 23:00 to
01.00 on the following day. In respect
of sale by retail of alcohol, the permitted hours for the existing
licence were Monday to Wednesday 11:00 to 23:00, Thursday 11.00 to
23.30, Friday to Saturday 11:00 to midnight, Sunday midday to 22:30
and Sundays before Bank Holidays midday to 23:00. The hours the premises are open to the public on
the ground floor were Monday to Wednesday 11:00 to 23:30, Thursday
to Saturday 11:00 to midnight and Sunday midday to
23:00.
The Crown Estate had
applied for a new premises licence which included a restaurant on
the first floor in addition to the bar on the ground
floor. The hours sought for the sale of
alcohol on the ground floor were greater than the current hours on
the existing licence for the ground floor. Mr Baylis, representing the Applicant, referred to
the fact that the proposed hours for the first floor restaurant
were in keeping with the Council’s Core Hours
policy. He advised that the remainder
of the building would be let out as three residential
properties. The Sub-Committee noted
that the Applicant was offering to surrender the existing premises
licence if the new one was granted.
Mr Baylis and Ms
Mercury explained that the Crown Estate was speaking to a number of
potential tenants about operating the premises. There would be the same tenant operating both the
pub and the restaurant. The Applicant
was requesting a terminal hour of 01:00 for on sales of alcohol at
the pub on a Friday and Saturday as it would make the application
more financially attractive to a prospective tenant. The Crown Estate was keen that the tenant was able
to provide good food and was part of the community. The tenant would need to respect the local
neighbourhood. The Crown Estate owned
flats not only above the premises but along Great Portland
Street.
Mr Baylis informed the
Sub-Committee that in response to the concerns of ...
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Urban Tea Rooms St James's, 2A St James's Market, SW1 PDF 3 MB
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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5.
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St James’s Ward
/ West End Cumulative Impact Area
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Urban Tea Rooms St
James’s, 2A St James’s Market, SW1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/03551/LIPN
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Additional documents:
Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Friday 16th
June 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Tim Mitchell and
Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Urban Tea
Rooms St James’s, 2A St James’s Market, SW1
17/03551/LIPN
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The application was granted
under delegated powers as all objectors had withdrawn their
representations.
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35 St Luke's Road, W11 PDF 2 MB
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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5.
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Westbourne Ward / not
in cumulative impact area
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35 St Luke’s
Road, W11
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Temporary Event
Notice
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17/05815/LITENN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Friday 16th
June 2017
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Tim Mitchell and
Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Persons Objecting: Environmental Health and
Metropolitan Police.
Present: Mr Mohamed Dweifel (Premises User), Mr Dave Nevitt
(Environmental Health) and PC Bryan Lewis (Metropolitan
Police).
35 St
Luke’s Road, W11
17/05815/LITENN
(Temporary Event Notice)
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Proposal: The sale by retail of alcohol (off)
Event
Period: 12.00
on 27th August to 22.00 on 28th August
2017
Times
when licensable activities will take place:
12:00 to 22:00 on 27th August 2017
12:00 to
22:00 on 28th August 2017
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Decision:
The Sub-Committee initially
heard from Mr Dweifel, the Premises
User. He stated that it was his
intention to sell beer and soft drinks from 35 St Luke’s Road
(he lives upstairs) from midday to 22:00 on 27th and
28th August. He believed his
neighbours did not object to what he was proposing to
do. He added that he planned to have a
friend assisting him who is licensed by the Security Industry
Authority (‘SIA’).
The Sub-Committee was addressed
by PC Lewis on behalf of Metropolitan Police. He advised Members that the Police maintained
their representation as they had a policy against residential
premises operating temporary bars during the Notting Hill
Carnival. The Police considered the
premises to be in a high risk area and was located close to two
sound systems which drew large crowds.
PC Lewis emphasised that the Carnival presented a huge operational
challenge for the Police with approximately one million people
being in the area every year. There had
been more than 450 arrests at the event in 2016, many of which were
associated with the consumption of alcohol. There had been 15 serious assaults, 4 of which
were life threatening. Due to the level
of the crowds, it could be very difficult for the Police to reach
incidents which took place. Stewards
were used with limited powers which increased the risk.
PC Lewis commented that alcohol
should be sold responsibly. The Police
had concerns regarding unlicensed residential premises creating
makeshift bars at the front with a lack of training on the part of
the sellers. There had been
insufficient information provided by the Premises User about the
nature of the operation. Would alcohol
be sold to underage people? How would
the Premises User ensure that customers were not
intoxicated? Would super-strength
alcohol be sold and would alcohol be sold in polycarbonate
vessels? Glass vessels had historically
been used as weapons and missiles. He
also questioned how disorder would be prevented and where toilets
would be available. Obstruction was
caused by customers buying alcohol and standing there whilst
consuming it.
PC Lewis acknowledged that the
Premises User was now offering to have someone assist him who is
licensed by the SIA. However, it would
be extremely difficult to oversee what was taking place at the
premises at all ...
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