Agenda and draft minutes

Clarendon Public House, 52 Cambridge Street, SW1

17/03218/LIPV

1.

Proposed removal of condition

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

None.

Decision (including reasons if different from those set out in report):

Mr Browning, representing the Applicant, and in advising the Sub Committee, referred to a large number of residents supporting the application with four residents objecting to the application.  Mr Browning stated that some of the concerns set out in the written representations were in his opinion unfounded.  These included the concerns that the Applicant was seeking to trade longer hours and that there would be extended use of the basement garden area.  Mr Browning clarified that there were conditions which restricted the use of the garden with the doors to the garden kept closed after 20:00.  The Applicant as a result of the condition on the existing premises licence would need to ensure that noise did not emanate from the basement to such an extent that it caused a nuisance. 

Mr Browning drew the Sub-Committee’s attention to the premises being a hotel and there being an incentive to prevent noise being created in the basement so that guests were not upset.  There is a restaurant on the ground floor.  Mr Browning referred to the premises previously being a pub.  It was proposed that the basement would be a bar with food available.  

Mr Browning placed emphasis on a number of the residents who had written in support of the application living in close proximity to the premises.  He requested that two residents be able to address the Sub-Committee in support of the application and give evidence.  Lady Brittan stated that she had lived in Alderney Street for twelve years, a couple of minutes’ walk from the premises.  She valued the facilities on offer which she described as friendly, safe and not noisy.  She said that she would not have entered the premises on her own in its previous incarnation as a ‘rough’  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

La Goccia, The Petersham & The Deli, King Street, Covent Garden

17/03369/LIPN

1.

Late Night Refreshment (Indoors)

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

None.

Decision (including reasons if different from those set out in report):

This was an application for a new premises licence to operate two restaurants and a delicatessen (‘deli’) within the King’s Court development.  Mr Hicks informed the Sub-Committee that there was on site security at all times and there was a sizeable cleaning team there.  The Capital and Counties development also had its own CCTV system.  In response to a question from the Sub-Committee, Mr Hicks advised that the external courtyard was in the region of 2000 square feet.  Mr Thomas added that it was intended to have external seating in the courtyard for the two restaurants with a capacity of 30 for both of these areas.  The external tables and chairs would be rendered unusable at 23:00 each day.  Mr Hicks was also able to provide the information that the gated courtyard area would be closed from 00:30 to 06:00.  Mr Thomas stated that this would mean that the restaurants would have to vacate at 00:30 and that this would prevent anti-social behaviour within the area.  It was explained to the Sub-Committee that there would be retail units and residential units within the mixed development, including in a building above the restaurant.  Mr Hicks said the strategy for the residential units were likely to be decided after the summer.

Mr Mir provided the Sub-Committee with some background information setting out the vision on the three premises which were the subject of the application.  In respect of the Petersham restaurant, Petersham Nurseries had started as an operating garden centre in Richmond.  A tea house had been added there and then a restaurant with a top chef, Skye Gyngell and then a retail store.  It was the aim to run an a la carte restaurant in Covent Garden along the same lines as Petersham Nurseries.  Mr Mir explained that there are three fundamental principles in relation to the operation.  It cares about nature, the origins of the goods and also having a relaxed aesthetic.  Mr Mir also spoke about La Goccia restaurant and the deli, the other premises being featured in the application which were all under the same ownership.  La Goccia was intended to be a family friendly, open all day operation which would offer a menu of Italian small plates.  The deli would have Italian  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.