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Membership
The Head of Legal and
Democratic Services 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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Cumberland Food & Wine, 11 Great Cumberland Place, W1 PDF 14 MB
App
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Ward/ Stress 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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Bryanston and Dorset Square Ward /
not in stress area
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Cumberland Food & Wine, 11 Great
Cumberland Place, W1
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Variation
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14/09194/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday 24th September
2015
Membership:
Councillor Tim Mitchell (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and
Councillor Jan Prendergast
Legal Adviser:
Barry Panto
Committee
Officer: Jonathan
Deacon
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health.
Present: Mr Thomas O’Maoileoin
(Solicitor, Representing the Applicant), Mr Shezad Hussain Shah
(Owner of premises), and Mr Ian Watson (Environmental
Health)
Cumberland Food & Wine, 11 Great
Cumberland Place, W1
14/09194/LIPV
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1.
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Sale
by Retail of Alcohol (On)
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Monday to Saturday:
10:00 to 23:00
Sunday:
12:00 to 22:30
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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This application had previously
been adjourned at a Sub-Committee hearing on 18 December 2014 in
order to ascertain whether the outside area, where the Applicant
wished to have a small café with tables and chairs, was part
of the premises’ demise. Prior to
the hearing an officer in the Council’s Highways Planning
Department had contacted the Licensing Service to advise that the
frontage on Great Cumberland Place was part of the
Applicant/Licence Holder’s demise but that the Bryanston Street side of the building was
not.
Having received this
information, Mr O’Maoileoin, representing the Applicant,
informed the parties that his client was amending the application
so that the licensable area applied for would only include the
agreed private forecourt area on Great Cumberland
Place. It would no
longer include the Bryanston Street
side of the building which was withdrawn from the application and
this was shown in an updated plan submitted by the
Applicant.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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Cumberland Food and
Wine currently operates as a convenience store providing
off-sales. The Applicant’s
amended application sought on-sales of alcohol in an outside area
with tables and chairs between 10:00 and 23:00 Monday to Saturday
and 12:00 to 22:30 on Sundays in the private forecourt on Great
Cumberland Place. Mr O’Maoileoin
stated that the hours sought were less than the Council’s
Core Hours and were in keeping with the terminal opening hours of
the premises. His client was seeking a
maximum of 23 covers.
Mr O’Maoileoin
referred to the fact that the Police had withdrawn their
application, as they had agreed conditions including the updated
CCTV model conditions. He confirmed that on-sales would be
restricted to the outside area as no consumption of alcohol or food
took place in the store due to its restricted space. There was no intention to change the layout on the
ground floor. Alcohol in the outside
area would only be available to seated customers served by waiter
or waitress and ancillary to a table meal there.
Mr O’Maoileoin
explained that there were kitchen facilities in the basement but no
primary cooking would take place on the premises. The food was pre-prepared off site which could be
pre-heated in the oven in the kitchen.
In response to a question from the Sub-Committee, he clarified that
the food provided in the outside area would be different from what
was sold within the store. The food
available inside was limited to five or six products such as
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Unit 2.10 and 2.11 Kingly Court, W1 PDF 6 MB
App
No
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Ward/ Stress 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 /
West End Stress Area
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Unit 2.10 and 2.11 Kingly Court, W1
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New
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15/06161/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday 24th September
2015
Membership:
Councillor Tim Mitchell (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and
Councillor Jan Prendergast
Legal Adviser:
Barry Panto
Committee
Officer: Jonathan
Deacon
Relevant Representations: 3 x local
residents and the Soho Society.
Present: Mr Alun Thomas (Solicitor,
Representing the Applicant), Ms Shelly Webb (Portfolio Manager,
Shaftesbury for Kingly Court), Mr Ed Brunet (Executive Head Chef,
Le Bab) and Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau
Licensing Advice Project, representing Mrs Liz Callingham, local
resident).
Unit 2.10 and 2.11 Kingly
Court, W1
15/06161/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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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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Mr Thomas and Ms Webb
provided some brief background to Kingly Court. It was a purpose built retail centre and no
residents lived in Kingly Court itself.
There were a number of restaurants there with licensable activities
within core hours. Shaftesbury, the
Applicant, owned over 250 buildings with licensed
premises. There was some control over
tenants, over 40 CCTV cameras and 24 hour security within Kingly
Court. Shaftesbury’s plan was to
have different restaurants in Kingly Court reflecting cuisines from
across the world.
Mr Thomas next
addressed the Sub-Committee on the premises that was the subject of
the application, Unit 2.10 and 2.11 / Le Bab. Concerns had been expressed in the representations
objecting to the application that customers would be required to
use the communal toilets. Mr Thomas
confirmed it had initially been proposed that customers would use
them as they were within a matter of yards from the
units. However, following discussions
with the parties, including Environmental Health, it had been
decided to install toilets within Le Bab. Mr Thomas made the point that as part of the
discussions with Environmental Health a capacity of 40 people had
been agreed based on the two toilets.
It was a matter for the Sub-Committee to consider whether the
capacity would be set out now or following an inspection by
Environmental Health. It was likely
that a further application would be required to slightly change the
layout.
Mr Brunet, the
Executive Head Chef who had previously worked at Le Gavroche in Mayfair, explained the concept behind
Le Bab. He had travelled with his
business partner to the Middle East and they had tasted kebabs
there which were very different from those consumed in many high
street premises. Their aim was to
combine ethnic and national kebab influences with Michelin star
style gastronomic thinking. Mr Brunet
stated that the kebabs would be a substantial and refined
meal. The kebabs would be a dining
experience with grilled meat, garnish and sauce and no
wraps. It would deliver on quality and
be in the mid-range bracket cost wise.
The team would be looking to attract a restaurant crowd rather than
a takeaway crowd. It would be food led
which was prepared fresh with an open kitchen. Customers were shown to their ...
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