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Ward	Site Name & Address	Application Type	Licensing Reference No.
Abbey Road	61 Abbey Road London NW8 0AD	New Premises Licence	24/03679/LIPN
Cumulative Impact Area: N/A Special Consideration Zone: N/A

 

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO. 1

(“The Committee”)

 

Wednesday 4^th September 2024

          

Membership:   Councillor Aziz Toki (Chair), Councillor Judith Southern and Councillor Paul Swaddle

 

Officer Support:       Legal Adviser:                    Steve Burnett

                                Committee Officer:             Katherine Stagg

                                 Presenting Officer:             Kevin Jackaman

 

Other Parties:          Elizabeth Sheeran (Violette Enterprises Limited)

 

 

Application for a New Premises Licence in respect of 61 Abbey Road, London

NW8 0AD -  24/03679/LIPN

 

Premises

 

61 Abbey Road

London

NW8 0AD

 

Applicant

 

Violette Enterprises Limited

 

Ward

 

Abbey Road

 

Cumulative Impact

 

N/A

 

Special Consideration Zone

 

N/A

 

There is a resident count of 215

 

Application

 

This is an application for a new premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 (“The Act”). 

 

The premises is opening as a small deli occupying the ground and basement floor. There will be the sale of alcohol on and off the Premises. The Premises will also serve coffee, other hot drinks, breakfast, lunch, pastries and cakes, as well as deli items.

 

The Application is to Permit:

          

                     1. Sale of alcohol (on and off sales)

 

                                Mondays to Sundays 07:30 to 23:00

 

 

                     2. Opening Times:

 

                         Mondays to Sundays 07:30 to 23:00

 

Representations Received

 

·       Maxwell Koduah – Environmental Health Services (EHS) – Withdrawn

·       PC Dave Morgan – Metropolitan Police (MPS) – Withdrawn 7 August 2024

 

·       7 representations from Interested Parties, including 4 supporting

 

Issues raised by Objectors.

 

The EHS have agreed conditions with the Applicant. However, the hours exceed Core Hours and therefore representations are made on ground of public nuisance and public safety risk.

 

The residents have concerns about:

 

1)    Excessive hours of trade.

2)    Request delivery time restrictions.

3)    Risk of anti-social behaviour.

 

Concessions confirmed by Applicant:

 

The Applicant in the additional Agenda Bundle has agreed to reduce the terminal time for the sale of alcohol (on and off sales), Mondays to Sundays 07:30 to 22:00

 

Policy Considerations

 

Policy HRS 1 states:

 

B. Applications for hours outside the core hours set out in Clause C will be considered on their merits, subject to other relevant policies:

 

C. For the purpose of Clause B above, the Core Hours for this application as defined within this policy is:

 

Restaurant: Monday to Thursday: 9am to 11.30pm.

Friday and Saturday: 9am to 12am. Sunday: 9am to 10.30pm.

 

Sundays immediately prior to a bank holiday: 9am to 12am.

 

 

Policy RNT1 states:

 

A. Applications outside the West End Cumulative Impact Zone will generally be granted subject to:

1. The application meeting the requirements of policies CD1, PS1, PN1 and CH1.

2. The hours for licensable activities being within the council’s Core Hours Policy HRS1.

3. The operation of any delivery services for alcohol and/or latenight refreshment meeting the council’s Ancillary Delivery of Alcohol and/or Late-Night Refreshment Policy DEL1.

5. The application and operation of the venue meeting the definition of a restaurant as per the Policy.

 

SUBMISSIONS AND REASONS

 

Mr Kevin Jackaman, Senior Licensing Officer, outlined the application to the Committee and confirmed that the interested Parties had not attended the hearing and the EHO and MPS had withdrawn their representations.

 

 Elizabeth Sheeran,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

Ward CIA* SCZ**	Site Name & Address	Application Type	Licensing Reference No.
St James’s   * None   ** East Covent Garden	Tequila Mockingbird 3-5 Burleigh Street WC2E 7PX	Premises Licence Variation	24/03552/LIPV
*Cumulative Impact Area ** Special Consideration Zone

 

TMINSTER CITY COUNCIL LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO. 1

(“The Committee”)

 

Wednesday 4^th September 2024

          

Membership:           Councillor Aziz Toki (Chair),

Councillor Judith Southern and

Councillor Paul Swaddle

 

Officer Support:       Legal Adviser:                    Steve Burnett

                                Committee Officer:             Katherine Stagg

                                 Presenting Officer:             Kevin Jackaman

 

Other Parties:          Mr James Anderson (Poppleston Allen, Agent for the Applicant), Mr Jonathan Bas (Applicant),

Mr Tony Scott (Director of Operations of the Premise),

 

PC Reaz Guerra (Metropolitan Police Service),

Ms Kudzy Mondhlani (Environmental Health Service) and

Mr Davis Kaner (Covent Garden Community Association).

 

Application for a VARIATION of a Premises Licence in respect of Tequila Mockingbird, 3 - 5 Burleigh Street, London WC2E 7PX  -  24/03552/LIPV

 

Premises

 

Tequila Mockingbird

3 - 5 Burleigh Street

London

WC2E 7PX

 

Applicant

 

Jonathan Bas

 

Ward

 

St James’s

 

Cumulative Impact

 

N/A

 

Special Consideration Zone

 

East Covent Gardens

 

 

 

 

Summary of the application

 

This is an application for a variation of a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 (“The Act”).   

The premises have had the benefit of a premises licence since January 2023

Since submission of this application, the premises licence has been transferred from London Cocktail Bars Limited to Mr Jonathan Bas.

 

Tequila Mockingbird is a licensed cocktail bar on the corner of Burleigh Street and Exeter Street. The premises has been operating successfully and without concern since March 2023.

 

The premises has operated using TENs until 03:00 without serious incident or any noise complaint.

 

The applicant has spoken with the EHO Noise Officer and Police Licensing Officer before submission who have expressed no concern to the proposed extension.

 

Further, a number of conditions are proposed to be amended and updated to reflect the new proposed closing time.      

 

There is a resident count of 55 

 

This Application is to Permit:

 

1. Extension of the licensable hours for all activities (performance of dance, live music, recorded music, anything similar to live music, recorded music or performance of dance, late night refreshment and sale by retail of alcohol) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 02:00

 

2. Extension of the opening hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 02:30

 

3. To remove condition 14

 

4. To remove condition 32, 39 and 40 and replace with the Following condition:

 

“After 21:00, patrons permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises, e.g. to smoke or make a phone call, shall not be permitted to take drinks and glass containers with them, shall be limited to 15 persons at one time, and shall be restricted to the smoking area on Burleigh Street.”

 

5. To amend condition 28 to read:

 

“There shall be a minimum of not less than ONE SIA licensed door supervisors on duty from 20:00 hours, and an extra one SIA door supervisor on duty from 21:00, until close on a Thursday if the premises is to open until 02:00, unless agreed otherwise in writing with the Metropolitan Police.”

 

6. To amend condition 29 to read “

 

There shall be a minimum of not less than ONE SIA licensed door supervisors on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

Ward CIA* SCZ**	Site Name & Address	Application Type	Licensing Reference No.
Maida Vale   * None   ** None	Sainsburys 207 Shirland Road W9 2EX	New Premises Licence	24/03599/LIPN
*Cumulative Impact Area ** Special Consideration Zone

 

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO. 1

(“The Committee”)

 

Wednesday 4^th September 2024

          

Membership:   Councillor Aziz Toki (Chair), Councillor Judith Southern and Councillor Paul Swaddle

 

Officer Support:       Legal Adviser:                    Steve Burnett

                                Committee Officer:             Katherine Stagg

                                 Presenting Officer:             Kevin Jackaman

 

Other Parties:          Robert Botkai - Winkworth Sherwood, (Agent for the Applicant), Joanne Surguy (Licensing Manager for the Applicant),

                               

Richard Brown on behalf of Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society (PWMVS)

 

 

Application for a New Premises Licence in respect of Sainsburys, 207 Shirland Road, London W9 2EX -  24/03599/LIPN

 

Premises

 

Sainsburys

207 Shirland Road

London

W9 2EX

 

Applicant

 

Sainsbury’s Supermarket Limited

 

Ward

 

Maida Vale

 

Cumulative Impact

 

N/A

 

Special Consideration Zone

 

N/A

 

Summary of the application

 

This is an application for a new premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 (“The Act”). 

 

The premises is opening as a convenience store.

 

The Premises had the benefit a premises licence (14/04038/LIPT) was granted in 2005 for Chippenham Public House. This premises licence was suspended in November 2020 for non-payment of annual fees.

A second premises licence (22/09214/LIDPSR) was granted in October 2019 to the Co-operative and was surrendered in December 2023.

 

This Application is to Permit:

          

                     1. Sale of alcohol (off sales)

 

                                Mondays to Saturdays 08:00 to 23:00

                                Sundays 09:00 to 22:30

 

 

                     2. Opening Times:

 

                                Mondays to Sundays 00:00 to 23:59

 

Representations Received

 

·       6 representations from Interested Parties, including 1 supporting.

 

Issues raised by Objectors.

 

The residents have concerns about:

 

1)    Location is busy and this will add to parking, traffic and anti-social-behaviour.

2)    Require a reduction of trading hours to 22:00 or sooner.

3)    Already a number of supermarkets and licensed premises in the area.

4)    Will cause loss of independent businesses and pubs.

                    

Policy Considerations

 

Policy HRS 1 states:

 

Applications within the core hours set out below in this policy will generally be granted for the relevant premises uses, subject to not being contrary to other policies in the Statement of Licensing Policy.

 

Core Hours:

 

Shops (off-sales of alcohol where it forms either the ancillary

or primary use of the premises)

 

Monday to Saturday: 8am to 11pm.

Sunday: 9am to 10.30pm .

 

 

Policy SHP1 states:

 

A. Applications for a shop outside the West End Cumulative Impact Zone will generally be granted subject to:

 

1. The application meeting the requirements of policies CD1, PS1, PN1 and CH1.

2. The hours for licensable activities are within the council’s Core Hours Policy HRS1.

3. The operation of any delivery services for alcohol meeting the council’s Ancillary Alcohol and/or Latenight Refreshment Delivery Service Policy DEL1.

4. The applicant having taken account of the Special Consideration Zone Policy SCZ1 if the premises are located within a designated zone.

5. The application and operation of the venue meeting the definition of a shop

 

SUBMISSIONS AND REASONS

 

Mr Kevin Jackaman, Senior Licensing Officer, outlined the application to the Committee.

 

Mr Botkai on behalf of the Applicant stated that a previous off sales operator has a similar Premises Licence which did not tract licensing issues. Most of the objections to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.