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:
There were no declarations of interest.
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Cleveland Arms Public House, 28 Chilworth Street, W2 PDF 9 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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Lancaster Gate Ward /
not in cumulative impact area
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Cleveland Arms Public
House, 28 Chilworth Street,
W2
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Variation
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15/09112/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 10th March
2016
Membership:
Councillor Jean Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and
Councillor Louise Hyams
Legal Adviser: Barry
Panto
Policy
Officer: Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Andrew
Palmer
Presenting
Officer: David
Sycamore
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health, four residents and a Residents Association (opposing
application) and one resident in support of application.
Present: Maria Tamander (Applicant), Mr Anil Drayan (Environmental
Health), Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau
Licensing Advice Project – on behalf of local residents), Mr
John Zamit (South East Bayswater Residents Association), Natalia
Georgiadou, Fran Hutchinson and Anne
Roberts (local residents).
Cleveland
Arms Public House, 28 Chilworth Street,
W2
15/09112/LIPV
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Variation of a Premises Licence, Licensing Act 2003
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1.
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Current and proposed licensing activities
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- To increase the hours
of opening times to allow the sale of breakfast (so as to allow the
premises to open at 08.00 on Monday to Friday and 09.00 on Saturday
and Sunday).
- Internal changes to
the layout (including an amended plan) so as to increase the space
available for licensable activities in the basement area and to
reinstate full cooking facilities.
- Extra male and female
toilet facilities to be added.
- The capacity of the
premises is to remain at 90 including staff.
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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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Ms
Maria Tamander (Applicant) addressed
the Sub-Committee in respect of the application, which sought to
gain approval for extending the use of the lower ground floor of
the premises where a kitchen and dining room would be installed;
and for serving breakfast earlier in the morning. Ms Tamander informed the Sub-Committee that she had
been working with the City Council and local residents over the
past two years, to enable the premises to provide food and attract
a broader clientele.
Mr
Sycamore informed the Sub-Committee that the conditions set out in
the report had been agreed with the Applicant. Further conditions
which had been proposed by Mr John Zamit (South East Bayswater
Residents Association) and agreed by the Applicant were circulated
at the meeting.
Ms
Hutchinson (local resident) confirmed that Mr Zamit’s comments were in line with the
opinions of local residents; and requested that any drinking
outside the premises would be strictly restricted to the private
forecourt area, with all tables and chairs being removed by 22:30
hours. Ms Hutchinson confirmed that the main concern was not over
the proposed changes to the Licence, but related to nuisance caused
by people drinking outside of the premises and leaving once the
premises had closed.
Ms
Natalia Georgiadou and Ms Anne Roberts
(local residents) supported the comments made by Ms
Hutchinson.
Mr
Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing Advice
Project) addressed the Sub-Committee on behalf of local residents,
and outlined the comments made by SEBRA on the proposed conditions,
which included restricting the smoking area to the private
forecourt of the premises; limiting the number of patrons
temporarily leaving the premises to smoke after 23:00 hours; and
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G-A-Y Late, Ground Floor, 5 Goslett Yard, WC2 PDF 11 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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2.
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West End Ward / West
End Cumulative Impact Area
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G-A-Y Late, Ground
Floor, 5 Goslett Yard, WC2
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Variation
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16/00325/LIPV
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Minutes:
Licensing SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 10th March
2016
Membership:
Councillor Jean Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and
Councillor Louise Hyams
Legal Adviser: Barry
Panto
Policy
Officer: Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Andrew
Palmer
Presenting
Officer: David
Sycamore
Relevant Representations: Metropolitan
Police, Environmental Health, one local resident and the Soho
Society.
Present: Mr Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
on behalf of the Applicant), Mr Jeremy Joseph (Manager), Sgt
Richard Bunch (Metropolitan Police), Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental
Health) and Mr Tyler Thorne (local resident).
G-A-Y
Late, Ground Floor, 5 Goslett Yard,
WC2
16/00325/LIPV
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Variation of a Premises Licence, Licensing Act 2003
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1.
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Hours
for Licensable Activities and Opening Hours
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To increase the terminal hour
of all licensable activities (apart from Late Night Refreshment)
until 04:00 hours on the days following Tuesday – Saturday
(with the premises closing at 04.30).
To increase the terminal hour
for the provision of Late Night Refreshment until 04.30 hours on
the days following Tuesday to Saturday.
To amend the commencement hour
for the sale of alcohol on Sunday from 12.00 to 10.00.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Mitchells and Butlers Leisure Retail Limited had agreed to
withdraw their objection, subject to the agreement of the
additional conditions set out under 2 below.
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The
Sub-Committee noted that the application was located within a
Cumulative Impact Area.
Mr
Craig Baylis (Solicitor) addressed the
Sub-Committee on behalf of the Applicant. The premises operated
under a pre-conversion licence with old conditions which included a
restriction of hours and conditions for membership that had
originally been obtained to provide for late opening on Sundays.
The hours of operation on Bank Holidays and on the Sunday before
Bank Holidays had previously been extended through successful
applications for Temporary Event Licenses, and the Applicant
accordingly sought to embed into the Licence the changes that were
being approved every year. The
Applicant was no longer seeking such an extensive variation
regarding barriers outside of the premises.
Mr Jeremy Joseph (Manager)
addressed the Sub-Committee and commented
on problems with Somalian gangs in
Charing Cross Road and in the Soho area. Mr Joseph was looking for
ways to ensure that patrons were safe, and to provide more security
for customers leaving the premises, and considered that extended
closing time to 04.30 hours would enable the time that customers
left the premises to be staggered.
Mr Baylis highlighted that no complaints regarding
the premises had been made to the Noise Team since May 2013, and
suggested that this should be taken into account when considering
the application for extended hours. Mr
Baylis considered that the general character of the premises and
the way it was operated should also be taken into account when
applying policy; and that consideration should be given as to
whether the application would add to the cumulative impact. Mr
Bayliss suggested that the question
should be whether the proposals would conflict with the original
reasons for adopting the policy.
Mr Panto commented on the issues relating to policy,
and advised the Sub-Committee that there was ...
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5. |
The Harcourt Arms, 32 Harcourt Street, W1 PDF 13 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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Bryanston and Dorset
Square Ward / not in cumulative impact area
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The Harcourt Arms, 32
Harcourt Street, W1
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New
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16/00449/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 10th March
2016
Membership:
Councillor Jean Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and
Councillor Louise Hyams
Legal Adviser: Barry
Panto
Policy
Officer: Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Andrew
Palmer
Presenting
Officer: Yolanda
Wade
Relevant
Representations: Environmental
Health and 9 residential objections.
Present:
Mr Piers Warne (appearing on behalf of the Applicant), Mr Thomas
Haring (General Manager), Andrew Endean (Operator), Mr Maxwell
Koduah (Environmental Health) and Ms Jo
Slevin (resident).
The
Harcourt Arms, 32 Harcourt Street, W1H 4HX
16/00449/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment
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Sunday to Thursday 23.00 to 23.30
Friday and Saturday 23.00 to 00.00
From
the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of
permitted hours on the following day.
From
the end of permitted hours on Sundays immediately prior to a bank
holiday until 00.00.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Ms Wade informed the
Sub-Committee that since the publication of the report, the
representations made by the Police had been withdrawn as the
Applicant had agreed to conditions proposed by the Police as set
out at page 134 of the report.
Mr Warne confirmed there was
no application for late night refreshment on a Sunday, as the
premises would close at 22:30.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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Mr Piers Warne addressed the
Sub-Committee, and confirmed that the Applicant was seeking a new
premises licence for the existing public house which was currently
being refurbished. The lower ground floor (basement) and ground
floor were both used as part of the existing licence, and the
application sought to make changes to the layout of the premises,
with the addition of private dining rooms on the first floor; a
change of layout to the garden area in the lower ground floor which
would become a new dining room seating up to 65 customers; and the
extension to core hours for both late night refreshment and the
sale of alcohol on Fridays and Saturdays..
In response to discussions and
representations from local residents, the Applicant had removed a
request for recorded music and had agreed conditions with the
Police, local residents and Environmental Health. Mr Warne
confirmed that music would be provided as occasional background
entertainment, which had been discussed with the residents. A
further condition had also been agreed regarding capacity, which
reflected the fire risk assessment. The capacity agreed was 60 for
the Lower Ground Floor, 35 for the Ground Floor and 30 for the
First Floor.
The Sub-Committee noted that
the previous premises focussed more on serving alcoholic drinks,
with music and barbeques in the garden area which led to complaints
from local residents. A kitchen situated on the first floor had
also caused problems. Mr Warne confirmed that the previous problems
would be addressed by the proposed changes to the internal layout
of the premises which had been made in response to concerns from
residents. Under the new configuration, the kitchen would be
removed from the first floor, and the basement area would be
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El Camion, 25-27 Brewer Street, W1 PDF 12 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 / West
End Cumulative Impact Area
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El Camion, 25-27
Brewer Street, W1
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Review
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15/11278/LIREVP
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 10th March
2016
Membership:
Councillor Heather Acton (Chairman) and Councillor Louise Hyams
Legal Adviser: Barry
Panto
Policy
Officer: Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Andrew
Palmer
Presenting
Officer: Ola
Owojori
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health.
Present: Mr Richard Brown
(Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project –
on behalf of the Applicant), Mr Ken White and Mr Lawrence Lynch
(Applicants), Ms Maria Soares and Ms
Paula Soares (local residents), Ms
Sally Thomas (Environmental Health), Mr Mark Browning (on behalf of
the Licence Holder), Mr Edmund Conran
(Owner and Managing Director of the Corporate Licensee), Mr Peter
Rogers (Acoustics Expert), Mr Matthew Scott (General Manager), Mr
Adam McLeen (Assistant Manager) and Ms
Alice Harrison (local resident in support of the licence
holder).
Review
of the premises licence for El
Camion, 25-27 Brewer Street, W1F ORR
15/11278/ LIREVP
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Summary of
application
An application had been made
by Mr Lawrence Lynch and Mr Ken White to review the premises
licencefor El Camion, 25-27 Brewer Street,
W1F ORR, on
the grounds of Prevention of Public Nuisance and Protection of
Children from Harm. Their concerns related to:
·
Music noise emanating from the basement and or ground of the
premises into residential accommodation above the
premises.
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Noise nuisance from groups of customers smoking outside the
premises
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Noise from groups of customers dispersing late at night
·
Music noise emanating from the basement and or ground of the
premises into the children’s bedroom of Flat 52 St.
James’s Residence causing broken sleep of the children
thereby harming their health and development.
Details of the application were set out at pages 154 to 160 of
the report to the Licensing Sub-Committee (where it was noted that
pages 157 and 158 had been paginated in the wrong order). The
report also included written statements from Mr White, Mr Lynch and
Ms Soares.
Prior to the application to review the premises licence, the
applicants had met with the licensee and officers from
Environmental Health to resolve the noise issues. The resulting
recommended action had, however, not been fully implemented, as
noise from the premises continued to affect residential
accommodation above the premises.
The
applicants had proposed a number of remedial actions which they
believed were appropriate and proportionate to promote the
licensing objectives, which included the removal of the performance
of dance, live music, recorded music and anything of a similar
description from the ground floor; and a reduction in permitted
hours for licensable activities and opening hours on Monday to
Sunday to the Council’s core hours.
The
application for review had been supported by the Environmental
Health Service, who had recorded seven noise/nuisance related
complaints against the premises over the last two years; and had
served a Section 80 Abatement Notice on the premises on 30
September 2015. The review had also
been supported by the NHS, who had expressed concern over the
health and wellbeing of the children who were being affected by the
noise coming into their bedroom.
Representations had been made in support ...
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