Items
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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
Minutes:
There were no changes of 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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3. |
28/50, Basement And Ground Floor, 15-17 and 19 Marylebone Lane, W1 PDF 3 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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Marylebone High Street
Ward / not in cumulative impact area
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28/50, Basement And
Ground Floor, 15-17 and 19 Marylebone Lane, W1
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Variation
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16/03005/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday
27th June 2016
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Nick Evans and
Councillor Peter Freeman
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Heidi Lawrance
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health and 1 local resident.
Present: Mr Alun Thomas (Solicitor,
Representing the Applicant), Mr Sid Clark (Designated Premises
Supervisor) and Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health).
28/50,
Basement And Ground Floor, 15-17 and 19 Marylebone Lane,
W1
16/03005/LIPV
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1.
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Layout alteration
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To change the layout in the basement and add a bar server as per
drawing no. 1064-PLN-03.
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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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This was an application for a variation of the premises licence
to change the layout in the basement and add a bar server, allow
the sale of alcohol without food in the basement by up to 12
customers and permit off-sales to either seated customers taking a
table meal in the external seating area or in sealed
containers. Mr Thomas, representing the
Applicant, stated that 28/50 had opened in 2012 and was owned by
Agnar Sverrisson, chef patron and owner of the Textile
restaurant group. He owned two other premises in
Westminster. There was an emphasis on
French food at the premises and customers were offered a programme
of wine tastings, workshops and themed dinners.
Mr Thomas explained that not only was there a similar area where
alcohol was not ancillary to food for approximately ten people at
the Maddox Street premises but that there was already a bar area on
the ground floor at this Marylebone Lane premises where alcohol was
not ancillary to food for up to 12 seated customers. Alcohol would be supplied in the basement by
waiter or waitress.
Mr Thomas responded to the local resident’s written
representation. He expressed the view
that the representation was making the case that the application
would add to cumulative impact. Mr
Thomas made the point that Policy PB1 was relevant for bar use
outside the designated cumulative impact areas. Applications would only be granted if it
could be demonstrated that the proposal met the relevant criteria
in Policies CD1, PS1, PN1 and CH1. He
added that there were no grounds to reach a conclusion that the
licensing objectives would not be promoted if the application was
granted.
In response to questions from Members of the Sub-Committee, Mr
Thomas stated that off-sales were required for any outside area
which was not on the private forecourt and also have the capacity
to buy a bottle of wine which was in keeping with the concept of
the premises offering a wine workshop.
Mr Thomas and Mr Clark clarified that it was not the intention for
the basement to be purely a vertical drinking area. There would be seating at the bar and people would
want to eat at the bar counter. A condition had also been proposed
to the effect that alcohol could only be supplied ...
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28A Leicester Square, WC2 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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2.
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St James’s Ward
/ West End Cumulative Impact Area
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28A Leicester Square,
WC2
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New
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16/03431/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday
27th June 2016
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Nick Evans and
Councillor Peter Freeman
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Heidi Lawrance
Relevant Representations: 1 local
resident.
Present: Mr Jack Spiegler
(Solicitor, Representing the Applicant), Mr Scott Matthews
(Operations Director, Applicant Company), Mr Nathan Quick (Chief
Executive Officer, Applicant Company) and Ms Colleen Sanders (local
resident).
Dirty
Martini, 28A Leicester Square, WC2
16/03431/LIPN
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1.
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Recorded Music, Live Music, Performance of dance, Anything of a
similar description to that above, Private Entertainment consisting
of dancing, music or other entertainment of a like kind for
consideration and with a view to profit (all indoors)
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Monday to Wednesday 09:00 to 01:45
Thursday to Saturday 09:00 to 03:45
Sunday 09:00 to 01:15.
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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 Sub-Committee
initially heard from Mr Spiegler, representing the
Applicant. He referred to 28A Leicester
Square currently being operated as a nightclub, Club Storm and that
the local resident in attendance, Ms Sanders indicated in her
written representation that it was a problem premises causing
public nuisance. Mr Spiegler stated
that the Police had also indicated to him that Club Storm was
associated with crime and disorder. He
added that Mr Matthews of the Applicant Company had agreed a
conditional deal to take over the premises in the event there was a
successful outcome for the Applicant at the current
hearing.
Mr Spiegler explained
that his client was seeking a new licence with an increased
capacity from 235 people excluding staff to 300 people excluding
staff in order to ensure the commercial viability of the
business. However, it was recognised
that the venue is located in the West End Cumulative Impact
Area. Mr Spiegler placed an emphasis on
the potential new licence holders turning the premises
around. He believed that Ms
Sanders’ representation was understandably based on the
premises’ past issues rather than how it would be operated in
the future. He also put forward the
grounds for the application being an exception to
policy. These included that the
existing licence permitted the premises to operate as a substantial
nightclub and it was now being proposed that this would be replaced
with a less intrusive well managed cocktail bar. There was also a significant reduction in
hours. These included a reduction in
the terminal hour for the sale of alcohol from 03:00 to 01:00
Monday to Wednesday and also a reduction in the terminal hour for
Regulated Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment seven days a
week, notably a reduction in Regulated Entertainment from 06:00 to
03:45 on Thursdays to Saturdays. Mr
Spiegler drew Members’ attention to more stringent conditions
being proposed for the current application, including a minimum of
two SIA licensed door supervisors being on duty from 20:00 until
closing time Thursday to Saturday, restrictions on smokers and a
last entry of 01:30. The proposed
conditions had addressed any ...
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Restaurant, Basement and Ground Floor, 1 Grosvenor Gardens, SW1 PDF 24 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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St James’s Ward
/ not in cumulative impact area
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Restaurant, Basement
and Ground Floor, 1 Grosvenor Gardens, SW1
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New
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15/07477/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday
27th June 2016
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Nick Evans and
Councillor Peter Freeman
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Heidi Lawrance
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health, 1 business and 4 local residents.
Present: Mr Laurence Selman
(Director of Applicant Company), Mr Fiaz Rasool
(Responsible for the Servicing Management Plan), Mr Ian Watson
(Environmental Health), Mr Stuart Geddes (Goring Hotel) and Ms
Ursula Claxton (local resident).
Restaurant, Basement and Ground Floor, 1 Grosvenor Gardens,
SW1
15/07477/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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The Sub-Committee had previously adjourned the application
in March 2016 in order that further information was obtained from
the Applicant Company as to how its management service plan would
meet the licensing objectives. Goring
Hotel and local residents had submitted representations objecting
to the use of Grosvenor Gardens Mews East for deliveries and
collections at the back of the proposed restaurant site. The
hearing on 12 May 2016 was further adjourned due to an indication
being given by Grosvenor Estates (the landlord) that it would not
give permission for the Mews to be used to service the restaurant.
This hearing amounted to a complete rehearing of the application
based on a revised service plan.
At the hearing it was confirmed on behalf of the Applicant
that as set out in the revised Servicing Management Plan (which had
been approved by the landlord, Grosvenor Estates), Grosvenor
Gardens Mews East would not be used for deliveries and
collections. Servicing would instead
take place from Beeston Place and/or the loading bay in Upper
Grosvenor Gardens. Incoming supplies
would be transported manually along the Lower Grosvenor Place
footway, from the delivery vehicle to the Restaurant staff
entrance. This would be via the new
stairs (there was planning consent and listed building consent to
replace the existing ladder with the stairs) from the street level
to the basement of the premises. It was
confirmed in response to a question from the Sub-Committee that
off-sales were not required.
Mr Watson, representing
Environmental Health, referred to the nature of the application
being for the sale of alcohol and late night refreshment for hours
that were within the Council’s Core Hours policy. Alcohol would be ancillary to a table meal except
for a hatched area where some bar use was sought on the basement
and ground floors. Mr Watson stated that the emergency escape to
Grosvenor Gardens Mews East needed to remain. The Applicant had now set out in the revised
Servicing Management Plan that there would be no deliveries and
collections in Grosvenor Gardens Mews East. Deliveries would now be to the main entrance to
the Restaurant or staff entrance on Lower Grosvenor
Place. Mr
Watson commented that the ladder to the basement was unsuitable for
collections and deliveries. He had
raised this ...
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