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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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The Library, 112 St Martin's Lane, WC2 PDF 4 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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1.
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St James’s Ward
/ West End Cumulative Impact Area
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The Library, 112 St
Martin's Lane, WC2
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Variation
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16/11258/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 2
Tuesday
20th December 2016
Membership:
Councillor Nickie Aiken (Chairman) and Councillor Murad
Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Heidi Lawrance
Relevant
Representations: Environmental
Health, Metropolitan Police, Licensing Authority, Covent Garden
Community Association and Burleigh Mansions Residents’
Association.
Present: Ms
Melinka Berridge (Solicitor, representing the Applicant),
Mr Ronald Ndoro (Applicant), Mr Dave
Nevitt (Environmental Health), PC Reaz Guerra (Metropolitan
Police), Mr Steve Rowe (Licensing Authority) and Mr Richard Brown
(Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project –
representing Mr Selwyn Hardy, Burleigh
Mansions Residents’ Association).
The
Library, 112 St Martin’s Lane, WC2
16/11258/LIPV
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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From
Monday to Thursday 23:00 to
00:00
Friday to Saturday 23:00 to
00:30
Sunday 23:00 to
23:30
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To
Monday to Wednesday 23:00 to
00:30
Thursday to Saturday 23:00 to
01:30
Sunday 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 Library operates as a
members’ club, boutique hotel and restaurant. The Applicant sought to extend the hours for the
sale of alcohol and provision of late night refreshment by half an
hour on Monday to Wednesday until 00:30, by an hour and a half on
Thursday until 01:30, by an hour on Friday and Saturday until
01:30, by half an hour on Sundays until midnight and by an hour on
Sundays before Bank Holidays until 01:30. In all cases, the premises are proposing to close
30 minutes after the terminal hour for licensable activities. There
was no application to alter the existing permitted hours for hotel
residents and their bona fide guests. The Chairman advised the Applicant
that the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy had been
updated since the grant of an application for a new premises
licence in 2014. In the representations
objecting to the application, particularly from the two amenity
societies, it had been acknowledged that The Library was well
run. However, they had concerns
regarding the proposed terminal hours and the application being
granted as an exception to policy in the West End Stress
Area. It was for the Applicant to set
out why the application should be considered a genuine exception to
policy.
Ms Berridge, representing the Applicant stated that
there were no immediate neighbouring residential properties next to
the premises. The Applicant had
consulted with the relevant amenity associations. She explained that what the Applicant was aiming
to achieve at The Library is a space where like-minded individuals
from the creative sectors such as theatre, design and literature
are able to come together. The
members’ club is primarily used for networking and events are
held most nights of the week, including book launches, poetry
readings and talks by successful individuals.
Ms Berridge acknowledged that her client needed to
meet a high threshold to persuade the Sub-Committee that the
application constituted a genuine exception to the Council’s
policy. She set out the key reasons why
the application was exceptional and would ...
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Starbucks, Ground Floor, National House, 60-66 Wardour Street, W1 PDF 546 KB
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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Starbucks, Ground
Floor, National House, 60-66 Wardour
Street, W1
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New
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16/11472/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 2
Tuesday
20th December 2016
Membership:
Councillor Nickie Aiken (Chairman) and Councillor Murad
Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Heidi Lawrance
Relevant
Representations: Environmental
Health, Metropolitan Police and The Soho
Society.
Present: Mr Craig
Baylis (Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Mr David Argent
(Regional Director of Operations, Applicant Company), Mr Dave
Nevitt (Environmental Health) and PC Reaz Guerra (Metropolitan
Police).
Starbucks,
Ground Floor, National House, 60-66 Wardour Street, W1
16/11472/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Sunday 23:00 to
05:00
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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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Ms Lawrance informed
the Sub-Committee when presenting the item that the Applicant had
now agreed the proposed conditions except Environmental
Health’s suggested condition that ‘there shall be no
takeaway of hot food or hot drink after 23:00
hours’. Mr Baylis, when asked
about this condition by the Sub-Committee stated that his client
could not agree this condition as it is takeaway that drives the
business. He referred to the fact that
there had been a time limited licence for the premises between 1
July 2012 and 30 September 2012 when Core Hours had been
permitted. He also referred to
Caffe Nero in Frith Street being
permitted to operate until 04:00 Thursday to Saturday.
Mr Baylis explained
that the reason for the application was because his client had
observed a significant increase in footfall in the area as a result
of the Night Tube. Starbucks at 60-66
was currently required to close at 23:00 and the Applicant was keen
for customers to remain at the premises. Mr Baylis expressed the view that it was better
for customers to have a coffee in the West End Cumulative Impact
Area than an alcoholic drink in a local pub. He made the point that he would not be making the
case that the application was an exception to the Council’s
policy, notably Policy FFP2 where it is the Licensing
Authority’s policy to refuse applications in the Cumulative
Impact Areas, other than applications to vary hours within the Core
Hours under Policy HRS1. Mr Baylis
added that he had advised his client that an application with a
terminal hour of 05:00 at this location was ambitious. It was for the Sub-Committee to consider what
extension was reasonable. He did not
believe that the application would cause any issues.
Mr Argent commented
that for the first time customers at 60-66 Wardour Street were being politely asked to leave
at the weekend now the Night Tube was in operation. Caffe Nero had a well behaved
clientele.
The Sub-Committee
heard from PC Guerra on behalf of Metropolitan Police and Mr Nevitt
on behalf of Environmental Health. PC
Guerra stated that the representation had been maintained as the
hours applied for were beyond Core Hours. Conditions that had been proposed by the Police
had been agreed by the Applicant. PC
Guerra emphasised that it was for the Applicant to ...
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Maison Berteaux, 28 Greek Street, W1 PDF 629 KB
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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West End Ward / West
End Cumulative Impact Area
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MaisonBerteaux, 28 Greek Street, W1
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New
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16/11180/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 2
Tuesday
20th December 2016
Membership:
Councillor Nickie Aiken (Chairman) and Councillor Murad
Gassanly
Legal
Adviser:
Barry Panto
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Heidi Lawrance
Relevant
Representations: Environmental
Health and Metropolitan Police.
Present: Mr Alun Thomas
(Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Ms Michele Wade (Applicant
and Owner of premises), Ms Nicola Curtis (Environmental Health) and
PC Reaz Guerra (Metropolitan Police).
MaisonBerteaux, 27-28 Greek Street, W1
16/11180/LIPN
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1.
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Sale
by retail of alcohol (On and Off sales)
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Monday to Sunday 10:00 to
21:00
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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
been provided with a representation from the Police and
correspondence between the Police and the Applicant’s
Representative prior to the hearing.
The Police’s representation had been omitted from the report
but had been received by the Licensing Service within the
consultation period.
The Sub-Committee
initially heard from Mr Thomas, representing the
Applicant. He stated that Maison Berteaux is
a French
patisserie and tea rooms established in 1871. Ms Wade, the Applicant, owned the premises and had
worked there since 1980. The Applicant was looking to offer wine,
champagne or possibly cognac to complement the food
offer. Mr Thomas explained that alcohol
would not be a major part of the business.
Paragraph 2.4.21 of the
Council’s policy sets out that the Council considers
‘where applications for licenses to sell alcohol for
consumption on the premises are made and (i) are appropriately
conditioned so that the consumption of alcohol is not, and cannot
become, a significant part of the operation of the premises and is
regulated to promote responsible drinking; (ii) where the character
of the premises is such that its customers are not likely to be
involved in sustained or heavy drinking at later hours; and (iii)
when the sale of alcohol is not permitted beyond 20.00 hours; then
permitting the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises is
unlikely to add to cumulative impact in the cumulative impact
area’. In
response to questions from the Sub-Committee Mr Thomas commented
that he believed it was appropriate to seek a terminal hour of
21:00 rather than 20:00 because of the lack of emphasis on alcohol
at the premises. Any alcohol sold would be
ancillary to food such as cake or chocolate and served by waiter or
waitress. Off-sales would be restricted
to alcohol consumed by persons in the outside area where there were
tables and chairs on the highway.
Customers would still come to the premises for a tea or coffee and
there would be no draft beer available.
He added that he was content with a proposed condition that the
premises would continue to operate as a French café and that
if Members wished to personalise the licence to Maison Berteaux he
would not have any objection.
PC Guerra advised the
Sub-Committee that the Police had maintained their representation
due to the fact that the Applicant was requesting ...
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