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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
Minutes:
1.1 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:
2.1 There were no declarations
of interest.
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170 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON, W1W 5QB PDF 655 KB
App
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Ward
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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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Marylebone High Street Ward /
not
in a cumulative impact area
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170 Great Portland
Street, London, W1W 5QB
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New
Premises Licence
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19/02649/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 2
Thursday
2nd May 2019
Membership:
Councillor Tim Mitchell (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and
Councillor Aicha Less
Legal
Adviser: Barry
Panto
Policy
Adviser: Kerry
Simpkin
Committee Officer: Tristan
Fieldsend
Presenting Officer: Michelle
Steward
Relevant Representations: The
Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association
Present:
Mr Alun Thomas (Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Mr John
Wiltshire (Operations Director for Aqua Brit Ltd) and Mr Richard
Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project,
representing the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association)
170-172
Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QB (“The
Premises”)
19/02649/LIPN
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Sale
by Retail of Alcohol – On and Off Sales
Monday to Thursday:
10:00 to 23:30
Friday to Saturday:
10:00 to 00:00
Sunday: 12:00 to
22:30
Seasonal Variations/Non-Standard Timings:
From the end of permitted hours
on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on New
Year’s Day.
On Sundays prior to
bank holidays 12:00 to 00:00.
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Amendments to
application advised at hearing:
Mr Thomas
agreed that a proposed condition prohibiting any sales of alcohol
for consumption off the premises after 23:00 could be amended so as
to apply after 22:00.
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Decision (including
reasons if different from those set out in report):
The Sub-Committee considered an
application by Aqua Brit Ltd (“The Applicant”) for a
new premises licence in respect of 170-172
Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QB.
The Licensing Officer
introduced the application and confirmed that Environmental Health
had withdrawn their representation following a reassessment of the
application.
In response to a question from
the Sub-Committee the Applicant advised that the address for the
Premises should read 170-172 Great Portland Street.
Mr Thomas, representing the
Applicant, advised that Aqua Brit Ltd already operated a
restaurant/bar in Westminster which was located within the West End
Cumulative Impact Area (CIA). This Premises had been operating for
10 years during which no complaints or issues relating to its
operation had arisen. It also operated 2 restaurants within the
Shard which had 24 hours licences, and these also had not been the
source of any issues. Additional restaurants were also currently
operated in Hong Kong, New York, Miami and Dubai. It was intended
to operate the Premises before the Sub-Committee as a restaurant
providing a mixture of Japanese and Chinese food.
Mr Thomas explained that the
application was for a reinstatement of a licence which had lapsed
on 26 August 2018 following the bankruptcy of the previous tenant.
Planning permission had recently been re-granted for the Premises
with the main difference being the extension of the hours
authorised for licensable activities to the Council’s core
hours. The proposed opening hours would be in line with those
granted through the planning permission. The applicant was simply
seeking to reinstate the lapsed licence in accordance with the
Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and would also be
subject to additional model conditions.
The Council’s policy
highlighted that any premises located in a CIA, which this
operation was not, whose licence had lapsed would normally be
reinstated if it had not been lapsed for a long period of time.
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