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Agenda and minutes

Venue: This will be a MS Teams virtual meeting

Contact: Cameron MacLean, Temporary Senior Committee and Governance Officer  Email:  cmaclean@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 07814 998 037

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1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

There were no changes to the Membership of the Sub Committee.

For the purposes of this meeting, the Chairman proposed that Councillor Susie Burbridge be appointed Substitute Chairman. Councillor Burbridge accepted the appointment.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the existence and nature of any pecuniary interests or any other significant interest in matters on this agenda.

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest.

 

1.

Browns, 39 Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1K 4JE pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Ward
CIA*

Site Name & Address

Application
Type

Licensing Reference No.

West End

Browns, 39 Brook St, Mayfair, London W1K 4JE

New Premises Licence

20/09601/LIPN

*Cumulative Impact Area

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Present:                   Mr Alun Thomas, Thomas & Thomas Partners LLP (representing the applicant); and Ms Imogen Davies (for the applicant).

 

Representations:    Representations had been received from Mr Francesco Girino (local resident), and Mr Ron Whelan (local resident) on behalf of the Mayfair Residents’ Group.

Applicant:                Browns (South Molton St) Ltd

Ward:                       West End

CIA[1]:                         Not applicable

Summary of Application

The application was for a new premises licence.

INTRODUCTION

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Members of the Sub Committee and the Council Officers who would be supporting the Sub Committee. The chairman then explained the procedure that would be followed at the meeting before inviting the Presenting Officer, Ms Michelle Steward, to present the report.

PRESENTATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS

Ms Michelle Steward, Senior Licensing Officer

Ms Steward summarised the application as set out in the report before the Sub Committee, noting that representations had been received from The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS);[2] the Environmental Health Service; a local resident; and the Chairman of the Mayfair Residents’ Group.

Mr Alun Thomas, Thomas & Thomas Partners LLP

Mr Alun Thomas, on behalf of the applicant, presented the application, noting that the applicant was the tenant of the ground floor premises, the entrance to which was on the corner of Brook Street and Avery Road. He stated it was a small restaurant premises which accommodated 28 covers with a garden area which had a capacity for 40 covers.

Mr Thomas noted that the premises had been granted planning permission and that the hours applied for in the present licence application were in line with those granted in the planning application. The premises would be operated by a company called Native which had operated other premises in London and elsewhere. The rear garden was subject to a 10 PM curfew, as per the planning permission, and proposed conditions had been agreed with the Environmental Health Service.

Mr Thomas stated that discussions had taken place with Mr Francesco Girino, the local resident whose representation was before the Sub Committee. He stated he thought agreement had been reached with Mr Girino on the issue set out in his representation and that he had written to the construction company responsible for the development of the site about noise issues on behalf of Mr Girino.

Regarding the request by Mr Girino that the opening hours and times be reduced, Mr Thomas noted that the premises were not within a cumulative impact area and that the applicant had addressed the issue of licensable activities as set out in the policies in the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, noting that the hours applied for were within the Council’s core hours and that the premises met the definition of a restaurant, reflected in the proposed inclusion of Model Condition (MC) 38 and MC41 which incorporated the main elements of MC66.[3]

Regarding the representation by Mr Whelan that there had been an intensification of the number of late-night licensed establishments in the area, Mr Thomas stated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

58-60 Lupus Street, London SW1V 3EE pdf icon PDF 3 MB

Ward
CIA*

Site Name & Address

Application
Type

Licensing Reference No.

Warwick

58-60 Lupus St, London SW1V 3EE

New Premises Licence

20/08598/LIPN

*Cumulative Impact Area

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Present:                   Mr Manuel Rocha (representing the applicant); Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson (witness for the applicant); Mr Richard Brown, Citizens Advice Westminster (representing residents); and Parthe Ward & Pauline Moran (local residents).

 

Representations:    Representations had been received from

Applicant:                Atlantico (UK) Ltd

Ward:                       Warwick

CIA[1]:                         Not applicable

Summary of Application

The application was for a new premises licence.

INTRODUCTION

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Members of the Sub Committee and the Council Officers who would be supporting the Sub Committee. The Chairman then explained the procedure that would be followed at the meeting before inviting the Presenting Officer, Ms Michelle Steward, to present the report.

PRESENTATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS

Ms Michelle Steward, Senior Licensing Officer

Ms Michelle Steward, Senior Licensing Officer, summarised the application as set out in the report before the Sub Committee. In so doing, Ms Steward noted that the applicant, Mr Antonio Lopez Vieira, would be represented by Mr Manuel Rocha, and that Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson would speak on behalf of Mr Vieira in supporting the application.

Ms Steward stated that, during the consultation period, the applicant had agreed to reduce the terminal hour to 20:00 hours, Monday to Saturday; and 18:00 hours on Sundays. Representations on the application had been received from the Environmental Health Service (EHS) and several residents, represented by Richard Brown of Citizens Advice Westminster. During the consultation period, and after agreement on proposed conditions, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) had withdrawn their representation on the application.

Mr Manuel Rocha, On Behalf of the Applicant

Mr Rocha stated that the application was for a new delicatessen shop which had opened in December. He stated that the applicant had previously owned a shop in Victoria [43a Warwick Way, Lillington and Longmoore Gardens, London SW1V 1QS], but when the lease on the premises was not renewed, it was necessary for the applicant to find alternative premises and had chosen these premises in Pimlico as the business had a lot of customers in the area.

 

 

[Mr Rocha, referring to his representation at Appendix 2 of the papers, described the wholesale import business operated by Atlantico (UK) Ltd, noting that the company imported a vast number of products from Brazil and Portugal for distribution to retail shops, hotels and restaurants, including its delicatessen premises, Delicias de Portugal].

Mr Rocha stated that the applicant wished to sell alcohol as a complement to its deli products and that it was not a typical off-licence. Having read the representations from residents, he stated that, to address residents’ concerns, the application had been amended to reduce the opening hours, noting that the application was for the Sale by Retail of Alcohol (Off Sales Only) and, therefore, there would be no “On Sales” of alcohol to customers either inside the premises or seated at the tables outside the premises.

[Mr Rocha then described how the premises would operate with regard to deliveries and waste collection; service at the tables and chairs outside the premises; and the conditions  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.