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WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO.2

(“The Committee”)

Full Review Decision

Thursday 28 September 2023

Membership:           Councillor Maggie Carman (Chairman) Councillor Tim Mitchell

Officer Support:       Legal Advisor – Michael Feeney

Committee Officer – Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer – Roxsana Haq

Application for a Review of a Premises Licence – Monak 63 Abbey Road London NW8 0AE 23/04009/LIREVP

List of persons:

Premises Licence Holder

The Premises Licence Holder (PLH) is Olives and Cream Ltd. The PLH did not attend the hearing.

Metropolitan Police Service (‘The Applicant’)

PC Steve Muldoon

Counsel: Stephanie Bruce-Smith

The Licensing Authority

Kevin Jackaman

Anthony Jones, City Inspector

Environmental Health Service

Sally Fabbricatore

Planning Enforcement Team

Stephen Pavett. Mr Pavett did not attend the hearing.

Interested Parties 

Richard Brown on behalf of 31 residents and the St John’s Wood Society

Andy Grimsey (Poppleston Allen), Paul Milner (Director) and Toby Pullen (Head of Property Management) on behalf of Max Barney Pub Company Ltd

Cllr Sargent (Abbey Road Ward)

One anonymous supporter appeared at the hearing remotely

Cumulative Impact Area

Not applicable

Ward

Abbey Road

Summary of Application

This is an application for a Review of a Premises Licence in respect of Monak 63 Abbey Road London NW8 0AE(“The Premises”) under the Licensing Act 2003 (“The Act”). The Premises is currently closed but previously operated as a restaurant and bar, with outdoor seating available.

The licence holder is Olives and Cream Ltd under licence 23/04143/LIDPSR. During the consultation period for the review application, the Designated Premises Supervisor (‘DPS’) applied to remove himself from the licence. The Premises are within the Abbey Road Ward. There is a resident count of 258.

An incident where gunshots were fired at the Premises occurred in May 2022. Police attended the scene to find shot gun pellets and viewed the CCTV footage. It was determined that a group of customers that had not booked a table but arrived to have dinner may have been connected in some way to the shooting incident. At the time a number of recommendations were given by the Police to the premises to implement. One of the recommendations was to add a number of conditions to the premises licence by way of a minor variation. However, no application was made.

On 28 April 2023 a group of six males attended the premises in possession of large machetes. These males then lit what are described as “molotov’ cocktails and firebombed the premises. The venue suffered extensive fire damage.

Repeated attempts were made by the Police to meet thePLH. A meeting took place with the DPS, who suggested that he was the person to speak with and not the PLH. Eventually the Police spoke with the PLH who seemed unaware of his responsibilities and how to keep customers safe.

As a result, the Metropolitan Police Service have no confidence that the PLH will be able promote the licensing objectives or that this is likely to change in the future.

The PLH did not submit any  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.