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Venue: This will be a virtual meeting

Contact: Georgina Will, Committee and Governance Officer  Email:  gwills@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 07870 548 348

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

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

 

1.2       For the purposes of this meeting, the Chairman proposed that Councillor   Louise Hyams be appointed Substitute Chairman. Councillor Maggie Carmen     seconded the nomination and Councillor Hyams was duly elected Substitute       Chairman.

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:

2.1       Councillor Louise Hyams declared an interest in Item 1 and advised that she          had sat on a Committee which considered an application for external seating          for the Applicant.  

 

2.2       There were no other Declarations of Interests

3.

Order of Proceedings

1.

10.00 AM: Chiltern Firehouse, 1 Chiltern Street, London W1U 7PA pdf icon PDF 4 MB

Ward
SCZ *

Site Name & Address

Application
Type

Licensing Reference No.

 

Chiltern Firehouse
1 Chiltern Street
London
W1U 7PA

Premises Licence Variation

20/11588/LIPV

* Special Consideration Zone

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

 

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO.3

(“The Committee”)

 

Thursday 8 April 2021

          

Membership:      Councillor Jim Glen (Chairman), Councillor Louise Hyams and Councillor Maggie Carman

 

Legal Advisor:         Viviene Walker

Committee Officer:  Georgina Wills                                                 

Policy Officer:          Aaron Hardy

Presenting Officer:  Kevin Jackaman  

 

 Chiltern Firehouse, 1 Chiltern Street, London W1U 7PA

                           

Application for a Variation of Premises Licence [ 0/11588 LIPV]

 

Present:  Philip Kolvin QC (Legal Representative, Chiltern Firehouse), Hamish Thompson (Director of Operations, Chiltern Firehouse), Richard Vivian (Acoustics Expert, Chiltern Firehouse) Marcus Lavell (Legal Representative, Chiltern Firehouse), Richard Brown (Westminster Citizens Advice representing, 9 Local Residents). Ms Lee (Objector, Local Resident), Mr Guy Austin (Chair, Marylebone Association) Ian Watson (Environmental Health)

 

                                              FULL DECISION

 

Premises

 

Chiltern Firehouse,

1 Chiltern Street,

London

W1U 7PA

 

Applicant

Chiltern Firehouse Hotel Ltd

 

Cumulative Impact Area?

None

 

Ward

 

Marylebone High Street

 

Summary of Application

 

The Sub-Committee has determined an application for a variation of a Premises Licence. The Premises operate as a hotel and have had the benefit of a Licence from 2012. The Applicant sought to vary Condition 46 which states: 'All tables and chairs shall be removed from the outside area or rendered unusable by 21.00 each day to the following: Condition 46 ‘All tables and chairs shall be removed from the outside area or rendered unusable by 21.00 each day save that up until 1 March 2022 the hour shall be extended until 23:00’. The terminal hour for rendering seating in the outside area was later reduced by the Applicant to 22:00 and the end date to September 2021.

 

Proposed Activities and Hours

No change save for the variation of Condition 46 to state ‘All tables and chairs shall be removed from the outside area or rendered unusable by 21.00 each day save that up until 30 September 2021 the hour shall be extended until 22:00’.

 

Representations Received

 

  • Environmental Health (Ian Watson)
  • Metropolitan Police (PC Cheryl Boon) (withdrawn)
  • Mr Guy Austin (Marylebone Association)
  • 12 Local residents

 

Summary of issues raised by objectors

 

  • Environmental Health are of the view that the additional hours requested for the provision of tables and chairs will have the likely effect of causing an increase in public nuisance. 
  • The Marylebone Association had concerns that the Application would likely lead to public nuisance and did not contain any information as to how the applicant proposed to promote the prevention of public nuisance as required in Policy PN1.
  • There were 11 local residents who raised concerns over the extended use of the external area and these were on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance and the failure to promote the objectives of Policy PN1.
  • There was 1 local resident who supported the Application on the grounds that prolonged use of the external seating area would be beneficial to the local surrounding area.

 

Policy Position

Policies CD1, PS1, PN1 CH1, HOT1(a) and HRS1 apply under the City

Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy (“SLP”). 

 

SUBMISSIONS AND REASONS

 

 

The Sub-Committee considered an application by Chiltern Firehouse Hotel Ltd (The Applicant) for a variation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

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2.

2.00 PM: 102 Great Portland Street, London W1W 6PD pdf icon PDF 555 KB

Ward
SCZ*

Site Name & Address

Application
Type

Licensing Reference No.

West End

N/A

102 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 6PD

New Premises Licence

20/11994/LIPN

*Special Consideration Zone

 

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Minutes:

WITHDRAWN

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