Agenda and minutes

Chutney Mary, 72-73 St James’s Street, London, SW1A 1PH

16/01879/LIPV

1.

Condition proposed to be varied so as to permit the sale of alcohol until 20:00 without food on the premises  

Proposed Variation

Notwithstanding condition 19, alcohol may be supplied to customers without food provided that

a)    Such supply shall only be to persons seated and served by waiter/waitress service.

b)    Such supply shall cease at 20:00.

c)    Such supply shall be limited to 30 customers to be seated in the area hatched black and shown on plan number 3346/LIC2.22

The availability of alcohol without food shall not be promoted or advertised otherwise than on menus and price lists within the premises.

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

None

Decision (including reasons if different from those set out in report):

The Sub-Committee considered an application by MW Eat Limited for a variation of a premises licence in respect of Chutney Mary.

The Licensing Officer provided an outline of the application to the Sub-Committee.

All parties were invited to make representations to the Sub-Committee in relation to the application.  The parties responded to members’ questions and were given an opportunity to ask questions of each other.

Mr Baylis, representing the applicant, informed the Sub-Committee that the current owner was an experienced restaurateur and had taken over the premises in September 2014. Previously, the premises had operated as a restaurant with a bar element. The Sub-Committee noted that that the applicant did not want the premises to become a bar but would remain as a restaurant where patrons currently spent £70-80 per head. The proposed bar area would have tables and chairs, there would be no vertical drinking and it would be table service only.

It was recognised and accepted by the applicant that breaches of the licence had occurred in the past as alcohol had been served without a substantial meal. It was submitted that this was due to a misunderstanding on the part of the applicant in terms of his understanding of the licence and once the breaches had been discovered constructive talks had taken place between the applicant, Environmental Health and the Licensing Inspectorate to ensure it wouldn’t happen again. In order to comply with the conditions a menu had been introduced to the area containing the bar requiring a minimum spend of £7 on food.

The Sub-Committee was advised that it was not a problem premises and there was no evidence allowing alcohol to be served without food until 20:00 would cause late night disruption. The Sub-Committee  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Basement And Ground Floor, 115 Westbourne Grove, W2

16/01914/LIPN

The application was Granted under Delegated Authority as all representations had been withdrawn.