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Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

1.1       There were no changes to the membership.

2.

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.

1.

Caffe Fratelli, 106-108 Wigmore Street, W1 pdf icon PDF 490 KB

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No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

Marylebone High Street Ward /

not in cumulative impact area

CaffeFratelli, 106-108 Wigmore Street, W1

New Premises Licence

17/07583/LIPN

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 3

Thursday 24th August 2017

 

Membership:            Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and Councillor Shamim Talukder.

 

Legal Adviser:           Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:          Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:   Toby Howes

Presenting Officer:  Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:    A local resident.

 

Present:  Mr Antonio Motisi (Company Director, Applicant Company).

 

CaffeFratelli, 106 Wigmore Street, W1

17/07583/LIPN

 

1.

Sale by retail of alcohol: On and Off Sales

 

 

Monday to Friday:                              11:00 to 19:30

Saturday:                                             11:00 to 19:00

Sunday:                                               11:00 to 18:00

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

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

 

 

Mr Antonio Motisi (Company Director, Applicant Company) addressed the Sub-Committee and advised that the Applicant Company had operated at the premises for 10 years. Coffee accounted for around 60% of total sales. However, the increased costs involved in operating the premises had led the Applicant Company to consider additional streams of income, as well as increasing the customer offer. It was considered that the sale of alcohol would achieve both these objectives and increase the customer base. Mr Motisi confirmed that no additional hours were sought and all alcohol consumption on the premises would be ancillary to a seated table meal.

 

The Sub-Committee was advised that the resident objecting to the application had not responded to attempts by the Licensing Service and the Applicant Company to contact him to discuss the matter. The Sub-Committee did have regard to the objections that he had made but was satisfied that the conditions agreed with the responsible authorities fully addressed the concerns that had been raised.

 

The Sub-Committee granted the application. In determining the application, the Sub-Committee noted that Environmental Health and the Metropolitan Police had withdrawn their representations following agreement of conditions with the Applicant Company. In addition, the hours applied for were well within core hours and the premises was not located in a cumulative impact area. The Sub-Committee also noted that all alcohol consumption at the premises (including consumption in the external areas) would be ancillary to a seated table meal and that all supplies of alcohol would be by aiter or waitress service. In granting the application, the Sub-Committee considered that the conditions agreed would assist the Applicant Company in upholding the promotion of the licensing objectives (prevention of crime and disorder, prevention of public nuisance, public safety, and protection of children from harm).

 

2.

Hours premises are open to the public

 

 

Monday to Friday:                                            07:00 to 19:30

Saturday:                                                          08:30 to 19:00

Sunday:                                                            11:00 to 18:00

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

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

 

 

Granted, subject to conditions as set out below (see reasons for decision in Section 1).

 

 

 

 

Conditions attached to the Licence

Mandatory Conditions

 

1.            No supply of alcohol may be made at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of this licence.

 

2.         No supply of alcohol may be made at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

Reign (Formerly known as Rah Rah Rooms), 215-217 Piccadilly, W1 pdf icon PDF 984 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

2.

St James’s Ward /

not in cumulative impact area

Reign (Formerly known as Rah Rah Rooms), 215-217 Piccadilly, W1

Variation of a Premises Licence

17/06549/LIPV

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 3

Thursday 24th August 2017

 

Membership:            Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and Councillor Shamim Talukder.

 

Legal Adviser:           Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:          Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:   Toby Howes

Presenting Officer:  Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:    Metropolitan Police and the Licensing Authority.

 

Present:  Ms Lana Tricker (Solicitor, representing the Applicant Company), Asher Amis (Owner, Applicant Company), Scott Chester (Company Director, Applicant Company), PC Adam Deweltz (Metropolitan Police) and David Sycamore (Licensing Authority).

 

Reign (Formerly known as Rah Rah Rooms), 215-217 Piccadilly, W1

17/06549/LIPV

 

1.

Layout alteration

 

 

The premises has undergone a refurbishment and new plans have been produced.

 

The main changes are re-orientation of the stage and performance spaces, slight reduction in mezzanine floor and bar on mezzanine to facilitate better customer viewing of the shows (with reconfiguration of all the seating).

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

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

 

 

Ms Lana Tricker (Solicitor, representing the Applicant Company) began by confirming that there had been no objections to the proposed layout alterations and Environmental Health had withdrawn their representation. No overall increase in capacity was proposed and the Applicant Company had agreed with Environmental Health and the District Surveyor that the number of persons (excluding staff) at any one time should be 140 persons for the mezzanine, 300 persons for the basement auditorium and an overall maximum capacity of 400 persons. Ms Tricker referred to the number of conditions that had been added to the premises licence following a review hearing in January 2017 under the previous operator. She advised that the Applicant Company had met with the Metropolitan Police to discuss the premises before the Applicant Company had purchased the lease and acquired the premises licence from the previous operator in April 2017. The Applicant Company had secured the agreement of the previous operator to withdraw their appeal against the outcome of the January 2017 review as part of the terms in taking over the premises. Ms Tricker advised that the Applicant Company had no connections with the previous operator and written assurances had been provided to the Metropolitan Police to confirm this.

 

Turning to how the Applicant Company intended to operate the premises, Ms Tricker stated that it was intended to provide entertainment performances at 00:30, 01:30 and 02:30 hours, with the premises opening to the public from 21:00. She then introduced Mr Asher Amis (Owner, Applicant Company) to expand upon how the premises would operate.

 

Mr Amis began by stating that he had known the site for a number of years and he felt that it had yet to fulfil its potential. As the premises contained high ceilings and was located close to the West End’s Theatreland, it was ideally placed to hold performances. Mr Amis felt that there was an appetite for the cabaret style entertainment that was proposed, which would be complemented by table service to customers. He added that show directors, choreographers and producers would be employed to create and produce the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.