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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
Minutes:
There were no changes to the
Membership. Councillor Murad Gassanly
did not consider the application for Studio 88, 47 Whitcomb Street,
WC2 as the application had been part heard on 3 October 2017 and he
had not been a Member of the Sub-Committee at that meeting.
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Declarations of Interest
To receive declarations by
Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in
matters on this agenda.
Minutes:
There were no declarations of interest
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Studio 88, 47 Whitcomb Street, WC2 PDF 3 MB
App
No
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Ward /
Cumulative Impact
Area
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Site Name and
Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference
Number
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1.
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St James’s Ward
/ West End Cumulative Impact Area
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Studio 88, 47 Whitcomb
Street, WC2
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New Premises
Licence
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17/08880/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5
Monday 30th
October 2017
Membership:
Councillor Peter Freeman (Chairman) and Councillor Karen
Scarborough
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health, Metropolitan Police and Licensing Authority.
Present: Ms Suzanne Davies
(Solicitor, Representing the Applicant), Mr Alan Lorrimer (Managing
Director and Founder, Applicant Company), Mr Tristan Moffat
(Operations Director), Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health), PC
Toby Janes (Metropolitan Police) and Mr David Sycamore (Licensing
Authority).
Studio 88,
47 Whitcomb Street, WC2H 7DH (“The
Premises”)
17/08880/LIPN
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1.
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Films
(Indoors)
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Monday to Tuesday 10:00 to 01:00
Wednesday 10:00 to 02:00
Thursday to Saturday 10:00 to 03:00
Sunday 12:00 to 22:30.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The application was originally
part heard on 3 October 2017 by the same two Members of the
Licensing Sub-Committee, Councillor Freeman and Councillor
Scarborough. It was proposed that the Premises would operate as a
venue providing live music, dancing and private hire
facilities. The capacity would be 400
people excluding staff with licensable activities being sought
until 01:00 Monday and Tuesday, 02:00 on Wednesday, 03:00 Thursday
to Saturday and 22:30 on Sunday. An
additional 30 minutes was sought in respect of the closing
time.
The hearing had been adjourned
to give the Applicant an opportunity to produce more specific
proposals to demonstrate that the Premises would be entertainment
and food led. The
Sub-Committee had noted at the previous hearing that the Applicant
was proposing a venue with a large capacity until beyond Core Hours
in the West End Cumulative Impact Area.
The Applicant had been advised that whilst the Council’s
Statement of Licensing Policy did refer to that there should be
greater diversity in the types of entertainment and cultural
activity on offer and that a live music venue would potentially fit
within this category, Policy MD2 in the Council’s Statement
of Licensing Policy applied. It
is the Licensing Authority’s policy in respect of MD2 to
refuse applications for the Provision of music and dancing or
similar entertainment or the provision of facilities for music and
dancing or similar entertainment within the Cumulative Impact
Areas, other than applications to vary hours within Core Hours.
The Sub-Committee was addressed by Ms
Davies at the hearing on 30 October 2017. She spoke about the style of the
operation. The Premises would open to
the public at 17:00 hours with two piano vocalists taking requests
from the pre-theatre audience. They
would be joined by two guitarists, a drummer and a horn player who
play non-stop live music until closing time. Ms Davies clarified
that the Applicant would employ up to 17 musicians every evening
and that the additional musicians would join the piano vocalists at
20:00. These were amendments to the
document which had been submitted by the Applicant and had been
included in the report.
Ms Davies made the point that the
Premises did not directly fit any of the Council’s
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9 Halkin Street, SW1 PDF 1 MB
App
No
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Ward /
Cumulative Impact
Area
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Site Name and
Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference
Number
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2.
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Knightsbridge And
Belgravia Ward / not in cumulative impact area
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9 Halkin Street, SW1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/09853/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5
Monday 30th
October 2017
Membership:
Councillor Peter Freeman (Chairman), Councillor Murad Gassanly and
Councillor Karen Scarborough
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health.
Present: Mr Thomas O’Maoileoin
(Solicitor, Representing the Applicant), Mr David Balden (Club
Secretary) and Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health).
9 Halkin
Street, London, SW1 7DR (“The Premises”)
17/09853/LIPN
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1.
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Regulated entertainment (Exhibition of films, Performance of
live music, Performance of a Play, Indoor sporting activities,
Performance of Dance, Playing of Recorded Music
(Indoors)
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Monday to Sunday 07:00 to 01:00.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Sub-Committee
heard from Mr O’Maoileoin, representing the
Applicant. He explained that
The Caledonian
Club is a private members’ club currently operating under a
club premises certificate. The
application was for the Premises to continue to be run as a
members’ club, with the same hours (until 01:00 every day of
the week) and activities. However, it
would operate under a premises licence so as to permit private
functions for non-members to take place at the
Premises.
Mr O’Maoileoin stated that there had been a number of
enquiries received by the Club over the years from non-members for
private functions. These were
particularly for wedding functions as the Premises has a marriage
licence and also for corporate functions, with a significant number
being from companies who have a historical link with
Scotland. He advised that the Club was
similar to some other private members’ clubs which were often
quiet during the summer months. It was
submitted that the Applicant saw a window of opportunity during
this time to hold three or four weddings during the summer period
if the application was granted.
Mr O’Maoileoin described
the likely corporate events as being either cultural relating to
Scottish heritage or arts or for events to companies based in the
City. He referred to the fact that many
of the banking/insurance fraternity has links to
Scotland. There were membership links
already with the chairman and directors in these professions and
the Caledonian Club. However, the
application would provide greater flexibility for the
Applicant’s business model.
Mr O’Maoileoin made the
point that there were limited conditions on the club premises
licence and the conditions being offered would bring tighter
controls. The conditions offered by the
Applicant included that licensable activities would only be
available to members of the Caledonian Club, their bona fide guests
or those attending a pre-booked private function. He said it was the intention of the Applicant to
remain first and foremost a private members’ club and
members’ functions would take priority over
non-members’ requested functions.
Any pre-booked private function would be vetted by the Committee
and Club Secretary of the Committee, Mr Balden. A proposed condition had been agreed between the
Applicant and Environmental Health regarding the
capacity. Mr O’Maoileoin added
that it was not envisaged that there would be more than one
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19 Ganton Street, W1 PDF 2 MB
App
No
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Ward /
Cumulative Impact
Area
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Site Name and
Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference
Number
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3.
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West End Ward / West
End Cumulative Impact Area
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19 Ganton Street, W1
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Variation of a
Premises Licence
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17/09470/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5
Monday 30th
October 2017
Membership:
Councillor Peter Freeman (Chairman), Councillor Murad Gassanly and
Councillor Karen Scarborough
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee Officer:
Jonathan Deacon
Presenting Officer: Yolanda Wade
Relevant Representations: Licensing
Authority.
Present: Mr Alun Thomas (Solicitor,
Representing the Applicant), Mr Rory Buck (Director) and Mr David
Sycamore (Licensing Authority).
19 Ganton
Street, London, W1F 9BN (“The Premises”)
17/0470/LIPV
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1.
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To
amend condition
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From
Condition 17 on the
existing premises licence – ‘The number of persons
permitted on the premises at any one time (excluding staff) shall
not exceed 60 persons’.
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To
The number of persons permitted
on the premises at any one time (excluding staff) shall not exceed
70 persons.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Sub-Committee
heard from Mr Thomas, representing the Applicant. He stated that the landlords, Shaftesbury, had
strict requirements of their tenants in terms of meeting the
licensing objectives. Shaftesbury had
onsite security and CCTV in Ganton Street. The change of layout had not received any
objections. There had been no
objections from residents to the increase to the internal capacity
from 60 covers to 70. The one
representation had been received from the Licensing Authority on
the grounds that there were an additional ten people in the West
End Cumulative Impact Area. He added
that it was a question of whether ten additional diners would add
to cumulative impact. There was no
requirement for the Applicant to prove an exception to
policy. The Council’s policy
referred to restaurants not being associated with crime and
disorder.
Mr Thomas mentioned
that there was no increase in the proposed hours in respect of
licensable activities or the opening hours.
The hours for licensable activities were within Core Hours with an
additional half an hour in respect of the closing time. An existing premises covering 19 Ganton Street had
been divided into two and the restaurant had retained the closing
time of one half of the Premises. He
also advised that the Premises would remain as a restaurant and be
compliant with the Council’s Policy RNT2. He believed it was inconceivable that the
application would lead to customers having an adverse
impact. The proposal to increase the
capacity had resulted from improved use of space.
Mr Sycamore on behalf
of the Licensing Authority confirmed that the representation was
due to the ten additional people in the West End Cumulative Impact
Area. Mr Thomas had commented that the
restaurant had not opened as yet (it was due to open later that day
with Environmental Health inspecting the Premises) and Mr Sycamore
said that had the capacity not previously been set then it could
have been argued that a 70 seat restaurant would not have been
noticed in comparison to a 60 seat restaurant.
The Sub-Committee appreciated
that the Licensing Authority had maintained their representation as
it is the Council’s policy for restaurants within the
cumulative impact areas (RNT2) ...
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