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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.

19 Newman Street, W1T 1PF pdf icon PDF 438 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

West End Ward / not in cumulative  impact area

Mimi's Bars Limited

19 Newman Street

London

W1T 1PF

Variation of a Premises Licence

18/03431/LIPV

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5

Thursday 11th June 2018

 

Membership:            Councillor Murad Gassanly (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and Councillor Aicha Less.

 

Legal Adviser:           Horatio Chance

Committee Officer:   Toby Howes

Presenting Officer:   Samantha Eaton

 

Relevant Representations: Environmental Health, Metropolitan Police, 1 local amenity society, 10 local residents, 5 local workers, 1 cultural institute and 1 political organisation.

 

Present:  Gareth Hughes (Counsel, representing the Applicant Company), Aly Thobani (Applicant Company), Aristole Tsallious (Applicant Company), PC Bryan Lewis (Metropolitan Police), Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health), Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau, representing Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association and David Thompson) and David Thompson (local resident).

 

 

Mimi’s Bars Limited, 19 Newman Street W1

18/03431/LIPV

 

1.

Exhibition of films, performance of dance and playing of recorded music

 

 

Current

 

Monday to Wednesday: 07:00 to 00:00

Thursday to Saturday: 07:00 to 03:00

Sunday: 07:00 to 00:00

Proposed

 

Monday to Wednesday: 07:00 to 03:00

Thursday to Saturday: 07:00 to 06:00

Sunday: 07:00 to 03:00

 

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

None.

 

 

 

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

 

At the beginning of proceedings, the Chairman drew attention to an email that Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau, representing Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association and David Thompson) had requested to be considered by the Sub-Committee as evidence to representations made by local residents that had been made.

 

Horatio Chance (Legal Adviser) advised that at the discretion of the Chairman of the Sub-Committee and with the consent of all parties the email could be considered as late evidence under Regulation18 of the Licensing Act 2003. Accordingly, the Sub-Committee and those present agreed that the email be circulated and additional time was given for it to be read before the proceedings continued.

 

Gareth Hughes  representing the Applicant Company began his submissions by stating that he had been involved in previous planning and licensing applications for the Premises, which had operated as a Greek private members’ club since 2014. He stated that condition 19, as set out on page 26 of the report, clarified the Premises’ status as a private members club. He asserted that conditions 39 and 43 on page 28 of the report addressed issues relating to public nuisance. Furthermore, he felt that condition 43 was quite unusual in specifically prohibiting queuing outside the Premises, however Newman Street had changed considerably since the time this condition had been added as it had previously been more sensitive to noise as it had been more residential in nature. Mr Hughes referred to a photograph in the plans which showed the large reception area on the ground floor used for queuing. The Sub-Committee  noted that the ground floor operated as a boutique spa during the daytime before becoming the reception area for the club in the evening. Mr Hughes advised that there was an annual membership fee of £750, plus a £250 joining fee and membership was obtained through a selection process.  Club members came from the Greek ex-pat community and many of them were born in Greece. The Sub-Committee was advised that the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

Basement And Ground Floor, 18 Formosa Street, W9 1EE pdf icon PDF 165 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

2.

Little Venice Ward / not in cumulative  impact area

Formasina

Basement And Ground Floor

18 Formosa Street

London

W9 1EE

Variation of a Premises Licence

18/02695/LIPV

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5

Thursday 11th June 2018

 

Membership:            Councillor Murad Gassanly (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and Councillor Aicha Less.

 

Legal Adviser:           Horatio Chance

Committee Officer:   Toby Howes

Presenting Officer:   Samantha Eaton

 

Relevant Representations: Environmental Health, 3 local residents and 1 local amenity society.

 

Present:  Maximilien Parfentieff and Kadir Oketokuni both for the Applicant (“The Applicant”) and Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau, representing Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society).

 

 

Formasina, Basement and Ground Floor, 18 Formosa Street W9

18/02695/LIPV (“The Premises”)

 

1.

Sale by retail of alcohol: On and Off sales

 

 

Current

 

Monday to Saturday: 10:00 to 22:30

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:30

 

Proposed

 

Monday to Thursday: 16:00 to 23:00

Friday and Saturday: 12:00 to 23:30

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:30

 

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

None.

 

 

 

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

 

Samantha Eaton (Presenting Officer) confirmed that Environmental Health and the Police had withdrawn their representations following agreement of conditions with the Applicant.

 

Maximilien Parfentieff  began by stating that the application to extend the terminal hour for sale of alcohol and opening times was so that customers had a longer period to finish their meals if they arrived at the Premises later in the evening. This was the rationale for submitting the application in the first place. He stated that the hours proposed would be similar to those of other restaurants in the area. Mr Parfentieff added that the hours for the sale of alcohol on Sundays had been amended to an earlier time of 22:30 as he acknowledged that this was a less busy day for the restaurant than other days of the week.

 

Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau, representing Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society) stated that the Premises was located in a residential street and residents wanted the Premises to operate to core hours. He acknowledged that the Applicant had amended the proposed hours for the sale of alcohol so that they be within core hours, however he stated that consideration should be given with regard to appropriate conditions for the hours proposed in the application.

 

The Chairman acknowledged the additional conditions that the Applicant had agreed with Environmental Health and the Police. It was considered by the Sub-Committee that these conditions would help promote the licensing objectives.

 

The Sub-Committee granted the application. In determining the application, the Sub-Committee noted that the hours proposed for the sale of alcohol were within core hours and the Premises was not located within a cumulative impact area.

The Sub-Committee noted that the Police and Environmental Health had withdrawn their representations after agreeing additional conditions with the Applicant . The Sub-Committee also considered that these additional conditions, along with the existing conditions on the premise licence, would assist the Applicant  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) and accordingly the application was granted.

 

2.

Hours premises are open to the public

 

 

Current

 

Monday to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.