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Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

Councillor Tim Mitchell replaced Councillors Louise Hyams and Aziz Toki for the items Regent’s University London, Regent’s College, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park and Pappiland Café, Ground Floor, 12 Norfolk Place, W2.

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Additional Information pdf icon PDF 108 KB

Additional documents:

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in matters on this agenda.

1.

Sophisticats, 77 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 9BN pdf icon PDF 3 MB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

Marylebone High Street Ward/Core CAZ North

Sophisticats, 77 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 9BN

Sexual Establishment Venue

18/11062/LISEVR

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Wednesday 10th April 2019

 

Membership:              Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman),

                                    Councillor Jim Glen and Councillor Shamim Talukder

 

Legal Adviser:                   Barry Panto

Committee Officer:           Andrew Palmer

Presenting Officers:          Michelle Steward

                                          Daisy Gadd

 

Objections:                        The Licensing Authority, 1 anonymous objection

                                           and Mr Simon Warr

 

Present: Michael Bromley-Martin QC (Leading Counsel, representing the Applicant),Mr Jack Spiegler and Mr Thomas O’Maoleoin (Solicitors, representing the Applicant),Mr John McKeown (on behalf of the Applicant company), Mr Dominic D'Souza (Counsel, representing Mr Simon Warr), Ms Lana Tricker (Solicitor, representing Mr Simon Warr), Mr Simon Warr (Objector), Mr Tony Nash (Investigative Consultant on behalf of Mr Warr), and Ms Roxsana Haq and Mr James Hayes (Licensing Authority).

 

Sophisticats, 77 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 9BN (“The Premises”)

18/11062/LISEVR

 

1.

Renewal of a Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) Premises Licence

 

The application was to renew the Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) premises licence made by Mondrealm Ltd. It was noted that the licence had since been transferred to John McKeown Clubs Ltd.

 

The application was initially due to be heard on 26 February 2019 and following a detailed discussion it was agreed that this was adjourned until a later date. This was partly to allow the applicant to be able to properly respond to some of the allegations that had been made by Mr Warr and which had only been served on the applicant by the licensing authority a few days before the hearing.    

 

2.

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

Late submissions were received from the applicant’s solicitors on 5th and 8th April in the form of a report on back linking, a witness statement dated 5th April 2019 in the name of John McKeown and a response from the licensing inspectorate (dated 6th April 2019) to a Freedom of Information request.  

 

Late submissions were also received from one of the objectors.

 

Before the Hearing commenced, the representatives for the Applicant and Mr Warr discussed the order of submissions with the Sub-Committee, and agreed that as both parties were fully aware of the objections that had been made, the Applicant would make his case to the Sub-Committee first followed by Mr Warr.

 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee heard the Applicant’s Case

 

Mr Bromley-Martin addressed the Sub-Committee on behalf of the Applicant and asked that two further documents be taken into account. These comprised of a short one-page second statement from the Applicant; and a schedule. Mr Bromley-Martin explained that it had not been possible to submit the statement prior to the hearing, as it referred to information contained in the response to the Freedom of Information request which had only recently been received. The schedule referred to information that had already been provided.  Mr D’Souza responded on behalf of Mr Warr, and commented that dates and chronology concerning a former employee of Platinum Lace were not admitted. Mr Bromley-Martin also requested that the applications for the renewal of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

Sophisticats, 3-7 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0RD pdf icon PDF 4 MB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

West End Ward/Core CAZ North

Sophisticats, 3-7 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0RD

Sexual Establishment Venue

18/11064/LISEVR

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Wednesday 10th April 2019

 

Membership:              Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman),

                                    Councillor Jim Glen and Councillor Shamim Talukder

 

Legal Adviser:                   Barry Panto

Committee Officer:           Andrew Palmer

Presenting Officers:          Michelle Steward

                                          Daisy Gadd

 

Objections:                        The Licensing Authority, 3 anonymous objections

                                           and Mr Simon Warr

 

Present: Michael Bromley-Martin QC (Leading Counsel, representing the Applicant),Mr Jack Spiegler and Mr Thomas O’Maoleoin (Solicitors, representing the Applicant),Mr John McKeown (on behalf of the Applicant company), Mr Dominic D'Souza (Counsel, representing Mr Simon Warr), Ms Lana Tricker (Solicitor, representing Mr Simon Warr), Mr Simon Warr (Objector), Mr Tony Nash (Investigative Consultant on behalf of Mr Warr), and Ms Roxsana Haq and Mr James Hayes (Licensing Authority).

 

Sophisticats, 3-7 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0RD (“The Premises”)

18/11064/LISEVR

 

1.

Renewal of a Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) Premises Licence

 

The application was to renew the Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) premises licence made by Devine Restaurants Ltd. It was noted that the licence had since been transferred to John McKeown Clubs Ltd.

 

The application was initially due to be heard on 26 February 2019 and following a detailed discussion it was agreed that this was adjourned until a later date. This was partly to allow the applicant to be able to properly respond to some of the allegations that had been made by Mr Warr and which had only been served on the applicant by the licensing authority a few days before the hearing.    

 

2.

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

Late submissions were received from the applicant’s solicitors on 5th and 8th April in the form of a report on back linking, a witness statement dated 5th April 2019 in the name of John McKeown and a response from the licensing inspectorate (dated 6th April 2019) to a Freedom of Information request.  

 

Late submissions were also received from one of the objectors.

 

Before the Hearing commenced, the representatives for the Applicant and Mr Warr discussed the order of submissions with the Sub-Committee, and agreed that as both parties were fully aware of the objections that had been made, the Applicant would make his case to the Sub-Committee first followed by Mr Warr.

 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee heard the Applicant’s Case

 

Mr Bromley-Martin addressed the Sub-Committee on behalf of the Applicant and asked that two further documents be taken into account. These comprised of a short one-page second statement from the Applicant; and a schedule. Mr Bromley-Martin explained that it had not been possible to submit the statement prior to the hearing, as it referred to information contained in the response to the Freedom of Information request which had only recently been received. The schedule referred to information that had already been provided.  Mr D’Souza responded on behalf of Mr Warr, and commented that dates and chronology concerning a former employee of Platinum Lace were not admitted. Mr Bromley-Martin also requested that the applications for the renewal  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.