Agenda item

No Salt, 58 - 58a Old Compton Street, W1D 4UF

Ward
CIA*
SCZ
**

Site Name & Address

Application
Type

Licensing Reference No.

West End

 

*

**

58-58a Old Compton Street

W1D 4UF

 

New Premises Licence

22/10990/LIPN

*Cumulative Impact Area
** Special Consideration Zone

 

Minutes:

WCC LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO. 3

(“The Committee”)

 

Thursday 19 January 2023

 

Membership:           Councillor Robert Eagleton (Chairman) Councillor Iman Less and Councillor Caroline Sargent.

 

Officer Support:       Legal Advisor:                    Horatio Chance

                                Policy Officer:                     Aaron Hardy

                                Committee Officer:             Sarah Craddock

                                 Presenting Officer:             Roxanna Haq

 

Other Parties:          Mr Pierre Compton (Applicant), Aliaksandr Dziabenka and Laura Bardicea (Applicant Company), Mr Anil Drayan (Environmental Health Service), PC Tom Steward (Metropolitan Police Service)

Mr Kevin Jackaman (Licensing Authority), Mr Richard Brown (Westminster’s Licensing Project (CAB) representing the Soho Society), Ms Marina Tempia (Soho Society) and Ms Alison Henry (local resident).

 

Application for a New Premises Licence in respect of No Salt 58 - 58A Old Compton Street London W1D 4UF 22/10990/LIPN

 

FULL DECISION

 

Premises

 

No Salt

58-58A

Old Compton Street

London W1D 4UF

 

Applicant

 

Pierre Compton L’eto Ltd

 

Ward

 

West End

 

Cumulative Impact Area

 

West End Cumulative Impact Zone (“West End CIZ”)

 

Special Consideration Zone

 

None

 

 

 

Activities and Hours applied for

 

Sale by retail of Alcohol (On the Premises)

 

Monday to Friday 10:00 to 23:00

Sunday 12:00 to 23:00

 

Seasonal variations: None

 

Opening Hours of the Premises

 

Monday to Sunday 08:00 to 23:00

 

Seasonal variations: None

 

Summary of Application

 

The Sub-Committee has determined an application for a New Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 (“The Act”) in respect of No Salt 58 - 58A Old Compton Street London W1D 4UF.  The Premises intends to trade as a Café. The Premises have had the benefit of Temporary Event Notices and the history can be found at Appendix 3 of the Agenda Report. The Premises are located within the West End Ward and West End Cumulative Impact Zone. There is no policy presumption to refuse applications for restaurant premises within the West End CIZ and so the Applicant does not need to prove exceptional reasons when it comes to the determination of the application by the Licensing Sub-Committee.

 

There is a resident count of 156.

 

Representations Received

 

·       Environmental Health Service (Anil Drayan)

·       Metropolitan Police Service (PC Tom Stewart)

·       The Licensing Authority (Kevin Jackaman)

·       The Soho Society (Marina Tempia)

·       1 Local Resident.

 

Summary of Representations

 

·       The Supply of Alcohol ‘On’ the premises and for the hours requested may impact on Public Safety and lead to an increase in Public Nuisance in the West End CIZ.

·       As discussed at the site visit last week, your proposed premises is located within Westminster’s West End Cumulative Impact area, and as such you are required to demonstrate how yourpremises will not add to cumulative impact or undermine the licensing objectives. Whilst youhave submitted serval conditions relating to the promotion of the licensing objectives, I do notbelieve that these are sufficient to mitigate and addition to cumulative impact. Due to this, theMPS objects to the granting of this premises licence under the “prevention of crime anddisorder” licensing objective.

·       The Licensing Authority has concerns in relation to this application and how the premises would promote the four Licensing Objectives. The premises are located within the West End Cumulative Impact Zone and it is intended that the premises will trade as “a cafe” and it is noted that the applicant has proposed conditions in respect of the operation of the premises:-

The premises are located within the West End Cumulative Impact Zone and as such various policy points must be considered, namely CIP1 and RNT1. Policy RNT1 (B).

·       The Soho Society objects in full to this application for a brand new alcohol licence with a capacity of 78 in a previously unlicensed retail shop, on the grounds that the granting of any new licences in Soho will impact on the prevention of public nuisance, the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety and cumulative impact in the West End Cumulative Impact Area. Soho is losing retail shops to new food and beverage premises on a regular basis, this is another loss of a retail shop. Retail premises are a huge loss to the residential community and also to visitors who visit the area for the diversity of offer in its range and mix of premises types.

·       As the committee are aware, Soho has the highest concentration of licensed premises in Westminster, 476 with a large proportion (25%) being late night licences. There are over 200 restaurants, 39 bars, 46 pubs, 31 clubs (including members clubs) and entertainment premises. The area is densely populated at night with people drinking on the street, creating loud levels of noise, causing disturbance and anti-social behaviour, the area has the highest level of crime and disorder in Westminster.

·       There are a number of concerns with this application, it states it’s a café but the applicant has not provided any information / description of the type of food that will be on offer, it proposes a bar and ex-ternal tables and chairs, it is contrary to the Pubs and Bars Policy and the Core Hours Policy HRS1.

·       I am writing with regards to the New Premises Licence Application for and would like to have it put on record that I most strongly object to this application for a new premises licence. I live in the residential block diagonally opposite 58-58 Old Compton St. I would like to strongly request that the licensing committee please do not grant another new premises licence at this end of Old Compton St which is predominantly residential with a number of residential premises directly opposite 58-58A Old Compton St. There is the block of 15 flats I live in and then another block of flats further along heading West on Old Compton St. And a lot of residential flats above shops all along this end of Old Compton St between Dean St and Wardour St. We are already at saturation point with licensed premises with two large popular pubs and recently yet another new licence being granted to Maoz. We really do not need another licenced premises at this end of Old Compton St and specifically not a licence for another bar. Another licensed premises will not in any way enhance or serve the local established residential community.

·       In addition, I strongly oppose outside seating being permitted as the pavement on that side of Old Compton St is extremely narrow and it would cause an obstruction to people with baby strollers or young children and to people in wheelchairs or people with mobility issues and outside seating would just generally cause an obstruction. There is quite simply not sufficient pavement space to accommodate outside seating.

·       Please I implore you not to grant a new licence to these premises at 58-58A Old Compton St. These premises have at one time previously been a clothing store or retail space (an artisanal bread shop would be nice!) which would be far more suitable and welcome addition to the immediate community but to bring yet another licensed venue serving alcohol would be absolutely unbearable as we are at saturation point already. I strongly oppose Westminster granting a licence for these premises at 58 - 58A Old Compton St.

 

Policy Considerations

 

Policies CIP1, HRS1 and RNT1 (A) apply under the City Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy (“SLP”).

 

CIP1

 

A. It is the Licensing Authority’s policy to refuse applications within

the West End Cumulative Impact Zone for: pubs and bars, fast food

premises, and music and dancing and similar entertainment, other

than applications to:

1. Vary the hours within Core Hours under Policy HRS1, and/or

2. Vary the licence to reduce the overall capacity of the premises.

C. Applications for other premises types within the West End Cumulative Impact Zones will be subject to other policies within this statement and must demonstrate that they will not add to cumulative impact.

D. For the purposes of this policy the premises types referred to in Clause A are defined within the relevant premises use policies within this statement.

 

HRS1

 

A. Applications within the core hours set out below in this policy will generally be granted for the relevant premises uses, subject to not being contrary to other policies in the Statement of Licensing Policy.

B. Applications for hours outside the core hours set out in Clause C will be considered on their merits, subject to other relevant policies, and with particular regard to the following:

1. The demonstration of compliance in the requirements of policies CD1, PS1, PN1 and CH1 associated with the likelihood of the effect of the grant of a licence for later or earlier hours on crime and disorder, public safety, public nuisance and the protection of children from harm.

2. If the application is located within a Special Consideration Zone they have demonstrated that they have taken account of the issues identified in that area and provided adequate mitigation.

3. Whether there is residential accommodation in the proximity of the premises that would likely be adversely affected by premises being open or carrying out operations at the hours proposed.

4. The proposed hours of the licensable activities and when customers will be permitted to remain on the premises.

5. The proposed hours when any music, including incidental music, will be played.

6. The hours when customers will be allowed to take food or drink outside the premises or be within open areas which form part of the premises.

7. The existing hours of licensable activities and the past operation of the premises (if any) and hours of licensable premises in the vicinity.

8. Whether customers and staff have adequate access to public transport when arriving at and leaving the premises, especially at night.

9. The capacity of the premises.

10. The type of use, recognising that some venues are more likely to impact the licensing objectives than others; for example, pubs and bars are higher risk than theatres, cinemas and other cultural and sporting venues due to the nature of the operation.

11. The Licensing Authority will take into account the active measures proposed for a ‘winding down’ period including arrangements for people to be collected from the premises to travel home safely.

12. Conditions on hours may be attached that require that the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises ceases a suitable period of time before customers are required to leave the premises.

13. The council, acting as the Licensing Authority, may reduce hours if, after review, it is necessary to impose conditions specifying shorter hours in order to promote the licensing objectives.

14. Specific days for non-standard hours should be identified and justified as part of the application to allow responsible authorities and interested parties to evaluate the impact that these licensable activities may have, and to plan accordingly. The consideration of applications for later hours for Bank Holiday Mondays will take into account that later hours are generally granted for preceding Sundays and that the next day is a working day. Non-specific days are expected to be covered by Temporary Event Notices or variation applications.

C. For the purpose of Clauses A and B above, the Core Hours for applications for each premises use type as defined within this policy are:

 

8. Restaurants

Monday to Thursday: 9am to 11.30pm.

Friday and Saturday: 9am to 12am.

Sunday: 9am to 10.30pm.

Sundays immediately prior to a bank holiday: 9am to 12am.

D. Core hours are when customers are permitted to be on the premises and therefore the maximum opening hours permitted will be to the same start and terminal hours for each of the days where licensable activity is permitted.

 

RNT1 (B)

 

A. Applications outside the West End Cumulative Impact Zone will generally be granted subject to:

1. The application meeting the requirements of policies CD1, PS1, PN1 and CH1.

2. The hours for licensable activities being within the council’s Core Hours Policy HRS1.

3. The operation of any delivery services for alcohol and/or latenight refreshment meeting the council’s Ancillary Delivery of Alcohol and/or Late-Night Refreshment Policy DEL1.

4. The applicant has taken account of the Special Consideration Zones Policy SCZ1 if the premises are located within a designated zone.

5. The application and operation of the venue meeting the definition of a restaurant as per Clause C.

B. Applications inside the West End Cumulative Impact Zone will generally be granted subject to:

1. The application meeting the requirements of policies CD1, PS1, PN1 and CH1.

2. The hours for licensable activities are within the council’s Core Hours Policy HRS1.

3. The operation of any delivery services for alcohol and/or latenight refreshment meeting the council’s Ancillary Delivery of Alcohol and/or Late-Night Refreshment Policy DEL1.

4. The applicant has demonstrated that they will not add to cumulative impact within the Cumulative Impact Zone.

5. The application and operation of the venue meeting the definition of a restaurant as per Clause C.

C. For the purposes of this policy a restaurant is defined as:

1. A premises in which customers are shown to their table or the customer will select a table themselves to which food is either served to them or they have collected themselves.

2. Which provide food in the form of substantial table meals that are prepared on the premises and are served and consumed at a table.

3. Which do not provide any takeaway service of food and/or drink for immediate consumption, except if provided via an ancillary delivery service to customers at their residential or workplace address.

4. Where alcohol shall not be sold, supplied, or consumed on the premises otherwise than to persons who are bona fide taking substantial table meals and provided always that the consumption of alcohol by such persons is ancillary to taking such meals.

5. The sale and consumption of alcohol prior to such meals may be in a bar area but must also be ancillary to the taking of such meal

 

 

SUBMISSIONS AND REASONS

 

Ms Roxanna Haq, Presenting Officer, outlined the application to the Sub-Committee. She advised that this was an application for a New Premises Licence in respect of No Salt 58 - 58A Old Compton Street London W1D 4UF. The Premises intends to operate as a Café. She advised that representations had been received from the Environmental Health Service, Metropolitan Police Service, the Licensing Authority, the Soho Society and one local resident. She further advised that the Premises are located within the West End Ward and in the West End CIZ.

 

Mr Aliaksandr Dziabenka appearing on behalf of the Applicant addressed the Sub-Committee.  He advised that the company already operated seven restaurants across London, so they were fully aware of the requirement to promote the licensing objectives.  He explained how the Premises intended to operate as a café serving light and reheated dishes.  He confirmed that he had agreed to all the proposed conditions with the Environmental Health Service and Metropolitan Police Service and emphasised that the Premises would operate within the Council’s Core Hours Policy.  The Sub-Committee noted that the application was made within core hours save for Sunday which had now been amended in accordance with the Core Hours Policy by the Applicant.

Mr Dziabenka advised that he was very familiar with the area as he operated a premises on Wardour Street.  He addressed the objectors concerns regarding the operation of the Premises which were operating late at night, noise, pollution and crime and disorder in the area. 

Mr Dziabenka confirmed that the Premises would not apply to operate beyond the Council’s Core Hours Policy in the future, that all deliveries would start from 08:00 onwards by electric vehicles and that all waste was collected by Westminster City Council’s waste collection service.  He added that 85% of their drinks came in plastic containers and that water would be served in recyclable bottles.  He added that only background music would be played and the Premises had been fitted with double insulation during its refurbishment so there would be no noise escape from the Premises. 

Mr Dziabenka explained how the Premises alarm system operated within the Premises and confirmed that the system was serviced regularly and that the alarm would not be heard outside of the Premises.  He confirmed that CCTV had been installed in the Premises to promote the crime and disorder licensing objectives and that all staff were trained to deal with difficult situations.  He further confirmed that there was no external seating.

In response to questions from the Sub Committee, Mr Dziabenka advised that between 25-28% of sales would be alcoholic drinks.  He advised that model restaurant condition MC66 had been agreed meaning that alcohol could only be served with a substantial table meal.  He confirmed that the Premises would be operated as a café and brunch would be offered as one part of its regular menu.  He advised that there were three points of control regarding the Premises alarm and someone would attend the Premises within 40 minutes of the activation of the alarm. 

Mr Dziabenka suggested that installing CCTV on the outside of all the food and beverage Premises in the street would reduce crime and disorder in the area.  He advised that the staff management team always introduced themselves to their neighbours and local residents and provided them with a telephone number to raise any concerns.

PC Tom Stewart appearing on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service addressed the Sub-Committee. PC Stewart advised that as the Applicant had now agreed to all the Police’s proposed conditions, including CCTV and the Council’s model restaurant condition MC66, the Police were now content with the application.  He added that the Police were satisfied that the Premises would not undermine the Crime and Disorder Licensing Objective and that the Applicant Company had demonstrated that they were fully aware of the challenging issues occurring in the area. 

 

PC Stewart confirmed that there was an increase in crime and disorder in the area because of the increase in the number of people visiting the West End post Pandemic.  He advised that the Police were satisfied that the Premises would not add to cumulative impact in the area and therefore would have withdrawn their representation but considered it would be useful for the Sub Committee to be available to answer any questions.

 

Mr Anil Drayan appearing on behalf of the Environmental Health Service addressed the Sub-Committee. He advised that EHS were now satisfied with the application as the Applicant had agreed to all their proposed conditions including the model restaurant condition MC66.  He further requested that the telephone condition MC24 be attached to the Premises Licence.  He confirmed that the Premises would have a capacity of 60 persons because there was only one means of escape and the available sanitary provision.

 

Mr Kevin Jackaman appearing on behalf of the Licensing Authority addressed the Sub-Committee. He advised that the Licensing Authority was initially concerned about a hatched area on the Premises Plan that could operate as a bar.  He confirmed, however, that the Applicant had now confirmed that this hatched area had been an error on the plan and that model restaurant condition MC66 would be attached to the Premises Licence.  He confirmed that the Applicant had agreed to amend their application and operate within the Council’s Core Hours Policy on Sunday.  Mr Jackaman advised it was therefore for the Sub Committee to be satisfied that the application would not add to the cumulative impact in the area.

 

Mr Richard Brown representing the Soho Society advised that this was a very densely populated area of the West End.  He requested that the Sub Committee consider the significant residential accommodation in this street.  He advised that the Soho Society’s main concern was the loss, of another retail outlet and the creation of another licensed premises.  He  noted that the application had been amended and the operating schedule would now include the model restaurant condition MC66, however, the Soho Society would still have submitted a representation on policy grounds as the West End was even busier than before the pandemic. Mr Brown referred to page 12 of the Agenda Pack which contained a survey of residents in Soho which indicated the need for the Council’s Licensing Policies to be revised to take into the account the increase in people coming to the West End.  He emphasised that the Applicant still needed to demonstrate that the Premises would not add to cumulative impact in the West End CIZ.  He requested that the Premises Licence be made personal to this Applicant so if there was a change in operator the grant of the Premises Licence would come back to the Sub Committee.

 

Ms Alison Henry (local resident) advised that she had lived on the corner of Old Compton Street and Dean Street for over 40 years.  She advised that her block was diagonally opposite this Premises and that this end of Old Compton Street was predominately residential.  She strongly objected to the granting of another Premises Licence in the street as it was already at saturation point with licensed premises with two large pubs.  She added that the business model was extremely successful and therefore there was likely to be queues outside of the Premises.  She advised of the anti-social behaviour such as urination in the streets, drugs and crime and disorder in the area.  She advised that another Premises Licence would not enhance or serve the local established community and that the Premises should remain a retail space such as a café or a bread shop which would be a welcome addition to the area.  She advised that in her opinion the Applicant providing a telephone number to residents indicated that the Applicant was anticipating that there would be operational problems.

 

Ms Marina Tempia (Soho Society) advised that the Soho Society supported Ms Henry’s representation and confirmed that Old Compton Street was the busiest street in the West End.  She advised that there were forty-two food and beverage Premises situated in Old Compton Street and that it was a very popular street which attracted many people to it  She echoed the sadness of losing retail spaces in the street.  She emphasised the anti-social behaviour and referenced that it had the second highest incidents of crime and disorder in the West End.  She requested that the Council include more detail in their letter to residents regarding new and variations to Premises Licence applications.  She informed the Sub Committee that the Soho Society would be requesting that all new Premises Licence be made personal to the Applicant so that the Council retained some level of control over Licensed Premises and ultimately the West End.

 

Mr Horatio Chance, Legal Advisor to the Sub Committee, discussed the proposed conditions with the Applicant, Responsible Authorities and Interested Parties.  It was agreed that conditions 21, 22 and 23 should be deleted as the Applicant had not applied for off sales of alcohol and because there was no external seating and that condition 24 should be slightly amended to provide for a capacity figure of 60. It was further agreed that MC24 and MC26 would be added to the Premises Licence if the  Sub-Committee were minded granting the application. 

 

During their summing up, the Responsible Authorities advised that as the Premises was operating within the Council’s Core Hours Policy and the Applicant had agreed to model restaurant condition MC66 it was unlikely that this Premises would increase the cumulative impact in the West End.

 

During their summing up, the Interested Parties advised of their concern regarding queues forming outside of the Premises and requested that a condition be included on the Premises Licence ‘that there shall be no queuing outside the Premises’.  They emphasised the anti-social behaviour occurring in Old Compton Street and confirmed their preference for the Applicant to be granted a personal licence.

 

During summing up Mr Dziabenka, advised that their customers were 70% female and that the Premises had adequate space to cater for all its customers.  He confirmed that there would be experienced staff monitoring customers entering the restaurant and anyone standing immediately outside of the Premises.  He outlined that the CCTV system would comprise of twenty-two cameras.  He confirmed that no off sales of alcohol would be required and that he was content to operate within the Council’s Core Hours Policy.

 

Conclusion

 

The Sub-Committee realises that it has a duty to consider each application on its merits and did so when determining the application.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that the Premises is to operate as a Café which is  located within the West End CIZ and so there is no automatic presumption to refuse an application for a Café with model 66 restaurant condition imposed on the Premises Licence. The only hurdle the Applicant would have to overcome was that the Premises would not add to negative cumulative impact in the area and this was demonstrated by the Applicant in the application and submissions during the hearing.

 

The Sub-Committee concluded that the Applicant had provided valid reasons as to why the application should be granted.

 

The Sub-Committee took into consideration that conditions had been agreed with the Responsible Authorities and that due regard had been given to the West End CIZ by the Applicant, having regard to their experience of running other licensed premises in the area and being well accustomed to the many challenges the area faces in terms of crime and disorder and public nuisance issues. This gave comfort and persuaded the Sub-Committee that the Applicant was to be a responsible operator in the management and running of the Premises when considering the promotion of the licensing objectives.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that the Responsible Authorities were now happy with the application and the only reason why their representations had been maintained was to assist the Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee welcomed that conditions had also been agreed prior to the hearing and further noted that the Applicant had agreed to liaise with residents on a regular basis and therefore included Model Condition MC24 on the Premises Licence. There are to be no off sales of alcohol as there is no external seating area and any conditions that were previously referred to in the agenda report have been deleted and will not appear on the premises licence.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that the application had been made within the Council’s Core Hours Policy save for Sunday which had now been amended to core hours by the Applicant and this reduction again was welcomed. 

 

The Sub-Committee carefully considered the request by the Soho Society for the licence to be made personal and conditioned accordingly but considered this approach to be unjustified in the circumstances and furthermore disproportionate and inappropriate.  

 

In reaching its decision, the Sub-Committee concluded that the offered conditions now attached to the premises licence would help alleviate the residents’ concerns which were made eloquently and would have the desired effect of promoting the licencing objective.

 

Having carefully considered the committee papers and the submissions made by all the parties, both orally and in writing, the Committee has decided, after taking into account all of the individual circumstances of this case and the promotion of the four licensing objectives: -

 

1.        To grant permission for the Sale by Retail of Alcohol (On the Premises) Monday to Friday 10:00 to 23:00 Sunday 12:00 to 22:30 

Seasonal variations: None

 

2.        To grant permission for the Opening Hours of the Premises Monday to Sunday 08:00 to 23:00 Seasonal variations: None

 

3.        That the Licence is subject to any relevant mandatory conditions.

 

4.        That the Licence is subject to the following conditions imposed by the Committee which are considered appropriate and proportionate to promote the licensing objectives.

 

Conditions imposed by the Committee after a hearing with agreement of the Applicant

 

5.        (a) The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of the Westminster Police Licensing Team.

(b) All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition.

(c) The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises and will include the external area immediately outside the premises entrance.

(d) All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping.

(e) Viewing of recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the entire 31-day period.

 

6.        A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the premises at all times when the premises is open. This staff member must be able to provide a Police or authorised council officer copies of recent CCTV images or data with the absolute minimum of delay when requested.

 

7.        The premises shall only operate as a restaurant,

 

(i) in which customers are shown to their table or the customer will select a table themselves,

(ii) where the supply of alcohol is by waiter or waitress service only,

(iii) which provide food in the form of substantial table meals that are prepared on the premises and are served and consumed at the table,

(iv) which do not provide any takeaway service of food or drink for immediate

consumption off the premises,

(v) where alcohol shall not be sold or supplied, otherwise than for consumption by persons who are seated in the premises and bona fide taking substantial table meals there, and provided always that the consumption of alcohol by such persons is ancillary to taking such meals.

 

For the purpose of this condition ‘Substantial Table Meal’ means – a meal such as might be expected to be served as the main midday or main evening meal, or as a main course at either such meal and is eaten by a person seated at a table, or at a counter or other structure which serves the purposes of a table and is not used for the service of refreshments for consumption by persons not seated at a table or structure servicing the purposes of a table.

 

Notwithstanding this condition customers are permitted to take from the premises part consumed and resealed bottles of wine supplied ancillary to their meal.

 

8.        Notwithstanding condition (7) above, alcohol may be supplied to and consumed by customers waiting to be seated prior to their meal and/or after their meal.

 

9.        Loudspeakers shall not be located in the entrance and exit of the premises or outside the building.

 

10.      No noise generated on the premises, or by its associated plant or equipment, shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted through the structure of the premises which gives rise to a nuisance.

 

11.      An incident log shall be kept at the premises, and made available on request to an authorised officer of the City Council or the Police. It must be completed within 24 hours of the incident and will record the following:

a) all crimes reported to the venue

b) all ejections of patrons

c) any complaints received concerning crime and disorder

d) any incidents of disorder

e) all seizures of drugs or offensive weapons

f) any faults in the CCTV system, searching equipment or scanning equipment

g) any refusal of the sale of alcohol

h) any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service.

 

12.      Notices shall be prominently displayed at all exits requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and leave the area quietly.

 

13.      No collections of waste or recycling materials (including bottles) from the premises shall take place between (23.00) and (08:00) hours on the following day.

 

14.      All waste shall be properly presented and placed out for collection no earlier than 30 minutes before the scheduled collection times.

 

15.      No waste or recyclable materials, including bottles, shall be moved, removed from or placed in outside areas between (23.00) hours and (08:00) hours on the following day.

 

16.      A Challenge 21 or Challenge 25 proof of age scheme shall be operated at the premises where the only acceptable forms of identification are recognised photographic identification cards, such as a driving licence, passport or proof of age card with the PASS Hologram.

 

17.      No licensable activities shall take place at the premises until the capacity (which in any event shall be no more than 60) of the premises has been determined by the Environmental Health Consultation Team and the licensing authority has replaced this condition on the licence with a condition detailing the capacity so determined.

 

18.      No licensable activities shall take place at the premises until the premises has been assessed as satisfactory by the Environmental Health Consultation Team at which time this condition shall be removed from the Licence by the licensing authority.

 

19.      A direct telephone number for the manager at the premises shall be publicly available at all times the premises is open. This telephone number and/or is to be made available to residents and businesses in the vicinity.

 

20.      The licence holder shall ensure that any queue to enter the premises which forms outside the premises is orderly and supervised by staff so as to ensure that there is no public nuisance or obstruction to the public highway.

 

 

 

This is the Full Decision of the Licensing Sub-Committee which takes effect forthwith.

 

The Licensing Sub-Committee

19 January 2023

 

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