Agenda item

59 Greek Street, W1D 3DZ

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

4.

West End Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

Soho Ltd

59 Greek Street

London

W1D 3DZ

New Premises Licence

18/03674/LIPN

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE

Thursday 7th June 2018

 

Membership:            Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman) Councillor Jim Glen and Councillor Shamim Talukder

 

Legal Adviser:           Horatio Chance

Committee Officer:   Kisi Smith-Charlemagne

Presenting Officers:Samantha Eaton

 

Relevant Representations: Roxanna Haig (Licensing Authority)       

 

Present: Mr Alan Thomas (Solicitor, representing the Applicant)

 

59 Greek Street, London, W1D 3DZ, 18/03674/LIPN (“The Premises”) (West End Ward/ Cumulative Impact Area)

 

1.

Late night Refreshments (Indoors)

 

Monday to Thursday: 23:00 to 23:30

Friday to Saturday: 23:00 to 00:00

 

On Sundays prior to bank holidays/public holidays

23:00 – 00:00

 

Seasonal variations / Non-Standard Timings:

 

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on New Year’s Day.

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

None.

 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee considered an application by Ruari Laidlaw – Soho Ltd for a new premises licence in respect of 59 Greek Street, London, W1D 3DZ (“The Premises”).  The Presenting Officer provided an outline of the application to the Sub-Committee.

 

The Applicant’s representative Mr Alan Thomas explained that his client from Soho Ltd could not be present due to a pre-arranged meeting with potential tenants for the Premises.  Mr Thomas advised the Sub-Committee that this was an application for a new premises licence for a restaurant in the West End cumulative impact area, Mr Thomas expressed that this application was made in full accordance with restaurant model condition 66 and therefore the issue the Sub-Committee should consider is whether granting the application would add to cumulative impact .

 

Mr Thomas took the Sub-Committee through the Premises current plans, advising that this should not significantly change, and if so the tenant would be back submitting an application for variation.  Mr Thomas advised the Sub-Committee that the restaurant would seat 120 patrons across two floors, and this would not change.  Mr Thomas presented the Sub-Committee with a radius map and explained that within a half mile diameter there are 62 residents.  Mr Thomas felt that this was a low number for the area of Soho and asked the Sub-Committee to take this figure into account when considering the impact on the CIA.  

 

The Sub-Committee enquired as to whether the restaurant would have off sales of alcohol and provide take away services.  Mr Thomas advised the Sub-Committee that the restaurant would be adopting WCC MC 66 in full which meant that there will be no take away service of food or drink for immediate consumption, and no take away service of food or drink after 23.00 hours. 

 

The Sub-Committee sought clarification on the total number of tables and seating that will be available outside the Premises. Mr Thomas advised that there would be six settings/tables and the outside area would close at 23:00 hours.

 

It was noted that there were no local resident’s objections, however the Sub-Committee heard from Ms Roxanna Haig from the Licensing Authority, who objected, as the application was contrary to policy. The Sub-Committee carefully considered all the evidence submitted and felt that the Applicant had demonstrated how the application should be considered an exception to policy with restaurant model condition (MC66) imposed on the Premises Licence and would not add to the CIA, therefore the licence was granted.  In considering the application the Sub-Committee reviewed all information submitted and were of the view that with the placing of   MC66 on the Premises Licence together with the rest of the offered conditions these would promote the licensing objectives. 

 

2.

Sale by retail of alcohol (both on and off sale):

 

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 to 23:30

Friday to Saturday: 10:00 to 00:00

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:30

 

On Sundays prior to bank holidays/public holidays

12:00 – 00:00

 

Seasonal variations / Non-Standard Timings:

 

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on New Year’s Day.

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

None.

 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee granted the application (see reasons for decision in Section 1).

 

3.

Hours open to the public

 

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 to 00:00

Friday to Saturday: 10:00 to 00:30

Sunday: 10:00 to 23:00

 

On Sundays prior to bank holidays/public holidays

12:00 – 00:30

 

Seasonal variations / Non-Standard Timings:

 

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on New Year’s Day.

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

None.

 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee granted the application but restricted the opening hours to core hours.

 

 

 

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 a personal licence or the personal licence is suspended.

 

3. Every supply of alcohol under this licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

 

4. (1) The responsible person must ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.

 

(2) In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises—

 

(a) games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to;

 

(i) drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or

(ii) drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);

 

(b) provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

(c) provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

(d) selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable manner;

(e) dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).

 

5. The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

 

6. (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

 

(2) The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.

 

(3) The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and either—

 

(a) a holographic mark, or

(b) an ultraviolet feature.

 

7. The responsible person must ensure that—

 

(a)  where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures—

 

(i) beer or cider: ½ pint;

(ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

(iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml;

 

(b) these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed

material which is available to customers on the premises; and

(c) where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.

 

A responsible person in relation to a licensed premises means the holder of the premise licence in respect of the premises, the designated premises supervisor (if any) or any individual aged 18 or over who is authorised by either the licence holder or designated premises supervisor. For premises with a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity that which enables him to prevent the supply of alcohol.

 

8(i) A relevant person shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.

 

8(ii) For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 8(i) above –

 

(a) "duty" is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

 

(b) "permitted price" is the price found by applying the formula - P = D+(DxV)

 

Where -

(i)  P is the permitted price,

(ii) D is the amount of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and

(iii) V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;

 

(c) "relevant person" means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premises licence –

 

(i) the holder of the premises licence,

(ii) the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, or

(iii) the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence;

 

(d) "relevant person" means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and

 

(e) "value added tax" means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

 

8(iii). Where the permitted price given by Paragraph 8(ii)(b) above would (apart from

this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that subparagraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

 

8(iv). (1) Sub-paragraph 8(iv)(2) below applies where the permitted price given by

Paragraph 8(ii)(b) above on a day ("the first day") would be different from

the permitted price on the next day ("the second day") as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.

 

(2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

 

 

Conditions Consistent with the Operating Schedule

 

9. The premises shall only operate as a restaurant

a. in which customers are shown to their table,

b. where the supply of alcohol is by waiter or waitress service only,

c. which provide food in the form of substantial table meals that are prepared on the

premises and are served and consumed at the table using non-disposable crockery,

d. which do not provide any take away service of food or drink for immediate

consumption,

e. which do not provide any take away service of food or drink after 23.00, and

f. 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.

 

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

 

10. All sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises shall be in sealed containers only and shall not be consumed on the premises.

 

11. All outside tables and chairs shall be rendered unusable by (23.00) each day.

 

12. Save for in any permitted external area patrons permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises, e.g. to smoke, shall not be permitted to take drinks or glass containers with them.

 

13. The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of the Westminster Police Licensing Team. All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping. Viewing of recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the entire 31 day period.

 

14. 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.

 

15. 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.

 

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

 

17. Notices shall be prominently displayed at any area used for smoking requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and use the area quietly.

 

18. No deliveries to the premises shall take place between (23.00) and (07.00) on the following day.

 

19. No waste or recyclable materials, including bottles, shall be moved, removed from or placed in outside areas between (23.00) hours and (07.00) hours on the following day unless collections are arranged during the times for the Council’s own commercial waste collection service for the street.

 

20. No collections of waste or recycling materials (including bottles) from the premises shall take place between (23.00) and (07.00) on the following day unless collections are arranged during the times for the Council’s own commercial waste collection service for the street.

 

21. During the hours of operation of the premises, the licence holder shall ensure sufficient measures are in place to remove and prevent litter or waste arising or accumulating from customers in the area immediately outside the premises, and that this area shall be swept and or washed, and litter and sweepings collected and stored in accordance with the approved refuse storage arrangements by close of business.

 

22. The number of persons accommodated at the premises as a whole at any one time (excluding staff) shall not exceed (120).

 

23. 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. If there are minor changes during the course of construction new plans shall be submitted with the application to remove this condition.

 

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