Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED –

THAT Councillor Matthew Kirk be elected Chair of Licensing Panel B for this meeting only.

To agree the procedure rules for remote meetings.

RESOLVED -

THAT the guidance be agreed.

Apologies had been received from Councillor Miah; Councillor Kirk was in attendance as substitute.

There were no declarations.

Broadcast of the meeting

The Chair to announce the following: “In addition to the rights by law that the public and press have to record this meeting, I would like to remind everyone that this meeting is being broadcast live by the Council to the Internet and can be viewed on our website for at least six months after the meeting. After that time, webcasts are archived and can be made available on upon request.

If you have asked to address the meeting, you are deemed to be consenting to being filmed and to the use of those images and sound recordings for webcasting and/or training purposes. If you are addressing the Committee your contribution will be recorded and broadcast.”

Webcasting

The Chair announced that the meeting was being broadcast live to the internet and would be capable of repeated viewing and copies of the recording could be made available to those that requested them. Those participating in the meeting were deemed to be consenting to being filmed.

Tabled Paper

A supplementary agenda was published which included which included additional information submitted by the applicant in respect of Thirteen.

Application Resolved

The application for Agenda Item 6, in respect of Monmouth Wines, had been resolved ahead of the meeting and would therefore not be considered by the Panel. The Chair noted that the Panel had seen communication had taken place between the applicant, interested parties and Responsible Authorities, which had addressed concerns and resulted in the withdrawal of representations objecting to the application.

There was no urgent business.

Report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities

This is an application to vary a premises licence under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003.

This application was resolved prior to the hearing and was, therefore, not considered by the panel.

Report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities

This is an application to vary a premises licence under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Consideration was given to the reports of the Executive Director Supporting Communities detailing an application to vary a premises licence under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Paru Budhia, Licensing Officer, summarised both report and confirmed that the application was for a premises in the Seven Dials Cumulative Impact Policy Area (CIA). Three relevant representations had been received in relation to the application. The representations opposed the application and were from the Licensing Responsible Authority, a resident association and a resident.

Lisa Sharkey, representing the applicant, confirmed that there were no amendments to the application.

Esther Jones (Licensing Team Leader), representing the Licensing Responsible Authority, explained that that as additional conditions had been offered and the premises appeared to be well run, the representation objecting to the application, as set out in the agenda pack, would usually have been withdrawn. However, this was not the case as two relevant representations from local residents remained, and the hours policy was engaged.

Sarah Harriot, interested party, summarised their representation in objection to the application, as set out in the agenda.

Responding to a question the Sarah Harriot stated that when music events were hosted by the premises, noise could be heard by neighbouring residents if the sound lobby was not used. In response to a follow up question, Sarah Harriot clarified that on the occasion the sound lobby was not used, she had complained to the premises who had addressed the issue immediately.

Sarah Harriot confirmed that there were never queues outside the premises, however the queues outside the other premises in the area could be noisy and rowdy, so did not want the premises to add to this disruption.

Lisa Sharkey (legal representative), Tom Lish (Group Director of Security, Consolidated Developments), Emilie Russel (General Manager), Richard Metcalf (Consolidated Developments) appeared on behalf of the applicant.

Those appearing on behalf of the applicant summarised the application and responded to questions, as follows:

·       Thirteen was a high-end cocktail bar operating on the ground floor and the basement of the hotel premises.

·       The premises, provided a variety of entertainment to their customers, including DJs, cabaret events, and live music.

·       When the licence was first granted, there was a requirement to put in place a full measure of sound attenuation, which was dealt with at conditions 56 to 61 on the current application.

·       There had been several late events hosted at the premises using Temporary Events Notices, no complaints had been received following any of these events.

·       Due to the venue being small and customers using the online booking system, people did not tend to queue outside the premises. However, the applicant would be agreeable to a queuing condition should the panel consider it necessary.

·       One of the reasons that the extension of hours had been applied for was because the premises was often at capacity at closing time and customers would have to leave and move on to one of the neighbouring premises to continue their evening.

·       A condition had been proposed that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

There was none.