Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair of the Panel for the 2023/24 municipal year.

Proposed by Councillor Jenny Headlam-Wells and seconded by Councillor Jonathan Simpson, Councillor Gio Spinella was elected Chair of Licensing Panel B for the 2023-24 municipal year.

To agree the procedure rules for remote meetings.

RESOLVED –

THAT the guidance on remote meetings be noted.

Apologies had been received by Councillor Lorna Greenwood; Councillor Jonathan Simpson was present as a 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.”

Broadcast of the Meeting

The Chair made the following announcement: “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 six months after the meeting.

After that time, webcasts are archived and can be made available upon request. If you have asked to address the meeting, you are deemed to be consenting to having your contributions recorded and broadcast, including video when switched on, and to the use of those sound recordings and images for webcasting and/or training purposes.”

Supplementary Agenda

A supplementary agenda was published which included late papers submitted by the Applicant for MIA Restaurant.

Item 10 Resolved

The application for Item 10, Flight Club, was resolved ahead of the meeting and would therefore not be considered by the Panel.

There was no urgent business.

To note the terms of reference of Licensing Panels.

RESOLVED –

THAT the terms of reference be noted.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 27 April 2023.

RESOLVED –

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 27 April 2023 be approved and signed as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities

This is an application for a new premises licence under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Consideration was given to a report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities detailing an application for a new premises licence under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.

The Licensing Officer summarised the report. In addition to the report, it was clarified that the times and conditions proposed, for consideration by the Panel, were those agreed between the Applicant and the Met Police, prior to the withdrawal of their representation.

Michael Bromley-Martin KC (Agent) set out to the Panel why the late papers submitted by the Applicant, published in the supplementary agenda, should be accepted for consideration. The Panel agreed to accept the late papers on the basis the information was relevant to the Panel’s decision making on the application and they were submitted within the deadline of receiving late papers for publication.

Reza Pashazedah (Resident Interested Party Objector) summarised their written representation on pages 71-75 of the main agenda. In response to Panel Members, Reza Pashazedah stated that residents did not have clear lines of communication with the venue to raise any concerns.

Edie Raff (Cresta House Resident Association Interested Party Objector) summarised their written representation on pages 76-79 of the main agenda.

Felix Ko (Resident Interested Party Objector) summarised their written representation on pages 80-81 of the main agenda. 

Michael Bromley-Martin KC, accompanied by Michael Quinn (Applicant), summarised the Applicant case. The following was clarified:

-       This was a new premises licence application to replace the current licence. The Police and Camden Council Licensing Team advised the Applicant to take the new licence route, and not apply for a variation, for the reason of improving the current licenced conditions. A number of the current licence conditions were out of date or duplicitous and this application proposed to  reduce from 91 to 49 conditions and would be easier to manage. Since the current licence was first granted in 2015, there had been a number of variations granted.

-       The Lower Ground Floor on the current licence served private functions which was proposed the change use. This application was to change the Lower Ground Floor into an additional floor of the restaurant.

-       The premises had successfully ran a number of TEN events in December 2022 to 49 and no complaints were received. The premises had not received a formal complaint in the eight years of operation.

-       In response to the refuse complains outlined in the objector representations, it was stated that the issues were due to fly tipping. In addition to section 16, page 6 of the supplementary agenda, it was stated that the Applicant was in discussions with the Council in how to mitigate the fly tip problem.

-       No responsible authorities had a live objecting representation.

In response to questions to the Applicant party, the following was clarified:

-       The image of the bin store in the supplementary was dated April 2023.

-       The application did not include a dancefloor or organised customer dancing. The performances of dance applied for was to give the venue flexibility  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

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 ahead of the meeting and was therefore not considered by the Panel.

There was no urgent business.