Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED –

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

To agree the procedure rules for remote meetings.

RESOLVED –

THAT the guidance be agreed.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Jonathan Simpson who was unwell and substituted by Councillor Sylvia McNamara.

The Panel wished Councillor Simpson a speedy recovery from his illness.

There were none.

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.

Supplementary agenda and circulated document

Supplementary agenda 1 was published yesterday containing

• A statement from the applicant’s legal representative setting out the reasons for the review of the premises Licence.

• Additional representation from an interested party – Youri Ananikian

• Late representations from the Licence Holder and his Acoustic Expert.

Supplementary Agenda 2 was published today

• Contained late information, from the second Licence holder Alessandra Breda regarding the operation of the premises.

The Chair advised that the Panel had discussed all the additional information received after the agenda had been published and were minded to accept all the late representations unless there was any objection from the parties to the hearing.

In the absence of any objections the Panel accepted all the additional information.

There was none.

Report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities

This is an application to review a premises licence under section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003

Consideration was given to a report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities detailing an application to review a premises licence under Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Sarah Williams, Licensing Officer, summarised the report explaining that the application to review the licence had been lodged by a local resident, with 58 other representations received in support of the application to review the licence, including from the Police, Licensing Authority, the Home Office, a resident association, 53 local residents and a business. These representations were on pages 87-238 of the main agenda. The applicant and those supporting the application to review the Licence believed that the licensing objectives, the prevention of public nuisance, the prevention of crime and disorder and public safety were not being upheld.

She informed the hearing that the applicant had submitted comprehensive grounds for review set out in the review statement on pages 54-57 of the main agenda and pages 3-8 of Supplementary Agenda 1 as well as links to videos of noise and disturbance which they say were caused by the premises. The applicant had highlighted 4 key issues of concern in the review statement these were the operation of the premises. The dispersal of patrons at closing time, the attitude of the licence holder, and the applicant and local residents had proposed adding conditions to the licence. These included reducing opening hours to framework hours, the off sale of alcohol to cease at 11.00pm and the on sale of alcohol to cease half an hour before closing. The removal of recorded music as a licensable activity and for 6 existing conditions – 15 to 18, 20 and 21 to be removed and 16 additional conditions to be added.

There were 91 representations objecting to the application to review the premises licence and were in support of the venue these can be found on pages 241 to 339 of the main agenda. The Licence holder’s legal representative had provided an evidence bundle, and acoustic report which could be found on pages 11 -206 of Supplementary Agenda 1. The Licence holder had also provided videos which had been circulated to Panel members and the applicant. A representation had been received from the landlord of the premises who indicated that they were aware of the review and were investigating the concerns raised, these could be found on pages 239 to 240 of the main agenda.

A further representation was received from the second licence holder which could be found in Supplementary Agenda 2 pages 3-4.

It was noted that all 4 of the licensing objectives were engaged by the application, the hours policy was engaged by the existing premises licence in relation to the time of licensable activities.

The Licensing Officer notified the hearing that any determination of the Panel would not have effect until the end of the period given for appealing against the decision, or if the decision was appealed against until the decision was disposed of.

The Chair informed the hearing that the Panel  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

There was none.