Agenda and minutes

To agree the Council’s procedure rules for remote meetings.

RESOLVED –

THAT the guidance on remote meetings be agreed.

There were no apologies.

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 six months after the meeting. After that time, webcasts are archived and can be made available on DVD 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.”

Any other announcements

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 on DVD 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.’

Order of Business

The Chair proposed and it was agreed that item 6 “Minutes” be taken after item 7. The remaining items were considered in the order in which they appeared on the agenda.

Supplementary agenda

The Panel noted that additional documents submitted by the applicants in respect of Item 7, were published in a supplementary agenda on 28^th April 2021. The papers were received by the required deadline.

There were no urgent items.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 6^th April 2021.

RESOLVED –

THAT the minutes of the meeting of the Panel held on 6^th April 2021 be approved as a correct record.

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 a report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities detailing an application for a Shadow premises licence under section 16 of the Licensing Act 2003.

The Panel noted that additional documents submitted by the applicant by the required deadline, were published in a supplementary agenda on Wednesday, 28^th April 2021. The papers include:

a) A correct version of the location plan as the version included as Appendix 1 to the agenda (page 65) incorrectly located the premises.

b) A location plan illustrating some of the points made in the Bloomsbury Association's representation (pages 89-92 of the agenda).

c) A note from the applicant’s solicitors

-   confirming that the applicant has amended the application to include the conditions proposed by the Environmental Health responsible authority, who as a consequence have withdrawn their objections;

-   amendment of the terminal hour to midnight for home deliveries; and

-   attached photos showing the main entrance to the premises in Great Russell Street and the “No Entry” sign to Adeline Place confirming that traffic is prevented from turning down this road.

The Licensing Officer informed the Panel that the application was to vary the conditions of the licence so as to permit deliveries of food and drink until 02:00 hours. However, as the note contained in the supplementary agenda confirmed, the applicant had reduced the terminal hour to 00:00. The applicant had also agreed conditions with the Environmental Health responsible authority. The Environmental Health responsible authority had confirmed that, as the applicant had amended the application to include the conditions suggested by them and had reduced the terminal hour to midnight for home deliveries they had withdrawn their representations.

Thomas O’Maoileoin, solicitor, representing the applicant, confirmed that, as previously mentioned, the proposed conditions set out in paragraph 1.3 of the report should be amended to read as follows:

Proposed condition 22:

No deliveries or collections shall take place between 22:00 and 08:00; save for deliveries of food and drink orders to patrons until 00:00, such deliveries not to be picked up from the kitchen entrance in Adeline Place, but only from the main restaurant entrance on Great Russell Street.

Proposed Condition 27:

There shall be no takeaway food service, save by delivery only until 00:00

Proposed Condition 54

There shall be no sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises after 00:00 hours, off sales after 22:00 hours shall be ancillary to the delivery of a meal.

He also confirmed that conditions 1 – 5 suggested by the Environmental Health responsible authority, as set out on page 7 of the supplementary agenda, would also be added.

The Panel noted that there were 17 relevant representations opposing the application two of which had been received from local community associations and fifteen from local residents.

Adam Lester, Bloomsbury Association, explained that he was attending the meeting with Stephen Heath who was also a member of the Bloomsbury Association, and Linus Rees from the Charlotte Street Association. They had come together as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

There was no urgent business.