Items
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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
Minutes:
1.1 There were no
changes to the membership.
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2. |
Declarations of Interest
To receive declarations by
Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in
matters on this agenda.
Minutes:
2.1
Councillor Angela Harvey declared that she had sat
on the Sub-Committee that had considered a previous application for
these premises, however, that would not prevent her from dealing
with this matter with an open mind.
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1. |
Bvlgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1DW PDF 1 MB
App
No
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Ward
/
Cumulative Impact Area
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Site Name
and Address
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Application
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Licensing
Reference Number
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1.
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Knightsbridge Ward/ not in Cumulative Impact
Area
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Bvlgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, London, SW7
1DW
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Premises
Licence
Variation
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18/14405/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
11th April 2019
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson
and Councillor Aicha Less.
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Committee Officer: Toby
Howes
Presenting Officer: Kevin
Jackaman
Relevant Representations: Environmental Health,
Knightsbridge Association and Winkworth
Sherwood on behalf of the Knightsbridge Residents Management
Company Limited.
Present: Jeremy Bark (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant), Costas Faltous (Applicant Representative), Dave
Nevitt (Environmental Health), Melville
Haggard (Knightsbridge Association) and Robert Boktai (Winkworth
Sherwood on behalf of the Knightsbridge Residents Management
Company Limited).
Bvlgari
Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, London, SW7
1DW (“The Premises”)
18/14405/LIPV
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1.
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Playing of recorded music
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Current
Monday to Saturday:
07:00 to 00:00
Sunday: 07:00 to
23:00
Licensable Area:
Ground floor bar
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Proposed
Monday to Saturday:
07:00 to 01:00
Sunday: 07:00 to 23:00
(no change)
Basement floor
bar
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
The Chairman noted that a number of additional
papers had been submitted by the Applicant just prior to the
meeting and sought the agreement of all other interested parties
present that they would accept these to be taken into consideration
by the Sub-Committee in its determination of the matter. Dave
Nevitt (Environmental Health),
Melville Haggard (Knightsbridge Association) and
Robert Boktai (Winkworth Sherwood on behalf of the Knightsbridge
Residents Management Company Limited) all confirmed their
acceptance of these papers respectively.
Jeremy Bark (Solicitor, representing the Applicant)
stated that the rationale for the variation application was to move
the hotel’s ground floor bar to the basement where the hotel
restaurant was currently located. The restaurant would be duly
moved to the ground floor of the Premises. There would be potential
for customers to stand whilst consuming alcohol in the area marked
hatched on the plans in the proposed basement bar, however
customers would be encouraged to be seated. At the entrance of the
Premises, staff would direct customers to the ground floor
restaurant or the basement bar accordingly. Mr Bark informed the
Sub-Committee that the Premises was undergoing a substantial
refurbishment. He then referred to an additional paper circulated
that included further amendments to proposed conditions 30 to 39 in
the report, following Mr Boktai’s
response to them.
At this point Mr Boktai
advised that he had not seen these further amended
conditions.
The Sub-Committee then agreed to the
Chairman’s suggestion that there should be a short
adjournment whilst the Applicant and all interested parties had the
opportunity to discuss amongst themselves the most recently
proposed conditions before re-commencing the hearing.
Upon resumption of the hearing, Melville Haggard
(Knightsbridge Association) indicated that he was satisfied with
the proposed conditions following discussions and formally withdrew
his representation on behalf of the Knightsbridge Association and
at that point with the consent of the Sub-Committee Mr Haggard left
the hearing
Mr Bark then referred to proposed conditions 30 to
39 on pages 37 and 38 of the additional papers circulated. Mr Bark
stated that proposed condition 34 which stated that
“The supply of ...
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ME Hotel, 335 Strand, London, WC2R 1HA PDF 2 MB
App
No
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Ward
/
Cumulative Impact Area
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Site Name
and Address
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Application
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Licensing
Reference Number
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2.
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St
James’s Ward/ Not in Cumulative Impact Area
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ME Hotel
335 Strand London WC2R 1HA
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Premises
Licence
Variation
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19/01701/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
11th April 2019
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson
and Councillor Aicha Less.
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Committee Officer: Toby
Howes
Presenting Officer: Kevin
Jackaman
Relevant Representations: Environmental Health and 1
local resident
Present: Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant), Mr Allen (Food and Beverage Director,
Applicant Company) and Ian Watson (Environmental
Health).
Declarations of Interest:
Councillor Angela Harvey declared that she had sat on the
Sub-Committee that had considered a previous application for these
premises, however, that would not prevent her from dealing with
this matter with an open mind.
ME Hotel,
335 Strand, London, WC2R 1HA (“The
Premises”)
19/01701/LIPV
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1.
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Variation of Condition
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Condition 32
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Proposed variation
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After
22:30 the area marked Terrace 1 (shown hatched on the plan) on the
licence plan shall not be used except:
a. On
Thursday to Saturday until midnight after which it shall be cleared
of all patrons;
b. In an
emergency at any time; and
c. For
access to and from the Penthouse Suite at any time
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After 22.30 the area marked Terrace 1 on the licence plan shall
not be used except
a.
On Monday to Saturday until midnight (in
the blue hatched area) after which it shall be cleared of all
patrons
b.
On Monday to Saturday until 01.00 hours
(in the red cross hatched area) after which it shall be cleared of
all patrons
c.
In an emergency at any time
d.
For access to and from the Penthouse Suite at any
time"
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
Kevin Jackaman (Presenting
Officer) confirmed that the Police had withdrawn their
representation, following the agreement of conditions with the
Applicant.
Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant) began by confirming on behalf of the
Applicant that they were content to proceed with the hearing in the
knowledge that Councillor Angela Harvey had declared that she had
sat on a Sub-Committee that had considered a previous application
for these Premises. Mr Baylis informed the Sub-Committee that a
site visit had been conducted between the Applicant and Ian Watson
from Environmental Health. The Applicant had not received any
complaints in recent history, either from local residents or the
landlord. There were no contact details for the resident who had
made a representation and so the Applicant had been unable to
engage with them to discuss the issues they had raised.
Mr Baylis stated the Premises had been the subject
of complaints from residents in the past, primarily concerning
noise from the terrace. This had led to a review hearing taking
place, where a number of conditions were added to the premises
licence, including reducing the terminal hour for the use of the
terrace from 03:00 hours to 22:30 hours.
Mr Baylis informed the
Sub-Committee that a number of changes to the operation of the
Premises were made last year, including that all customers would
now be seated in the terrace area and ...
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3 Norris Street, London, SW1Y 4RJ PDF 1 MB
App
No
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Ward /
Cumulative Impact Area
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Site Name and Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference Number
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3.
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St James’s Ward/ Not in Cumulative Impact
Area
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3 Norris Street London SW1Y 4RJ
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New Premises Licence
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19/01287/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
11th April 2019
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson
and Councillor Aicha Less.
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Committee Officer: Toby
Howes
Presenting Officer: Kevin
Jackaman
Relevant Representations: Environmental Health and
the Licensing Authority.
Present: Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant), Sarah Claridge (Asset Manager,
Applicant Company), Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health) and Daisy
Gadd (Licensing Authority).
3 Norris
Street, London, SW1Y 4RJ (“The Premises”)
19/01287/LIPN
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1.
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Late
night refreshment
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Monday to Thursday: 23:00 to
23:30
Friday and Saturday: 23:00 to
00:00
Seasonal
variations/non-standard timings: From start time on New
Year’s Eve to the finish time on New Year’s
Day.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
At the start of the hearing,
the Sub-Committee agreed to Craig
Baylis’s (Solicitor, representing the Applicant) request that
this application be considered simultaneously with item 4 on the
agenda (Basement and Ground Floor, 69/71 Haymarket, London, SW1Y
4RW) as both applications were closely
linked with each other and were from the same Applicant.
Mr Baylis began by stating that
the Applicant was taking stock of the large number of licenced
premises it had, with many of these had licences predating 2005 and
had therefore been in existence before the Licensing Act 2003 had
come into effect. The Applicant had taken pre-application advice
from Environmental Health and had held two meetings with them and
two pre-application reports had been produced. It was submitted
that the Applicant was seeking to swap the use of 3 Norris Street
with 69/’71 Haymarket so that 3 Norris Street became a bar
and 69/71 Haymarket a restaurant. Mr Baylis stated that in the case
of 3 Norris Street, the Applicant wished to increase footfall in
the area and as there were already a number of restaurants at this
location, it was felt that a bar would create more choice for
customers and attract more people in the area. As the St James’s redevelopment was around
the corner from the Premises, customers coming to this area after
the redevelopment was complete would also welcome the wider choice
that would be offered by the presence of a bar. The application was
within core hours and a number of conditions were proposed,
including that substantial food will be available throughout the
Premises at all times and conditions relating to capacity. Mr
Baylis added that the Premises would operate as a high end, food
driven public house. Mr Baylis acknowledged that the Premises was
located in a cumulative impact area and he referred to paragraph
2.4.6 which set out exceptions to the City Council’s
Statement of Licensing Policy which he felt applied in this
case.
Turning to 69/71 Haymarket, Mr
Baylis stated that the Premises currently had a pre Licensing Act
2003 licence that allowed for vertical drinking and it had no
capacity limit. The application proposed to change the use of the
Premises to a restaurant with all the standard conditions that
would apply to ...
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Basement and ground Floor, 69 - 71 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4RW PDF 2 MB
App
No
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Ward /
Cumulative Impact Area
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Site Name and Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference Number
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4.
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St James’s Ward/ West End Cumulative Impact
Area
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Basement and ground Floor 69-71 Haymarket London
SW1Y 4RW
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New Premises Licence
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19/01305/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
11th April 2019
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson
and Councillor Aicha Less.
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Committee Officer: Toby
Howes
Presenting Officer: Kevin
Jackaman
Relevant Representations: Environmental Health and
the Licensing Authority.
Present: Craig Baylis (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant), Sarah Claridge (Asset Manager,
Applicant Company), Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health) and Daisy
Gadd (Licensing Authority).
Basement
and Ground Floor, 69/71 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4RW (“The
Premises”)
19/01305/LIPN
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1.
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Sale by retail of alcohol (on and
off sales)
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Monday to Thursday: 10:00 to
23:30
Friday and Saturday: 10:00 to
00:00
Sunday: 12:00 to
22:30
Seasonal
variations/non-standard timings: From start time on New
Year’s Eve to the finish time on New Year’s
Day.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
Kevin Jackaman confirmed that
the Police had withdrawn their representation following agreement
of conditions with the Applicant.
At the start of the hearing,
the Sub-Committee agreed to Craig
Baylis’s (Solicitor, representing the Applicant) request that
this application be considered simultaneously with item 3 on the
agenda (3 Norris Street, London, SW1Y 4RJ) as both applications were closely linked with each other
and were from the same Applicant.
Mr Baylis began by stating that
the Applicant was taking stock of the large number of licenced
premises it had, with many of these had licences predating 2005 and
had therefore been in existence before the Licensing Act 2003 had
come into effect. It was stated that the Applicant had taken
pre-application advice from Environmental Health and had held two
meetings with them and two pre-application reports had been
produced. Effectively, the Applicant was seeking to swap the use of
3 Norris Street with 69/’71 Haymarket so that 3 Norris Street
became a bar and 69/71 Haymarket a restaurant. Mr Baylis stated
that in the case of 3 Norris Street, the Applicant wished to
increase footfall in the area and as there were already a number of
restaurants at this location, it was felt that a bar would create
more choice for customers and attract more people in the
area. As the St James’s
redevelopment was around the corner from the Premises, customers
coming to this area after the redevelopment was complete would also
welcome the wider choice that would be offered by the presence of a
bar. The application was within core hours and a number of
conditions were proposed, including that substantial food will be
available throughout the premises at all times and conditions
relating to capacity. Mr Baylis added that the premises would
operate as a high end, food driven public house. Mr Baylis
acknowledged that the Premises was located in a cumulative impact
area and he referred to paragraph 2.4.6 which set out exceptions to
the City Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy which he
felt applied in this case.
Turning to 69/71 Haymarket, Mr
Baylis stated that the Premises currently had a pre Licensing Act
2003 licence that allowed for vertical drinking ...
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47 - 49 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0AN PDF 2 MB
App
No
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Ward /
Cumulative Impact Area
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Site Name and Address
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Application
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Licensing Reference Number
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5.
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St James’s Ward/ West End Cumulative Impact
Area
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47 - 49 Charing Cross Road London WC2H
0AN
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New Premises Licence
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19/00948/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 1
Thursday
11th April 2019
Membership:
Councillor Angela Harvey (Chairman), Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson
and Councillor Aicha Less.
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Committee Officer: Toby
Howes
Presenting Officer: Kevin
Jackaman
Relevant Representations: Licensing
Authority.
Present: Alun Thomas (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant), Andy Hing
(Asset Manager, Applicant) and Daisy Gadd (Licensing
Authority).
47 - 49 Charing Cross
Road, London, WC2H 0AN (“The Premises”)
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1.
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Late
night refreshment
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Monday to Thursday: 23:00 to
23:30
Friday and Saturday: 23:00 to
00:00
Seasonal
variations/non-standard timings: From start time on New
Year’s Eve to the finish time on New Year’s
Day.
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
Alun Thomas (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant) began by stating that the Applicant,
Shaftesbury, was a landlord who made every effort to ensure that
quality tenants occupied their properties, as in line with the City
Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy. The Applicant had
not had any tenants who had been subject of a review of their
premises licence. Mr Thomas advised that the Applicant was
currently seeking a tenant for these Premises. A high end Swedish
deli operated opposite the Premises. With regard to capacity, Mr
Thomas stated that the upper floor would be around 120 persons, the
ground floor around 80 to 90 persons and the basement around 20 to
30 persons. He referred to the plans and highlighted where a
‘holding bar’ would be which would be fully seated. The
Sub-Committee heard that the Premises had held a premises licence
in the past, but this had lapsed three years ago and there was
already existing planning permission for a restaurant. Mr Thomas
acknowledged that the Premises was located in a cumulative impact
area (CIA) and although the application went 30 minutes beyond the
terminal core hour from Sunday to Thursday, the hours applied for
matched what was permitted under the planning permission and the
hours on Friday and Saturday were within core hours. Mr Thomas
contended that the application could not add to cumulative impact
in the CIA as it was not applying for a new use and the full
restaurant model condition was proposed. Policy RNT2 also
recognised that restaurants had a low association with crime and
disorder therefore were unlikely to add to cumulative impact. As
such, Mr Thomas therefore felt that the Applicant did not need to
demonstrate an exception to Policy. The Sub-Committee noted that
the upper floor had been ancillary to the restaurant and the
Premises had been open until 23:30 hours under the previous
operator.
Mr Thomas felt that as the
Premises was located along a busy road near Leicester Square tube
station at the edge of China Town, that the proposals and the hours
applied for were highly appropriate and policy HRS1 recognised that
applications for restaurant use should be dealt with on the merits
of each individual case. Most licenced premises in the area
remained open until at least 00:00 hours and some ...
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