Items
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Membership
To report any changes to the membership.
Minutes:
There were no changes to the Membership.
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Declarations of Interest
To receive declarations by
Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in
matters on this agenda.
Minutes:
There were no declarations of interest.
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3. |
The Quaich Whisky Shop, 34 Lexington Street, W1 PDF 849 KB
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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West End Ward / West
End Cumulative Impact Area
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The Quaich Whisky
Shop, 34 Lexington Street, W1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/00898/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 20th April
2017
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Julia Alexander
and Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Jonathan
Deacon
Presenting
Officer: Yolanda
Wade
Relevant Representations: 1 ward councillor.
Present: Ms Lana Tricker (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant) and Mr Andrew Torrence (Managing
Director, Applicant Company)
The Quaich
Whisky Shop, 34 Lexington Street, W1 (“The
Premises”)
17/00898/LIPN
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1.
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Exhibition of Films (Indoors)
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Monday to Saturday:
08:00 to 22:00
Sunday:
09:00 to 21:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Prior to the hearing, the Applicant reduced the proposed
hours for licensable activities in respect of the application from
08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday to 10:00 to 20:00. On Sundays the proposed hours for licensable
activities were reduced from 09:00 to 21:00 to 12:00 to
06:00.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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Ms Wade confirmed at
the beginning of the hearing that the concerns of local residents,
Metropolitan Police, the Council’s Environmental Health
department and the Licensing Authority had been addressed and they
had withdrawn their representations. There were a number of
proposed conditions which had been agreed between the parties and
the Applicant had reduced the proposed hours for licensable
activities. The one remaining
representation was from Councillor Roberts, West End Ward Member,
who was not in attendance at the hearing.
Ms Tricker explained that the Premises would be a retail
store on the ground floor only. There
would be a single entrance/exit and a capacity of 40 people.
Mr Torrence advised that the intention was to
provide a high end Quaich retail store which would be a global
showcase for the whisky industry and bring the great whisky
collectors to London. It was submitted
that most of the stores which provided a similar level of
excellence in whisky were overseas. The
Applicant would be listing whiskies ranging from £30 a bottle
to £200k a bottle.
Ms Tricker and Mr Torrence
confirmed in response to questions from the Sub-Committee that
on-sales were required only so that small samples of whisky could be provided
at ticketed or pre-booked events for the purposes of
“tasting”. The whisky
industry would provide a master distiller or distillery manager at
the event and he would produce the small samples for those who
attended the events. Discerning buyers
would ultimately spend in the region of £1k to £2k a
bottle.
The Sub-Committee considered that the proposed conditions
and the manner in which the Premises would be operated would result
in the licensing objectives being promoted. The Sub-Committee was also satisfied that taking
into account the amended hours of operation the application would
not add to cumulative impact in the West End Cumulative Impact
Area. The amended application was
therefore granted.
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2.
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Sale
by Retail of Alcohol (On and Off)
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Monday to Saturday:
08:00 to 22:00
Sunday:
09:00 to 21:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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Prior to the hearing, the Applicant reduced the proposed
hours for licensable activities in respect ...
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Caravan, Yalding House, 152-156 Great Portland Street, W1 PDF 483 KB
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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Marylebone High Street
Ward / not in cumulative impact area
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Caravan, Yalding House, 152-156 Great Portland Street,
W1
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New Premises
Licence
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17/01171/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 20th April
2017
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Julia Alexander
and Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Jonathan
Deacon
Presenting
Officer: Yolanda
Wade
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health and 1 local resident.
Present: Mr Jack Spiegler
(Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Mr Miles Kirby, Mr Toby
Kidman and Ms Renee Williams (Applicant Company), Mr Maxwell Koduah
(Environmental Health), Mr Alan Lynagh (Senior Licensing Surveyor),
Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing
Advice Project, representing Mr Linus Rees, Fitzrovia Neighbourhood
Association) and Mr Linus Rees (Fitzrovia Neighbourhood
Association)
Caravan,
Yalding House, 152-156 Great Portland Street, W1 (“The
Premises”)
17/01171/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Thursday:
23:00 to 23:30
Friday to Saturday:
23:00 to 00:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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The Sub-Committee
asked Mr Spiegler, the Applicant’s Representative, when he
addressed Members to focus in particular on the areas of contention
between the parties. These included
off-sales, the bar area and deliveries.
Mr Spiegler asked Mr
Kirby to briefly describe the concept behind Caravan
Premises. Mr Kirby informed the
Sub-Committee
that the first Caravan Premises had been opened seven years
ago. The Caravan Premises in Great
Portland Street would provide all day dining. It would operate as a restaurant, a coffee shop
and bar. There would be some takeaway
aspect during the day, including coffee.
Mr Spiegler explained
that an amended condition was being offered, following concerns
expressed by Mr Rees so that the Premises would operate as a
restaurant except for the bar area. He
believed that the bar was relatively small when taking into account
the ground floor and basement space.
The Applicant was seeking some flexibility for up to 30 customers
to have a drink without a meal. The
majority would be sitting down but the Applicant was keen that some
would be allowed to stand. Mr Spiegler
also drew the Sub-Committee’s attention to the fact that the bar was away
from the frontage of the Premises. He
expressed the view that the application should be considered under
policy RNT1 in the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy as
it was for a restaurant outside the West End Cumulative Impact
Area. He added that even if the Sub-Committee was persuaded that policy PB1
applied, it would be possible to grant the application given the
conditions relating to the bar.
Mr Spiegler referred
to other conditions which had been offered in an e-mail to Mr
Rees. In particular there was a
proposed condition that patrons permitted to temporarily leave and then
re-enter the premises e.g. to smoke, shall be limited to 10 persons
at any one time.
Mr Spiegler requested that another condition offered that
there shall be
no take away service of food or drink for immediate consumption
would not be imposed as he was of the view that Mr Rees had
indicated that this was not a major ...
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Warner Stand, Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Road, NW8 PDF 16 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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Regent’s Park
Ward / not in cumulative impact area
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Warner Stand, Lords
Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Road, NW8
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New Premises
Licence
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17/01651/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 20th April
2017
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Julia Alexander
and Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Jonathan
Deacon
Presenting
Officer: Yolanda
Wade
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health and 1 local resident.
Present: Ms Sue Dowling (Solicitor,
representing the Applicant), Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health),
Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing
Advice Project, representing Mr Sachin Khajuria, local resident) and Mr Sachin
Khajuria (local resident)
Warner
Stand, Lords Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood Road,
NW8
17/01651/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Sunday:
23:00 to 23:30
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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This was an application for a new premises licence for licensable activities at a new Warner
Stand which will replace the recently demolished Warner
Stand. Ms
Dowling, representing the Applicant, stated at the hearing that the
new stand would be built to state of the art specifications,
including additional soundproofing and reduced seating, in order to
provide excellent facilities for cricket matches.
Ms Dowling was asked by the Sub-Committee about the
changes to the licensable activities and also the proposed hours
for the licensable activities at the new Warner Stand compared with
the old one. She replied that the
Applicant was no longer seeking recorded music which was previously
unrestricted. There was no change to
what was sought in terms of the hours for late night refreshment
(indoors). It was proposed that it
would be available inside Pelham’s Restaurant and the bars
within the premises including on a non-match day. In the half an hour prior to closure at 23:30 it
was feasible that a member or a guest would wish to order hot food
/ hot drink for consumption within the premises.
Ms Dowling explained that the provision of films /
film exhibition was sought with the primary use being to show some
recorded material on cricket match days, including when there was
no play taking place. The provision of
films was indoors in the Pelham Restaurant and the bars, including
on non-match days and would not cause a public nuisance.
In terms of the hours for licensable activities,
Ms Dowling made the point that the
terminal hours were largely in keeping with the Council’s
Core Hours policy and there was not a significant extension of the
hours for the new Warner Stand in comparison to the old
one. In the Pelham Restaurant on major
match days only, the Applicant was seeking to open at 09:00 in case
a member wished to have a drink, such as a glass of champagne, with
breakfast. The opening hours,
commencing at 08:00 related to the whole Lords sports ground and
not just the new Warner Stand.
Ms Dowling added that advice from the
Police had been that it was safer for the public to have access to
the ground rather than waiting outside on pavements.
Ms Dowling expressed the view that the
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Gourmet Kitchen, 34 Lisle Street, WC2 PDF 454 KB
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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Gourmet Kitchen, 34
Lisle Street, WC2
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New Premises
Licence
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17/01541/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4
Thursday 20th April
2017
Membership:
Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Julia Alexander
and Councillor Murad Gassanly
Legal Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Chris Wroe
Committee
Officer: Jonathan
Deacon
Presenting
Officer: Yolanda
Wade
Relevant Representations: Licensing
Authority.
Present: Mr Jack Spiegler
(Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Mr Leslie Ng (Applicant)
and Mr Steve Rowe (Licensing Authority).
Gourmet
Kitchen, 34 Lisle Street, WC2
17/01541/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors)
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Monday to Thursday:
23:00 to 23:30
Friday to Saturday:
23:00 to 00:00
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Amendments to application
advised at hearing:
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None.
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Decision (including reasons if
different from those set out in report):
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This was an application for a new premises licence. Late night
refreshment (indoors) and on and off sales of alcohol were sought
to Core Hours (Monday to Thursday until
23:30, Friday and Saturday until midnight and 22:30 on Sunday for
the sale of alcohol). An additional half an hour
was sought every night of the week in terms of the opening
hours. The Applicant had agreed
conditions proposed by the Environmental Health and Metropolitan
Police and they had withdrawn their representations. These included the Council’s model
restaurant condition, MC66 and also a capacity of 40 for the
premises.
Mr Spiegler, representing the Applicant, drew
Members’ attention to the fact that not only had his client
agreed MC66 but that there had been an established restaurant at 34
Lisle Street since approximately 2009 which had latterly been
trading unlicensed. Having an
established restaurant at the premises was a key factor as to why
the premises would not add to cumulative impact in the West End
Cumulative Impact Area. Mr Spiegler referred to paragraph 2.4.8 of the City
Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy (“SLP”)
in terms of applications potentially being granted when
licences have lapsed. In this case the premises licence had been surrendered. Mr Rowe, representing
the Licensing Authority clarified that the premises licence had been surrendered on 13 April
2015.
The Sub-Committee expressed concerns to the Applicant
regarding a bona fide restaurant providing off-sales in what is a
residential area. Mr Spiegler offered on behalf of his client to
withdraw the off-sales.
Mr Rowe confirmed that the Licensing Authority had
maintained their representation in order that the Sub-Committee was
given the opportunity to consider whether the application would add
to cumulative impact.
The Sub-Committee explored with Mr Wroe how much time was able to elapse before a
surrendered or lapsed premises licence
was no longer relevant as set out in paragraph 2.4.8 of the
SLP Mr Wroe
stated that the Statement did not set out a definitive answer on
this point but that the Sub-Committee could be expected to give
more weight to granting an application on the basis that a premises
licence had recently been in operation
at the premises than if it was a longer period of time such as a
few years. Mr Wroe advised the Sub-Committee that it had been
envisaged when the policy was being written that in order for a
lapsed licence ...
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