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Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Room 18.01-03, 18th Floor, Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP

Contact: Kisi Smith-Charlemagne, Senior Committee and Governance Officer  Email:  kscharlemagne@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 020 7641 2783

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

1.1      There were no changes to the membership.

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      There were no declarations of interest.

1.

170 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON, W1W 5QB pdf icon PDF 655 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

Marylebone High Street Ward /

not in a cumulative impact area

170 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QB

New Premises Licence

19/02649/LIPN

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 2

Thursday 2nd May 2019

 

Membership:           Councillor Tim Mitchell (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aicha Less

 

Legal Adviser:         Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:         Kerry Simpkin

Committee Officer:  Tristan Fieldsend

Presenting Officer:  Michelle Steward

 

Relevant Representations:    The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association

 

Present: Mr Alun Thomas (Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Mr John Wiltshire (Operations Director for Aqua Brit Ltd) and Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project, representing the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association)

 

170-172 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QB (“The Premises”)

19/02649/LIPN

 

1.

Sale by Retail of Alcohol – On and Off Sales

 

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 to 23:30

Friday to Saturday: 10:00 to 00:00

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:30

 

Seasonal Variations/Non-Standard Timings:

 

From the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on New Year’s Day.

 

On Sundays prior to bank holidays 12:00 to 00:00.

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

Mr Thomas agreed that a proposed condition prohibiting any sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises after 23:00 could be amended so as to apply after  22:00.

 

 

Decision (including reasons if different from those set out in report):

 

The Sub-Committee considered an application by Aqua Brit Ltd (“The Applicant”) for a new premises licence in respect of 170-172 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QB.

 

The Licensing Officer introduced the application and confirmed that Environmental Health had withdrawn their representation following a reassessment of the application.

 

In response to a question from the Sub-Committee the Applicant advised that the address for the Premises should read 170-172 Great Portland Street.

 

Mr Thomas, representing the Applicant, advised that Aqua Brit Ltd already operated a restaurant/bar in Westminster which was located within the West End Cumulative Impact Area (CIA). This Premises had been operating for 10 years during which no complaints or issues relating to its operation had arisen. It also operated 2 restaurants within the Shard which had 24 hours licences, and these also had not been the source of any issues. Additional restaurants were also currently operated in Hong Kong, New York, Miami and Dubai. It was intended to operate the Premises before the Sub-Committee as a restaurant providing a mixture of Japanese and Chinese food.

 

Mr Thomas explained that the application was for a reinstatement of a licence which had lapsed on 26 August 2018 following the bankruptcy of the previous tenant. Planning permission had recently been re-granted for the Premises with the main difference being the extension of the hours authorised for licensable activities to the Council’s core hours. The proposed opening hours would be in line with those granted through the planning permission. The applicant was simply seeking to reinstate the lapsed licence in accordance with the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and would also be subject to additional model conditions.

 

The Council’s policy highlighted that any premises located in a CIA, which this operation was not, whose licence had lapsed would normally be reinstated if it had not been lapsed for a long period of time.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.