Items
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Membership
To report any 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.
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University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7UW PDF 1 MB
App
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Ward
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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/ Not in Cumulative Impact Area
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University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield
Street, London, W1W 7UW
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New
Premises Licence
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18/07713/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No.3
Thursday 25 October 2018
Membership:
Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and
Councillor Jim Glen
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Kerry Simpkin
Committee Officer:
Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer: Michelle Steward
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health Team, Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association, Middleton Place
Residents Association, Councillor Jonathan Glanz (Ward Councillor)
and Local residents
Present: Ms Harriet Wells
(Solicitor for the Applicant), Mr Alex Fleming (The Applicant
andproposed DPS), Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health Team), Mr
Fred Drabble representing Mr Christopher Shaw), Mr Christopher Shaw
and Councillor Jonathan Glanz
University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, W1W
7UW (“The Premises”) 18/07713/LIPN
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Regulated Entertainment (Indoors):
Monday to Thursday:
09:00 to 23:30
Friday to Saturday:
09:00 to 00:00
Sunday: 09:00 to
22:30
Seasonal
variations/Non-standard timings: Sunday’s immediately before
a bank holiday: 09:00 to 00:00.
The premises may
provide the authorised licensable activities from the terminal hour
on New Year’s Eve to the commencement 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):
The Sub-Committee
considered an application by the University of Westminster The
Court of Governors, (“the Applicant”) for a New
Premises licence in respect of University of Westminster, 4-12
Little Titchfield Street, W1W 7UW.
The Presenting Officer provided an
outline of the application to the Sub-Committee. She confirmed that the Metropolitan
Police had withdrawn their
representation as conditions had been agreed with the
Applicant. Environmental Health had
maintained their representation on policy grounds. The Premises are located in the West End Ward but
not in a Cumulative Impact Area.
She further confirmed that representations had been received from
the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association, Middleton
Place Residents Association and local residents and these
were in relation to noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour.
All parties were invited to make
representations to the Sub-Committee in relation to the
application. The parties responded to the
Sub-Committee’s questions and were given an opportunity to
ask questions of each other.
Ms Wells advised
that the Sub-Committee had before it an application
for a new Premises licence. The Sub-Committee heard that the
Applicant was proposing to licence the Ground and Lower Ground
Floors, specifically Portland Hall, Lecture Theatre G.03 and the
Refectory to hire out for both external and private events. These
rooms were located in the middle of the University so that no noise
created at events would escape from the building. It was stated that the majority of events hosted
at the University would be conferences/lectures and amateur
dramatic shows performed by students.
The Sub-Committee was advised that the Applicant’s use of the
Premises was primarily for educational purposes. There was no
intention to open a permanent bar or hold regulated entertainment
as a primary event except for the odd live performance.
Mr Fleming advised that the University was being creative by
raising additional funds by hiring out their building for external
and private events. The majority of the
events would be held during the daytime so would be finished
between ...
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40-42 William IV Street, London, WC2N 4DD PDF 1 MB
App
No
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Ward
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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/ West End Cumulative Impact Area
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40-42
William IV Street, London, WC2N 4DD
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New
Premises Licence
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18/09429/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No.3
Membership:
Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and
Councillor Jim Glen
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance,
Policy
Adviser:
Kerry Simpkin
Committee Officer:
Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer: Michelle Steward
Relevant Representations: Local
residents
Present: Mr Alun Thomas
(Solicitor Representing the Applicant) and Mark Browning
(Representing the residents)
40-42
William IV Street, London, WC2N 4DD (“The Premises”)
18/09429/LIPN
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Late
Night Refreshment (Indoors):
Monday to Saturday :
23:00 to 23:30
Seasonal
Variations/Non Standard timings:
These hours to be
extended from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to
the start of permitted hours 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):
The Sub-Committee
considered an application by Shaftesbury Covent Garden Limited,
(“the Applicant”) for a New Premises licence in respect
of 40 – 42 William IV Street, London, WC2N 4DD.
The Chairman sought
clarification from the Policy Advisor and Legal Advisor in relation
to the Council’s Policy on ‘lapse licences’.
The Council’s Cumulative Impact Zone
Policy in Paragraph 2.4.8 stipulates that ‘Application for
new licences to replace licences which have lapsed because of the
failure to submit an interim authority notice in due time in the
event of the death or the insolvency of the licence holder will be
considered by the Licencing Authority as possible exceptions unless
there are representations that indicate that there have been
problems with the previous Licence. Licences may be granted
with conditions which replicate the effect of
those of the previous Licence and with conditions which
bring the licence in line with good practice on other licenses e.g.
Door supervisors’. The Sub-Committee was also advised that
the Premises must be considered as a new application and also on its own individual merit.
Mr Thomas clarified that
the application was seeking to reinstate the previous licence with
the same terms and conditions (mutatis mundas). He also advised
that the Premises Freehold had been
acquired and that the previous licence holder company had
gone into administration on 20 June 2018. Mr Thomas advised that
there was no ‘Shadow Licence’ in place and that a
letter had been sent to the Licensing Authority
which provided information on why the Licence had lapsed.
The Sub-Committee was advised that there was a three week period between the lapse of the Licence
and the application to reinstate the Premises Licence.
Mr Thomas advised that there
had been no concerns raised during the Premises recent history and
highlighted that no representations had been
received from any of the Responsible Authorities and that
Model Conditions were already incorporated onto the lapse Premises
Licence. He advised that the concerns
raised about the Premises were historic and were not against the
previous tenants. Mr Thomas reminded the Sub-Committee that they
could impose conditions which would help
to negate past concerns and ensure good practice.
The Sub-Committee was advised that Shaftesbury Covent Garden Limited
was currently in negotiation with two potential clients and was
committed in ensuring that ...
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Basement & Ground Floor, 5-6 Henrietta Street, London, WC2E 8PS PDF 919 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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3.
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St
James’s Ward/ West End Cumulative Impact Area
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Basement
& Ground Floor, 5-6 Henrietta Street, London, WC2E
8PS
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New
Premises Licence
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18/09161/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No.3
Thursday 25 October 2018
Membership:
Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and
Councillor Jim Glen
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Kerry Simpkin
Committee Officer:
Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer: Michelle Steward
Relevant Representations: Licensing
Authority and Local Resident
Present: Ms Lisa Sharkey (Agent
representing the Applicant), Linda Campin (representing the local
resident) and Ms Daisy Gadd (Licensing Authority)
Basement and Ground Floor, 5-6 Henrietta Street, WC2E 8PS
(“The Premises”) 18/09161/LIPN
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Sale
by retail of alcohol:
Monday to Saturday:
11:00 to 00:00
Sunday: 12:00 to
23:30
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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 Sub-Committee
considered an application by Taster Food UK Ltd, (“the
Applicant”) for a New Premises licence in respect of 5-6
Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8PS.
The Presenting Officer provided an
outline of the application to the Sub-Committee. She confirmed that Environmental Health and the
Metropolitan Police Service had withdrawn their representations as
conditions had been agreed with the Applicant. She advised that the Licensing Authority had
maintained their representation on policy grounds and the Premises
was located in St James’s Ward and within the West End
Cumulative Impact Area.
All parties were invited to make
representations to the Sub-Committee in relation to the
application. The parties responded to the
Sub-Committee’s questions and were given an opportunity to
ask questions of each other.
Ms Sharkey advised that this was an application for a New
Premises Licence for Sale of Retail of Alcohol from Monday to
Saturday: 11:00 to 00:00 and Sunday: 12:00 to 23:30. The Premises would operate as a restaurant and the
Applicant had agreed that the model restaurant condition 66 be
attached to the licence. Ms Sharkey
stated that Din Tai Fung was a world renowned restaurant operation
with over 151 restaurants worldwide.
Mrs Sharkey advised that the
Applicant wished to retain a holding bar in the Premises purely for
the use of patrons waiting to be seated in the restaurant
area. The Applicant would also like to
operate the Premises slightly beyond Core Hours. She further advised that the Premises currently
had a Premises Licence that had not been surrendered to the
Licensing Authority and referred to paragraphs 2.4.8 and 2.1.8 of
the City Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy. She emphasised that the new licence should be
granted on the same terms as the existing licence, which allowed
the Premises to operate beyond Core Hours and have a bar, on the
basis that the current licence had not been surrendered
yet. Mrs Sharkey then referred to the
proposed conditions and suggested amendments and deletions to the
proposed conditions to be attached to the new Premises licence. The
Sub-Committee noted that the Applicant wished to have a holding bar
in the Premises and make changes to the some of the conditions,
however, Environmental Health and the Police had withdrawn their
representations on the basis that the conditions and in particular,
the model restaurant condition 66 had been agreed with the
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Unit 29, Trocadero, 13 Coventry Street, London, W1D 7AB 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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4.
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St
James’s Ward/ Not in Cumulative Impact Area
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Unit 29,
Trocadero, 13 Coventry Street, London, W1D 7AB
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New
Premises Licence
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18/08646/LIPN
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No.3
Thursday 25 October 2018
Membership:
Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and
Councillor Jim Glen
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Kerry Simpkin
Committee Officer:
Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer: Michelle Steward
Relevant Representations: Licensing
Authority and local residents
Present: Ms Lisa Sharkey
(Solicitor representing the Applicant), Mr Hadid Ahmed (Applicant,
Director Global Vips Limited) and Daisy Gadd (Licensing
Authority)
Unit
29, Trocadero, 13 Coventry Street, London, W1D 7AB (“The
Premises”) 18/08646/LIPN
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1.
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Late
Night Refreshment (Both):
Monday to Sunday:
23:00 to 05:00
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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 Sub-Committee
considered an application by Global Vips Limited, (“the
Applicant”) for a New Premises licence in respect of Unit 29,
Trocadero, 13
Coventry Street, W1D 7AB.
The Presenting Officer provided an
outline of the application to the Sub-Committee. She confirmed that the Licensing Authority had
maintained their representation on policy grounds and that the
Premises was located in the West End Cumulative Impact Area
(“CIA”). She further
confirmed that representation had been received by a local resident
and these were in relation to noise nuisance and anti-social
behaviour.
All parties were invited to make
representations to the Sub-Committee in relation to the
application. The parties responded to the
Sub-Committee’s questions and were given an opportunity to
ask questions of each other.
Ms Sharkey (Applicant’s
Representative) advised the Sub-Committee that Mr Ahmed had over 29 years’ experience managing and
operating convenience stores. He currently owns a similar premises
in Leicester Square and was reported to be well accustomed to the
local surrounding area its challenges and aware of the Local
Authorities concerns. Mr Ahmed has operated the Premises for 3
years, has a SIA Registered Badge and is also a Personal Licence
Holder.
The Sub-Committee was informed
that the Premises operates as a 24 Hours convenient store and also
serves a wide range of hot food which include pizzas, samosas,
sausage rolls and paninis. The hot food for sale is not prepared on
the Premises and is only reheated. The current premises license
permits the sale of hot food between 05:00 hours to 23:00 hours. Ms
Sharkey informed that Mr Ahmed wanted to serve hot food 24hrs and
this was required in order to meet current demands. At present, the
Applicant is unable to warm food after 23:00 hours. This condition
was reported to cause conflict with customers in particular when
staff members refuse their request to warm food. The Applicant
informed the Sub-Committee that to diffuse potential arguments and
to prevent staff being verbally abused by customers, signs advising
that the equipment to heat food are faulty are displayed after
23:00 hours. Patrons are redirected to other eateries when their
request for hot food is refused.
Ms Sharkey advised that Mr
Ahmed had applied for Temporary Event Notice (TENs) and when
granted these had not caused any public nuisance. They were
reported to have also deter ‘conflicts’ between
customers and staff members. She further stated ...
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Essentials, Unit 1, Leicester Square Station, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0AP PDF 1 MB
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Ward
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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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Essentials, Unit 1, Leicester Square Station,
Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0AP
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Premises
Licence
Variation
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18/08641/LIPV
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Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No.3
Thursday 25 October 2018
Membership:
Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and
Councillor Jim Glen
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Kerry Simpkin
Committee Officer:
Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer: Michelle Steward
Relevant Representations: Licensing
Authority and Transport for London (TFL in support of the
application)
Present: Ms Lisa Sharkey
(Solicitor representing the Applicant)
and Ms Daisy Gadd (Licensing Authority)
Essentials, Unit 1, Leicester Square Station, Charing Cross
Road,
WC2H
0AP(“The Premises”) 18/08641/LIPV
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Late
Night Refreshment (Both):
Friday to Saturday:
23:00 to 05:00
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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 Sub-Committee
considered an application by Global Vips Limited, (“the
Applicant”) for a Variation to the Premises licence in
respect of Unit 1, Leicester Square Station, Charing Cross Road,
London WC2H 0AP.
The Presenting Officer provided an
outline of the application to the Sub-Committee. She confirmed that the Licensing Authority had
maintained their representation on policy grounds. The Premises are located in St James’s Ward
and within the West End Cumulative Impact Area.
All parties were invited to make
representations to the Sub-Committee in relation to the
application. The parties responded to the
Sub-Committee’s questions and were given an opportunity to
ask questions of each other.
Ms Sharkey advised that this
was an application for a variation of a premises licence for Late
Night Refreshment (on and off) the Premises Friday to Saturday:
23:00 to 05:00. The Sub-Committee heard
that the Premises currently operated as a convenience store and
already benefited from a licence for the sale of alcohol off the
Premises. It was stated that Mr Ahmed
(Applicant) had over 29 years’ experience managing and
operating Convenience stores and was well accustomed to the local
surrounding area. Mr Ahmed was also a
SIA Licence Holder and a Personal Licence Holder. Mr Ahmed now wished to add Late Night Refreshment
in line with the operation of the late night tube during the
weekends. The Sub-Committee was
informed that the Premises had operated these hours under a number
of Temporary Event Notices and there had been no Public Nuisance or
complaints made to the relevant authorities.
Ms Sharkey advised that the
application be granted under exceptional circumstances due to the
Premises being located within the
underground public side concourse of Leicester Square tube station.
Ms Sharkey advanced the argument further by stating, that there was
a high level of security inside the Tube station and that people
purchasing food from the Premises would be largely leaving the West
End. The Sub-Committee noted that Transport for London had
submitted a letter of support for the application and indicated
that the Premises had no negative impact on them regarding Crime
and Disorder or Public Nuisance.
The Licensing
Authority had maintained their representation on policy grounds in
accordance with Policy FFP2. Policy FFP2 states that “the
grant of variations or new licences for fast food premises in the
Cumulative Impact Areas should be limited to exceptional
circumstances” and it ...
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3 Saville Row, London, W1S 3PB PDF 781 KB
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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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6.
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West End Ward /
Not in a cumulative impact
area
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3 Saville Row, London, W1S
3PB
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Temporary Event
Notice
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18/12161/
LITENN
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Additional documents:
Minutes:
LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No.3
Thursday 25 October 2018
Membership:
Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Peter Freeman and
Councillor Jim Glen
Legal
Adviser:
Horatio Chance
Policy
Adviser:
Kerry Simpkin
Committee Officer:
Sarah Craddock
Presenting Officer: Michelle Steward
Relevant Representations: Environmental
Health and Metropolitan Police Service
Present: Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health) and PC Reaz Guerra (Metropolitan Police)
3
Savile Row, London, W1S 3PB (“The Premises”)
18/12161/LITENN
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Temporary Event Notice
- Sale by Retail of
Alcohol
- Late Night
Refreshment
- Regulated
Entertainment
09:00 (30 January
2019) – 03:00 (31 January 2019)
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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 Sub-Committee
considered an application by Mr Vittorio Mischi, (“the Applicant”) for a
Temporary Event Notice in respect of 3 Savile Row, W1S
3PB.
The Presenting Officer provided an
outline of the Temporary Event Notice to the
Sub-Committee. She confirmed that
Environmental Health and the Metropolitan had given notice of
objection under s.104 (2) of the Licencing Act (“The
Act”) and that the Premises was located in St James’s
Ward but not in a Cumulative Impact Area. The Applicant, Mr Vittorio Mischi, was not in attendance as he was currently
abroad. It was
stated that the Applicant had emailed earlier in the day to
request an Adjournment but did not give a reason as to why he could
not attend the hearing.
The Chairman was advised by PC
Guerra that the Applicant had been made
fully aware of the hearing date and had not indicated that he would
be unable to attend on that date. The
Legal Adviser advised that the Applicant had left it
very late to request an Adjournment and that Temporary Event
Notices needed to be considered within a set time period as set out
in the Act. In the absence of an exceptional reason provided by the
Applicant and given the public interest test the Sub-Committee
decided to hear the application.
PC Guerra (representing the Metropolitan
Police) advised that this was an application for a
Temporary Event Notice to bring the Beatles together again to play
on the roof of the Premises The
Sub-Committee heard that there was insufficient details describing
the management of the event and how the licensing objectives would
be promoted. The Premises did not have
the benefit of a Premises Licence and the event would attract huge
numbers of people to the area involving road closures and high
security in the area.
Mr Dave Nevitt (representing Environmental Health)
concurred with the Metropolitan Police and advised that the
proposed event was likely to increase Public Nuisance and may
impact on Public Safety. He advised that there was no details on how over
400 people would be kept safe on a roof top and that an open air
event at 3am would cause a great deal of Public
Nuisance. Mr Nevitt advised that he had spoken to the Applicant
about a week ago and had informed him that a great deal more detail
was needed about the ...
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