Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee (3) - Thursday 15th September, 2016 10.00 am

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Contact: Jonathan Deacon  Email:  jdeacon@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 020 7641 2783

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

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:

There were no declarations of interest from any of the members present.

3.

Sainsbury's, Unit R17, Paddington Station, Praed Street, W2 pdf icon PDF 4 MB

App

No

Ward/ Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

Hyde Park / not in cumulative impact area

Sainsbury’s, Unit R17, Paddington Station, Praed Street, W2

Variation

16/07713/LIPV

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 3

Thursday 15th September 2016

 

Membership:              Councillor Melvyn Caplan (Chairman), Councillor Louise Hyams and Councillor Rita Begum

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Committee Officer:     Tristan Fieldsend

Presenting Officer:     Claire Hayes

 

Relevant Representations:         Paddington Waterways & Maida Vale Society and South East Bayswater Residents’’ Association.

 

Present: Mr Robert Botkai (Solicitor, Representing the Applicant), Ms Joanne Surguy (Licensing Manager, Representing the Applicant), Mr Richard Brown (Solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau Licensing Advice Project, representing Paddington Waterways & Maida Vale Society and South East Bayswater Residents’ Association) and Mr John Zamit (South East Bayswater Residents’’ Association).

 

Sainsbury’s, Unit R17, Paddington Station, Praed Street, London

16/07713/LIPV

 

1.

Off Sales by Retail of Alcohol

 

 

Licensable Area

 

Current

 

Basement, ground and first floor.

 

 

Seasonal Variations

 

Current

 

Christmas Day: 12:00 to 15:00 and

19:00 to 22:30

 

Good Friday: 08:00 to 22:30

 

 

 

Proposed

 

Addition of an extended entrance on the ground floor.

 

 

 

Proposed

 

Removal of seasonal variations to allow alcohol to be sold in line with current permitted hours.

2.

Hours Premises are Open to the Public

 

 

Current Hours

 

Monday to Saturday: 08:00 – 23:00

Sunday: 10:00 – 22:30

 

Premises Area

 

Current

 

Basement, ground and first floor.

 

 

Proposed

 

Monday to Sunday: 00:00 – 00:00

 

 

 

 

Proposed

 

Addition of an extended entrance on the ground floor.

3.

Layout Alteration

 

To add an extended entrance on the ground floor in conjunction with the redevelopment of Paddington Station. No licensable activities will take place in the additional area. It is proposed that the area will not be used until October 2016.

 

4.

Conditions Being Varied, Added or Removed

 

Condition

Proposed Variation

 

Condition 5:

To remove condition 5 on the current licence relating to the times for the sale of alcohol to remove the restricted hours on Christmas Day and Good Friday.

 

Proposed variation:

To remove

Condition 6:

To remove condition 6 which reads that alcohol shall not be sold in an open container or be consumed in the licensed premises.

To be replaced with:

All sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises shall be in sealed containers only, and shall not be consumed on the premises.

 

 

To add additional conditions relating to:

 

  • CCTV.
  • Securing alcohol outside the authorised times for the sale of alcohol.
  • The percentage of the area for sale, exposure and display of alcohol.
  • The keeping of an incident book.
  • Levels of staffing and security.
  • Signage.
  • Waste and recycling.
  • Age verification policy.
  • Staff training in age restricted sales.
  • Staff training to record refusals of sales of alcohol.

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

None

 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee considered an application by Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited for a variation of a premises licence in respect of Unit R17, Paddington Station, Praed Street, London, W2 1RH.

 

The Licensing Officer provided an outline of the application to the Sub-Committee.

 

All parties were invited to make representations to the Sub-Committee in relation to the application.  The parties responded to members’ questions and were given an opportunity to ask questions of each other.

 

Mr Botkai, representing  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.