Agenda and draft minutes

100 Wardour, Ground Floor, Wardour Street London, W1F 0TN (“The Premises”) 19/02509/LIREVP

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On 1^st March 2019 an application had been submitted by David Steele, Andy Mackay, Lucinda Mackay, Alan Geeves and Issac Romanov, for a review of the premises licence for 100 Wardour, Ground Floor, Wardour Street London, W1F 0TN (the Premises) on the grounds of prevention of public nuisance. The Premises was situated in the West End within the West End Cumulative Impact Area.

Mr Kevin Jackaman (Presenting Officer) outlined the Application and confirmed that five local residents had applied to review the Premises License and that representations had also been received from Environmental Health Services, the Licensing Authority, Westminster City Inspectors and six other residents.  Mr Richard Brown, (Westminster Citizen’s Advice Bureau) was representing residents. The Licensing Officer advised that Late representations had been received from the Applicants, the Environmental Health Service and the Premises Holder on 13 May 2019 and that all documentation had been circulated to all parties.

The Chair advised the Hearing that the Sub-Committee were determined to find a permanent resolution to the concerns and issues which had led to the Application being made and noted that the problems encountered by residents were historic and still ongoing.

Richard Brown addressed the Sub-Committee and introduced the residents who were present at the Hearing. Mr Brown advised that the residents resided in Soho Lofts and all were long-term residents. He commented that residents acknowledged and fully accepted that Soho was a lively area within the Capital and brought attention to the copious documents which had been submitted to the Sub-Committee. He commented that the late submissions included complaints about noise seeping into Flat 15 on 2^nd May (page 46 of the supplemental bundle) and a ‘timeline’ which detailed the public nuisance caused by the Premises since  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

Argyll News 21A Argyll Street London W1F 7TT (“The Premises”) 19/02892/LIPN

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Sale by Retail of Alcohol: Off the premises

Monday to Saturday 08:00hrs to 22:00hrs

Sunday: 10:00hrs to 22:00hrs

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

To alleviate the Sub-Committees concerns with ‘street drinking’ during the early hours of the morning, the Applicant agreed to amend the hours applied for ‘sale by Retail of alcohol (off sales) to a later start time of 10:00hrs Monday to Saturday.   

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

This was an application for a new premises licence in respect of the Argyll News situated at 21A Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TT. The Premises was situated in the West End Cumulative Impact Area.  The premises operated as a newsagent and convenience store. The application was to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises from 08:00hrs to 22:00hrs Monday to Saturday and 10:00hrs to 22:00hrs Sunday. These were within the core hours for off-sales of alcohol within Westminster. The Sub-Committee was advised that there was an error in the published report regarding the hours of sales and conditions and that a verification email in relation to the correct hours had been circulated to all parties. 

Mr Kevin Jackaman (Presenting Officer) confirmed that the Metropolitan Police Service, Licensing Authority and The Soho Society had withdrawn their representations.  Ms Jackaman advised the Sub-Committee that one local resident had maintained his representation,

Mr Robert Jordan (representing the Applicant) began by informing the Sub-Committee that the Applicant operated several similar premises within the Borough and these included areas located in the Cumulative Impact Zone. The Sub-Committee was advised that Mr Patel (Applicant) had a good relationship with the responsible authorities and had met with Environmental Health and the Metropolitan Police Service. Mr Jordan advised that Mr Patel was an experienced license holder and had been a vendor since the 1990s. During this period, he had no history of adding to cumulative impact or having received any complaints. 

Mr Jordan advised that the Applicant was willing to accept additional conditions and ensure that staff members undertake all the requisite training to actively promote all the licensing objectives. He stated that the Applicant had never served street drinkers and that all staff members were fully aware of their responsibilities about sales to intoxicated patrons. Mr Jordan highlighted that The Soho Society were satisfied with proposed conditions which had been submitted by the Applicant and that no representation had been received from any of the Responsible Authorities. Mr Jordan commented that the Applicant had liaised with Police  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.