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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:

In respect of application 9, 11 Great Cumberland Place, Councillor Heather Acton declared that she lives reasonably close to the premises (not close enough to be able to see the premises from her residence) and occasionally uses the shop.  She did not believe that what was proposed would impact on her personally and it therefore did not affect her ability to consider the application impartially.

3.

Cafe Baku Ltd, 22-24 Lansdowne Row, W1 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

App

No

Ward

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

West End Ward / not in cumulative impact area

Cafe Baku Ltd, 22-24 Lansdowne Row, W1

Vary existing temporary licence – Section 21 of City of Westminster Act 1999

17/04644/STTCV

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health.

 

Present:  Ms Miriam Hogg (Solicitor, Representing the Applicant), Mr Erfan Zargarian (Applicant) and Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health).

 

Café Baku Ltd, 22-24 Lansdowne Row, W1

17/04644/STTCV

 

 

Application determined under Section 21 of the City of Westminster Act 1999.

 

Application to vary the existing temporary licence, increasing the hours when the tables and chairs can be used from 23:00 to midnight every day of the week. 

 

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

 

The Sub-Committee heard from Ms Hogg, representing the Applicant in respect of the application.  Ms Hogg referred to the premises at 22-24 Lansdowne Row having planning permission for the use of the pavement for the placing of tables and chairs until midnight for the temporary period until 30 April 2018.  She stated that this would have taken into account considerations such as those relating to amenity and potential disturbance to residents.  She stated that she was aware that it is rare for the Council to allow the public highway to be used after 23:00 for placing tables and chairs.  The exceptions for later external seating were in central Westminster locations such as Leicester Square and Heddon Street.  Ms Hogg expressed the view that there were exceptional grounds for varying the existing temporary tables and chairs licence and permitting their use until midnight.

 

The exceptional grounds given by Ms Hogg included that there was a limited number of residents in the locality that she believed were impacted by customers sitting outside the premises until midnight.  It was her view that any noise would be contained in Lansdowne Row.  She referred to the nearest residents living in Curzon Street on the western side and Berkeley Street on the eastern side whilst the southern side of Lansdowne Row was occupied by a hotel and the northern side of Lansdowne Row by offices.  In terms of the dispersal of customers, Ms Hogg commented that with traffic and ambient noise at this location including from other premises, up to a maximum of 26 people leaving from the outside area would have a minimal impact on residents. 

 

Another reason given by Ms Hogg as to why the temporary tables and chairs licence should be extended to midnight was the profile of the customers being different from other premises.  This was because the style of the offering was centred around shisha, imported from Azerbaijan.  She described this as being relatively expensive (about £50 per hour to customers to partake) and was traditionally enjoyed during the evening and after dinner.  Alcohol sold at the premises was responsible for approximately 10% of sales and consumption was very low.  Ms Hogg added that customers leaving the premises at midnight were likely not to be intoxicated or be having loud conversations.

 

Ms Hogg stated that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, Exhibition Road, W2 pdf icon PDF 902 KB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

2.

Knightsbridge & Belgravia Ward / not in cumulative impact area

Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, Exhibition Road, W2

Variation of a premises licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/05302/LIPV

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gallery, Kensington Gardens, Exhibition Road, W2

17/05302/LIPV

 

 

Application adjourned to a future Licensing Sub-Committee meeting at the Applicant’s request. 

 

 

5.

The Serpentine Secker Gallery & The Magazine, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, Exhibition Road, W2 pdf icon PDF 3 MB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

3.

Knightsbridge & Belgravia Ward / not in cumulative impact area

The Serpentine Secker Gallery & The Magazine, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, Exhibition Road, W2

Variation of a premises licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/05352/LIPV

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

The Serpentine Secker Gallery & The Magazine, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, Exhibition Road, W2

17/05352/LIPV

 

 

Application adjourned to a future Licensing Sub-Committee meeting at the Applicant’s request. 

 

 

6.

32 Henrietta Street, WC2 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

4.

St James’s Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

32 Henrietta Street, WC2

New Premises Licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/05529/LIPN

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health, Licensing Authority and 2 local residents.

 

Present:  Mr Stephen Walsh QC (Representing the Applicant), Ms Lisa Inzani (Solicitor, on behalf of the Applicant), Mr Matt Lovell and Mr Rob Hampton (Directors, Applicant Company), Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health), Mr David Sycamore (Licensing Authority) and Mrs Linda Campin (local resident).

 

32 Henrietta Street, WC2

17/05529/LIPN

 

1.

Late Night Refreshment (Indoors and Outdoors)

 

 

Monday to Thursday:                            23:00 to 23:30

Friday to Saturday:                               23:00 to 00:00

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

Mr Walsh, representing the Applicant Company, advised the Sub-Committee that the application had been amended so that there would be no takeaway after 23:00.

 

 

 

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

 

 

The Sub-Committee heard from Mr Walsh, representing the Applicant Company.  He described the premises as a high quality seafood restaurant.  The establishment was currently operating with the benefit of Temporary Event Notices.  Mr Walsh stated that he believed the proposed conditions had been agreed with the Responsible Authorities, including the Council’s model restaurant condition, MC66.  It was also his understanding that the Responsible Authorities no longer objected to the application.  The Applicant was now proposing hours that were in keeping with the Council’s Core Hours policy except for a commencement hour of 10:00 on Sunday in order to provide a brunch option.

 

Mr Walsh explained that the area of difference between the Applicant and Mrs Campin, local resident, was that Mrs Campin was requesting that the premises would close at 22:30 or at least that licensable activities ceased at this hour.  This was on the basis that other licensed premises in the vicinity trade until this time.  Mr Walsh wished to clarify that whilst premises such as Bella Italia in the area may only trade until 22:30, they were permitted to trade to Core Hours.  It was possible that the seafood restaurant might not trade until the proposed terminal hour every night in the event the application was granted but the Applicant wished to have some flexibility.  There was a capacity of 26.  Mr Walsh added that the Applicant would work closely with Mrs Campin and be a good neighbour.

 

The Sub-Committee asked Mr Walsh whether he was content for the hours the premises are open to the public to be in keeping with Core Hours in order to comply with the Core Hours policy.  Mr Walsh confirmed that his client was content with this subject to retaining the 10:00 opening hour on Sunday.

 

Mr Watson on behalf of Environmental Health advised that he had visited the premises to clear the works ten days previously.  There was therefore no need for works conditions to be attached to the premises licence in the event it was granted.  32 Henrietta Street was a 26 capacity restaurant which  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.

Sketch, 9 Conduit Street, W1 pdf icon PDF 1 MB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

5.

West End Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

Sketch, 9 Conduit Street, W1

Variation of a Premises Licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/04660/LIPV

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health, Licensing Authority and Metropolitan Police.

 

Present:  Mr Thomas O’Maoileoin (Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Ms Melosie (Operations Director, Applicant Company), Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health) and Mr David Sycamore (Licensing Authority).

 

Sketch, 9 Conduit Street, W1

17/04660/LIPV

 

1.

Sale by retail of alcohol (On and Off)

 

 

From

 

Sunday 12:00 to 00:30

To

 

Sunday 12:00 to 01:00

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

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

 

 

Mr O’Maoileoin, representing the Applicant, explained that the main intention of the application for the variation of the premises licence was to extend the terminal hour by half an hour on Sundays for the sale of alcohol in the downstairs restaurant to the rear of the premises to 01:00.  The application only applied to the restaurant area which has 120 covers.  He commented that there would not be 120 people leaving the restaurant on Monday morning at 01:00. 

 

Mr O’Maoileoin advised he was also seeking to remove out of date conditions on the licence following discussions with Environmental Health and add a couple of new conditions.  One of the new conditions was that after 23:00 the supply of alcohol in the restaurant would be ancillary to seated customers consuming a table meal.  He was content for the alcohol to be served by waiter or waitress (this was not included in the proposed conditions).

 

The Sub-Committee had concerns regarding the proposed removal of condition 20 (i) (c) which set out that ‘the sale of alcohol must be ancillary to the use of the premises for music and dancing and substantial refreshment’.  This was because if the sale of alcohol was not ancillary to substantial refreshment then the premises could be drink led.  Mr O’Maoileoin responded that he was content for the sale of alcohol to be ancillary to the use of the premises for substantial refreshment.  He was not seeking for the premises to be drink led.

 

The Sub-Committee heard from Mr Nevitt on behalf of Environmental Health.  He advised that the advantage of the application was greater clarity in respect of the conditions on the premises licence.  Some of the conditions on the existing premises licence were being amended with improved wording, including in some cases the Council’s model conditions.  He emphasised that it was important not to change the nature of the premises.  The application was restricted to the restaurant area.  Mr Nevitt stated that balanced against the improved conditions was the proposed extension of the terminal hour for the sale of alcohol on Sundays with up to 120 people leaving the premises later.  He added that he had maintained his representation because of the later terminal hour for the sale of alcohol on Sundays in the West End Cumulative Impact Area.

 

The Sub-Committee was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.

Restaurant, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, WC2 pdf icon PDF 3 MB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

6.

St James’s Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

Restaurant, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, WC2

New Premises Licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/05581/LIPN

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health and Licensing Authority.

 

Present:  Mr Stephen Walsh QC (Representing the Applicant), Ms Lisa Inzani (Solicitor, on behalf of the Applicant), Ms Debbie Fellows (Designated Premises Supervisor), Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health) and Mr David Sycamore (Licensing Authority).

 

Restaurant, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, WC2

17/05581/LIPN

 

1.

Late Night Refreshment (Indoors and Outdoors)

 

 

Monday to Saturday:                            23:00 to 00:30

Sunday:                                                 23:00 to 00:00

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

 

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

 

 

The Sub-Committee proposed that the two applications for Restaurant, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand (17/05581/LIPN) and Bar, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand (17/05624/LIPN) would be heard together.  There were no objections from any of the parties who had made representations regarding this approach.  The Sub-Committee when determining the two applications considered the applications separately.

 

Mr Walsh, representing the Applicant Company, explained that Joe Allen the American restaurant had traded at 13 Exeter Street from 1979 until 2017.  13 Exeter Street was being redeveloped as a hotel and the Joe Allen operation was being moved to the Strand Palace Hotel.  The areas sought to be licensed were included within the current licence for the Strand Palace Hotel (16/04629/LIPVM). In the event that the two applications for the restaurant and bar were granted by the Sub-Committee at the Strand Palace Hotel, the Hotel would de-licence the ground floor areas via a minor variation application.  Mr Walsh made the additional point that his client was content for a condition to be attached to the licence that no licensable activities would take place at the premises until the minor variation application had come into effect and the Hotel premises licence had been de-licensed.

 

Mr Walsh acknowledged that slightly longer hours for the sale of alcohol (half an hour extra Monday to Thursday, an hour extra on Sundays that did not precede Bank Holidays and half an hour extra on Sundays that did precede Bank Holidays) were being applied for in respect of the bar area that was the subject of the new application than for the bar area on the existing Strand Palace Hotel premises licence.  He said that the reason for this was that whilst the Joe Allen restaurant was physically separate from the bar, the bar was complementary to the restaurant and had the same management team.  The Applicant was seeking to mirror the hours of the two areas.  The hours sought for the sale of alcohol for the Joe Allen restaurant were identical to those permitted for the restaurant area within the existing hotel premises licence.  Mr Walsh made the point that in discussions with the Applicant the Police had recommended that the restaurant and bar operating hours should be the same in order  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

9.

Bar, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, WC2 pdf icon PDF 3 MB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

7.

St James’s Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

Bar, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, WC2

New Premises Licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/05624/LIPN

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health and Licensing Authority.

 

Present:  Mr Stephen Walsh QC (Representing the Applicant Company), Ms Lisa Inzani (Solicitor, on behalf of the Applicant), Mr Lawrence Hartley (Director, Applicant Company), Ms Debbie Fellows (Designated Premises Supervisor), Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health) and Mr David Sycamore (Licensing Authority).

 

Bar, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand, WC2

17/05624/LIPN

 

1.

Late Night Refreshment (Indoors and Outdoors)

 

 

Monday to Saturday:                            23:00 to 00:30

Sunday:                                                 23:00 to 00:00

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

 

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

 

 

The Sub-Committee proposed that the two applications for Restaurant, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand (17/05581/LIPN) and Bar, Ground Floor, Strand Palace Hotel, 372 Strand (17/05624/LIPN) would be heard together.  There were no objections from any of the parties who had made representations regarding this approach.  The Sub-Committee when determining the two applications considered the applications separately.

 

Mr Walsh, representing the Applicant Company, explained that Joe Allen the American restaurant had traded at 13 Exeter Street from 1979 until 2017.  13 Exeter Street was being redeveloped as a hotel and the Joe Allen operation was being moved to the Strand Palace Hotel. The areas sought to be licensed were included within the current licence for the Strand Palace Hotel (16/04629/LIPVM). In the event that the two applications for the restaurant and bar were granted by the Sub-Committee at the Strand Palace Hotel, the Hotel would de-licence the ground floor areas via a minor variation application.  Mr Walsh made the additional point that his client was content for a condition to be attached to the licence that no licensable activities would take place at the premises until the minor variation application had come into effect and the Hotel premises licence had been de-licensed.

 

Mr Walsh acknowledged that slightly longer hours for the sale of alcohol (half an hour extra Monday to Thursday, an hour extra on Sundays that did not precede Bank Holidays and half an hour extra on Sundays that did precede Bank Holidays) were being applied for in respect of the bar area that was the subject of the new application than for the bar area on the existing Strand Palace Hotel premises licence.  He said that the reason for this was that whilst the Joe Allen restaurant was physically separate from the bar, the bar was complementary to the restaurant and had the same management team.  The Applicant was seeking to mirror the hours of the two areas.  The hours sought for the sale of alcohol for the Joe Allen restaurant were identical to those permitted for the restaurant area within the existing hotel premises licence.  Mr Walsh made the point that in discussions with the Applicant the Police had recommended that the restaurant and bar operating  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

10.

Victory House, 14 Leicester Place, WC2 pdf icon PDF 1 MB

App

No

Ward / Cumulative impact area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

8.

St James’s Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

Victory House, 14 Leicester Place, WC2

New Premises Licence – Licensing Act 2003

17/05429/LIPN

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health and Licensing Authority.

 

Present:  Ms Lisa Sharkey (Solicitor, representing the Applicant), Mr Jamie Poulton (Managing Director, Randall and Aubin), Mr Amit Jailty (Hotel General Manager), Mr Ian Watson (Environmental Health) and Mr David Sycamore (Licensing Authority).

 

Victory House, 14 Leicester Place, WC2

17/05429/LIPN

 

1.

Late Night Refreshment (Indoors and Outdoors)

 

 

Monday to Sunday:                              23:00 to 01:00

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

 

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

 

 

The Sub-Committee heard from Ms Sharkey, representing the Applicant.  She referred to the premises being formally licensed up until a couple of years ago and that it had been an on licence operating until 01:00 on the ground floor, first floor and mezzanine.  She stated that an area her client was seeking the terminal hour of 01:00 for was the bar and restaurant on the ground floor.  The proposed footprint was slightly less in size than the ground floor area used previously as the hotel reception for Victory House was included there.  Ms Sharkey also provided the information that the outside area had been used by the previous operator as well.

 

Ms Sharkey referred to some of the proposed conditions discussed with the Responsible Authorities (the Police had withdrawn their representation).  The Applicant had amended condition 10 of the proposed conditions so that the premises would now operate as a restaurant after 20:00 save for hotel residents and four bona fide guests and persons attending a pre-booked private or corporate function.  The time when the premises would become a restaurant as set out in the Council’s model condition MC66 had been reduced from 21:00 in order to bring it into line with Council policy.  Ms Sharkey also proposed a limit of 20 people for the pre-booked private or corporate functions.  She added that she did not envisage many private or corporate functions to be booked because they would take place where the hotel/bar reception was located.  They would most likely occur during the daytime.

 

Ms Sharkey explained that condition 12 of the proposed conditions was also being amended following discussions with the Police so that a SIA licensed door supervisor would now be on duty from midday each day rather than the 20:00 previously offered.  The door supervisor would be on duty until the last non-resident had left the restaurant.  She made the point that there was no physical bar due to lack of space and it therefore could not be seen from the street.  The style of the operation would be a French brasserie.  There would be no external advertising of bar facilities.  People would see customers sat down and served by waiter or waitress.  There were 50 covers internally and 32 covers externally. 

 

Ms Sharkey was asked by the Sub-Committee to provide  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

11.

11 Great Cumberland Place W1 pdf icon PDF 11 MB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative

Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

9.

Bryanston And Dorset Square Ward / not in cumulative impact area

11 Great Cumberland Place, W1

Temporary Event Notice

17/06451/LITENP & 17/06445/LITENP

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 6

Thursday 13th July 2017

 

Membership:              Councillor Jean-Paul Floru (Chairman), Councillor Heather Acton and Councillor Aziz Toki

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Yolanda Wade

 

Relevant Persons Objecting:      Metropolitan Police.

 

Present:  Mr Thomas O’Maoileoin (Solicitor, representing Premises User), Mr Salim Shah (Owner of premises) and PC Bryan Lewis (Metropolitan Police).

 

Declaration:  Councillor Heather Acton declared that she lives reasonably close to the premises (not close enough to be able to see the premises from her residence) and occasionally uses the shop.  She did not believe that what was proposed would impact on her personally and it therefore did not affect her ability to consider the application impartially.

 

11 Great Cumberland Place, W1

17/06445/LITENP & 17/06451/LITENP (Temporary Event Notices)

 

 

Proposal: The sale by retail of alcohol (off)

 

Event Period:        17/06445/LITENP

23:00 on 28 July 2017 to 23:59 on 28 July 2017

23:00 on 29 July 2017 to 23:59 on 29 July 2017

 

17/06451/LITENP

23:00 on 5August 2017 to 23.59 on 5 August 2017

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

Mr O’Maoileoin advised the Sub-Committee that the Temporary Event Notice 17/06451/LITENP had been withdrawn for the proposed event on 5 August.

 

Decision:

 

Following Councillor Acton’s declaration, Mr O’Maoileoin was asked whether he or his client had any objection to her considering the application.  He replied that they had no objection whatsoever to her considering the application.

 

Mr O’Maoileoin explained when withdrawing the Temporary Event Notice (‘TEN’) for 5 August 2017 (17/06451/LITENP) that his client was mindful of the concerns of the Metropolitan Police.  The Premises User had originally applied for 13 TENs in 21 days.  He was now seeking the additional hour from 23:00 on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 July.  Mr O’Maoileoin advised that whilst off-sales of alcohol ceased at 23:00, the premises operated 24 hours a day.  If the application was granted, the conditions on the premises licence would be attached to the TENs.  There were seven personal licence holders working at the shop at different times of the day and all staff members were trained.  There were 16 CCTV cameras at the shop.

 

Mr O’Maoileoin stated that the Police’s concerns were due to there being potential flashpoints at Marble Arch late into the evening.  For this reason, the Premises User was offering to have a SIA registered security person outside the premises for the two evenings applied for.  He confirmed in response to the Police’s written representation in the report that there had been an incident at the premises on 19 July 2016.  Thugs had moved on from another incident in McDonalds in Marble Arch, some of whom had wielded knives.  That evening a Police Officer had been stabbed in the Hyde Park area.  From the CCTV footage at 11 Great Cumberland Place it had become apparent that a member of staff had been involved in an altercation.  Mr O’Maoileoin commented that the member of staff no longer worked at the premises.  He wished to make the point  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.