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Contact: Kisi Smith-Charlemagne, Senior Committee and Governance Officer  Email:  kscharlemagne@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 07817054613

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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 the existence and nature of any pecuniary interests or any other significant interest in matters on this agenda.

Minutes:

2.1      There were no declarations of interest.

1.

Ground Floor and Basement, 37 Duke Street, London, W1U 1LN pdf icon PDF 21 MB

App

No

Ward/ Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

West End Ward

Ground Floor and Basement, 37 Duke Street, London, W1U 1LN

New Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) Premises Licence

20/02836/LISEVN

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

WCC LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO. 6

 

Thursday 27th August 2020

 

Membership:           Councillor Murad Gassanly (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and Councillor Aicha Less

 

Officer Support:       Legal Officer:           Barry Panto

                                Policy Officer:          Aaron Hardy

                                Committee Officer:  Tristan Fieldsend

                                Presenting Officer:  Michelle Steward

 

 

Application for a New Premises Licence [20/02859/LIPN]

 

Application for a New Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence [20/02836/LISEVN]

 

Full Decision

 

Premises

 

Blush

Ground Floor Entrance and Basement

37 Duke Street

London, W1U 1LN

 

 

Applicant

 

Electshow Limited (Wahid Mekhaiel in attendance)

Represented by Craig Baylis, BCLP Law

 

 

Cumulative Impact Area?

 

No

 

 

Ward

 

Marylebone High Street

 

 

Summary of Application

 

According to the application form, the premises intend to trade as a lap dancing club (perhaps more appropriately referred to as a table dancing. pole dancing or striptease club). A separate application has been made for a Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) licence for the premises.

 

The SEV application states that the applicants have significant experience of operating a venue of this type at the Mayfair Club in Dover Street. The Mayfair Club has now closed, and it appears that the applicants are seeking to transfer the SEV operation from those premises to 37 Duke Street. The proposed conditions set out in the Operating Schedule for the Premises Licence are very similar to the conditions on the licence for the Mayfair Club.

 

There is an existing premises licence for 37 Duke Street (licence number 19/11489/LIPV). That licence is also held by Electshow Limited and permits the premises to be used as a nightclub. The differences between the hours on the existing Premises Licence and the hours for the new application are set out below. It will be noticed that the terminal hours are the same from Monday to Saturday, but the commencement hours are much later.

 

Although the application states that the applicants intend to trade as a lap dancing club, proposed conditions also suggest that the applicants might want to continue operating as a nightclub on some days of the week. The existing licence is conditioned to operate as a nightclub. Many of the conditions on the existing licence have not been replicated as part of the new application, but Environmental Health have suggested additional conditions to reflect the fact that the premises might well continue to operate as a nightclub on some days of the week.  

 

 

Proposed Activities and Hours for the Premises Licence

 

Retail Sale of Alcohol [On sales]

 

Hours now sought

 

Monday to Saturday:          20.00 to 06.00 on the following day

Sunday:                              20.00 to 00.30 on the following day

 

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

 

Compared to what the applicant currently has (which includes Off Sales) 

 

Monday to Saturday:          10.00 to 06.00 on the following day

Sunday:                              12.00 to 00.30 on the following day

 

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

 

Late Night Refreshment [Indoors]

 

Hours now sought

 

Monday to Saturday:          23.00 to 05.00 on the following day

Sunday:                              23.00 to 00.30 on the following day  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

Blush, Ground Floor Entrance and Basement, 37 Duke Street, London, W1U 1LN pdf icon PDF 12 MB

App

No

Ward/ Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

2.

Marylebone High Street Ward / not in cumulative impact area 

Blush, Ground Floor Entrance and Basement, 37 Duke Street, London, W1U 1LN

New

20/02859/LIPN

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

WCC LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE NO. 6

 

Thursday 27th August 2020

 

Membership:           Councillor Murad Gassanly (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and Councillor Aicha Less

 

Officer Support:       Legal Officer:           Barry Panto

                                Policy Officer:          Aaron Hardy

                                Committee Officer:  Tristan Fieldsend

                                Presenting Officer:  Michelle Steward

 

 

Application for a New Premises Licence [20/02859/LIPN]

 

Application for a New Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence [20/02836/LISEVN]

 

Full Decision

 

Premises

 

Blush

Ground Floor Entrance and Basement

37 Duke Street

London, W1U 1LN

 

 

Applicant

 

Electshow Limited (Wahid Mekhaiel in attendance)

Represented by Craig Baylis, BCLP Law

 

 

Cumulative Impact Area?

 

No

 

 

Ward

 

Marylebone High Street

 

 

Summary of Application

 

According to the application form, the premises intend to trade as a lap dancing club (perhaps more appropriately referred to as a table dancing. pole dancing or striptease club). A separate application has been made for a Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) licence for the premises.

 

The SEV application states that the applicants have significant experience of operating a venue of this type at the Mayfair Club in Dover Street. The Mayfair Club has now closed, and it appears that the applicants are seeking to transfer the SEV operation from those premises to 37 Duke Street. The proposed conditions set out in the Operating Schedule for the Premises Licence are very similar to the conditions on the licence for the Mayfair Club.

 

There is an existing premises licence for 37 Duke Street (licence number 19/11489/LIPV). That licence is also held by Electshow Limited and permits the premises to be used as a nightclub. The differences between the hours on the existing Premises Licence and the hours for the new application are set out below. It will be noticed that the terminal hours are the same from Monday to Saturday, but the commencement hours are much later.

 

Although the application states that the applicants intend to trade as a lap dancing club, proposed conditions also suggest that the applicants might want to continue operating as a nightclub on some days of the week. The existing licence is conditioned to operate as a nightclub. Many of the conditions on the existing licence have not been replicated as part of the new application, but Environmental Health have suggested additional conditions to reflect the fact that the premises might well continue to operate as a nightclub on some days of the week.  

 

 

Proposed Activities and Hours for the Premises Licence

 

Retail Sale of Alcohol [On sales]

 

Hours now sought

 

Monday to Saturday:          20.00 to 06.00 on the following day

Sunday:                              20.00 to 00.30 on the following day

 

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

 

Compared to what the applicant currently has (which includes Off Sales) 

 

Monday to Saturday:          10.00 to 06.00 on the following day

Sunday:                              12.00 to 00.30 on the following day

 

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

 

Late Night Refreshment [Indoors]

 

Hours now sought

 

Monday to Saturday:          23.00 to 05.00 on the following day

Sunday:                              23.00 to 00.30 on the following day  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.