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Agenda and draft minutes

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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.

1 Irving Street, London, WC2H 7AT pdf icon PDF 673 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

App

Type

Licensing Ref No.

1.

St James’s Ward /West End Cumulative Impact Area

1 Irving Street

London

WC2H 7AT

New Premises

Licence

19/08807/LIPN

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4

Thursday 14th November 2019

 

Membership:           Councillor Karen Scarborough (Chairman), Councillor Susie Burbridge and Councillor Rita Begum

 

Legal Adviser:         Horatio Chance

Policy Adviser:         Aaron Hardy

Committee Officer:  Tristan Fieldsend

Presenting Officer:  Michelle Steward

 

Relevant Representations:    Licensing Authority and one local resident

 

Present: Mr Graham Hopkins (Licensing Consultant, representing the Applicant), Mr Ahmad Chahine (Applicant), Ms Angela Seaward (Licensing Authority), Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health) and Mr S.S. Beller (local resident)

 

1 Irving Street, London, WC2H 7AT (“The Premises”)

19/08807/LIPN

 

1.

Sale by Retail of Alcohol – On Sales

 

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 to 23:00

Friday to Saturday: 10:00 to 00:00

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:00

 

 

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 Mr Ahmad Chahine (“The Applicant”) for a new premises licence in respect of 1 Irving Street, London, WC2H 7AT.

 

The Licensing officer introduced the application and confirmed that the Police had withdrawn their representation following the agreement of conditions with the Applicant.

 

Mr Beller, a local resident, requested that additional photos of the Premises be circulated. The Applicant objected to this late submission but the Sub-Committee was of the opinion that they were relevant to the application and could be circulated to all parties. Mr Beller requested that the application be adjourned on the grounds that he had not been served the relevant notice of hearing within the required time period informing him that the Sub-Committee would be considering the application. Following a detailed discussion, the Sub-Committee agreed that the notice had been served correctly by the Licensing Authority and within the necessary time period and that it would be in the public interest for the hearing to continue and for the application to be considered.

 

Mr Hopkins, representing the Applicant, advised that a significant proportion of Mr Beller’s evidence related to planning matters which were separate to licensing considerations. It was also acknowledged that reference would be made to the establishment located at 2 and 3 Irving Street which was also owned by the Applicant and was situated adjacent to the Premises at 1 Irving Street. 2 and 3 Irving Street were not subject to the application however and therefore the Sub-Committee would be aware that the application at 1 Irving Street had to be considered on its own merits. The Legal Adviser to the Sub-Committee stated that planning and licensing were separate regimes. However, the Sub-Committee had to have regard to the recent tables and chairs planning application submitted for the external area which was refused by the City Council’s Planning Department in terms of its impact on the public nuisance licensing objective.

 

Mr Hopkins explained that the Applicant had obtained the lease for 1 Irving Street which was a very small Premises with a maximum number of 40 covers. It would operate as a bistro with the full Model 66 restaurant condition to be imposed on the licence requiring the supply of alcohol to be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

Thai Tho Soho, Rupert Street, London, W1D 6DP pdf icon PDF 3 MB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

App

Type

Licensing Ref No.

2.

St James’s Ward /West End Cumulative Impact Area

Thai Tho Soho

42 Rupert Street

London

W1D 6DP

Premises

Licence

Variation

19/11416/LIPV

 

Minutes:

The application was granted under delegated authority.

3.

28A Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LE pdf icon PDF 620 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

App

Type

Licensing Ref No.

3.

St James’s Ward /West End Cumulative Impact Area

28A Leicester Square

London

WC2H 7LE

New Premises

Licence

19/09073LIPN

 

Minutes:

The application was granted under delegated authority.

4.

Basement, 21 Rupert Street, London, W1D 7PJ pdf icon PDF 7 MB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

App

Type

Licensing Ref No.

4.

St James’s Ward /West End Cumulative Impact Area

Basement 21 Rupert Street

London

W1D 7PJ

New Premises

Licence

19/09071/LIPN

 

Minutes:

The application was granted under delegated authority.