Agenda item

3 Savile Row, London, W1S 3PB (“The Premises”) 18/12161/LITENN

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Temporary Event Notice

• Sale by Retail of Alcohol
• Late Night Refreshment
• Regulated Entertainment

09:00 (30 January 2019) – 03:00 (31 January 2019)

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 Vittorio Mischi, (“the Applicant”) for a Temporary Event Notice in respect of 3 Savile Row, W1S 3PB.

The Presenting Officer provided an outline of the Temporary Event Notice to the Sub-Committee.  She confirmed that Environmental Health and the Metropolitan had given notice of objection under s.104 (2) of the Licencing Act (“The Act”) and that the Premises was located in St James’s Ward but not in a Cumulative Impact Area.  The Applicant, Mr Vittorio Mischi, was not in attendance as he was currently abroad.  It was stated that the Applicant had emailed earlier in the day to request an Adjournment but did not give a reason as to why he could not attend the hearing.

The Chairman was advised by PC Guerra that the Applicant  had been made fully aware of the hearing date and had not indicated that he would be unable to attend on that date.  The Legal Adviser advised that the Applicant  had left it very late to request an Adjournment and that Temporary Event Notices needed to be considered within a set time period as set out in the Act. In the absence of an exceptional reason provided by the Applicant and given the public interest test  the Sub-Committee decided to hear the application.

PC Guerra (representing the Metropolitan Police) advised that this was an application for a Temporary Event Notice to bring the Beatles together again to play on the roof of the Premises  The Sub-Committee heard that there was insufficient details describing the management of the event and how the licensing objectives would be promoted.  The Premises did not have the benefit of a Premises Licence and the event would attract huge numbers of people to the area involving road closures and high security in the area.

Mr Dave Nevitt (representing Environmental Health) concurred with the Metropolitan Police and advised that the proposed event was likely to increase Public Nuisance and may impact on Public Safety.  He advised that there was no details on how over 400 people would be kept safe on a roof top and that an open air event at 3am would cause a great deal of Public Nuisance.  Mr Nevitt advised that he had spoken to the Applicant about a week ago and had informed him that a great deal more detail was needed about the management and operation of the event.  The Applicant had not been forthcoming with any further information regarding the event for the Sub-Committee to consider as part of the application process.

The Sub-Committee carefully considered all the submissions for the notice of objection and decided to issue a counter notice to the premises user, in accordance with s.105 of the  Act .  The Sub-Committee considered that there was wholly insufficient detail to allow such an event to take place. The Sub-Committee considered it was unfortunate that the Applicant could not attend the Hearing and explain the nature of his application in detail but were satisfied that the proper procedural steps had been undertaken in that he had been given notice of the date, and opportunities by the Responsible Authorities to submit further details about the event.  The Applicant did have the opportunity to submit a new application for a Temporary Event Notice that would need to detail the management and operation of the event.