Agenda item

Shiori, 45 Moscow Road, W2

App

No

Ward/ Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

5.

Lancaster Gate Ward / not applicable  

Shiori, 45 Moscow Road, W2

Variation

15/09578/LIPV

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 4

Thursday 12th January 2016

 

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

 

Legal Adviser:             Horatio Chance

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

 

Relevant Representations:         3 local residents.

 

Present:  Mr Alam (Representing the Applicant), Ms Kayoko Suzui (Director, Applicant Company) and Mr Akio Shindate (Assistant).

 

Declaration: Councillor Heather Acton declared that she had previously dined at Shiori.  This was not a personal or prejudicial interest and did not influence her decision making in any way.

 

Shiori, 45 Moscow Road, W2

15/09578/LIPV

 

1.

Sale by Retail of Alcohol (On and Off)

 

 

Current Hours

 

Monday to Saturday: 12:00 to 15:00 hours and 18:00 to 22:30

Proposed Hours

 

Monday to Saturday: 12:00 to 22:30

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:00

 

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

 

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

 

 

Mr Alam, representing the Applicant, explained that the premises as a result of the existing licence operated, including for the sale of alcohol, from 12:00 to 15:00 hours and 18:00 to 22:30 hours Monday to Saturday.  His client was seeking to sell alcohol from 12:00 to 22:30 hours Monday to Saturday without the break from 15:00 to 18:00 and remain open on these days until 23:00.  On Sundays, the Applicant wished to sell alcohol from 12:00 to 22:00 and remain open until 22:30 (the premises had not previously had licensable activities on Sundays).  Mr Alam emphasised that Shiori is a specialist Japanese restaurant that focuses on a specific clientele.  These include Japanese companies and embassy staff.  The average bill is £150-£200 per person and alcohol is £5 to £30 per glass.  Mr Alam added that the capacity for Shiori is 20 people including staff and there are 16 seats in the premises.

 

MrAlam made the points in response to residents’ written objections that Shiori currently sells alcohol for consumption on and off the premises until 22:30 Monday to Saturday and he did not believe this caused any issues to residents.  The residents’ concerns in their representations related to premises in general and there was no direct evidence of issues arising from the restaurant.  There were a number of licensed premises within 75 metres of Shiori which operate the same or longer hours.   

 

The Sub-Committee, in granting the application, noted that Shiori is run as a restaurant.  It is located outside the cumulative impact areas and the Applicant’s proposed extension of hours was largely during the daytime.  The opening hours sought involved an additional half an hour until 23:00 Monday to Saturday which is within the Council’s Core Hours policy.  The proposed hours on Sunday are also in keeping with Core Hours.  Members noted that there were no representations from the Council’s Environmental Health Department or the Police and no evidence to suggest that the restaurant was responsible for any nuisance being caused to local residents.

 

 

 

2.

Opening Hours

 

 

Current Hours

 

Monday to Saturday: 12:00 to 15:00 hours and 18:00 to 22:30 hours

Proposed Hours

 

Monday to Saturday: 12:00 to 23:00

Sunday: 12:00 to 22:30

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

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

 

 

The Sub-Committee granted the application, subject to conditions as set out below (see reasons for decision in Section 1).

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions attached to the Licence

Mandatory Conditions

 

 

1.         No supply of alcohol may be made at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of this licence.

 

2.         No supply of alcohol may be made at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or the personal licence is suspended.

 

3.         Every supply of alcohol under this licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

 

4.         (1)        The responsible person must ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.

 

(2)        In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises

 

(a)        games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to;

 

(i)         drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or

 

(ii)        drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);

 

(b)        provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

 

(c)        provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

 

(d)        selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable manner;

 

(e)        dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).

 

5.         The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

 

6.        (1)         The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

 

(2)        The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.

 

(3)        The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and either -

 (a)       a holographic mark, or

 (b)       an ultraviolet feature.

 

7.         The responsible person must ensure that –

 

(a)        where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures -

                        (i)         beer or cider: ½ pint;  

(ii)        gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

                        (iii)       still wine in a glass: 125 ml;

 

(b)        these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and

 

(c)        where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.

 

A responsible person in relation to a licensed premises means the holder of the premise licence in respect of the premises, the designated premises supervisor (if any) or any individual aged 18 or over who is authorised by either the licence holder or designated premises supervisor.  For premises with a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity that which enables him to prevent the supply of alcohol.

 

8          (i)         A relevant person shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.

 

(ii)        For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 8(i) above -

 

(a)        "duty" is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

           

(b)        "permitted price" is the price found by applying the formula -

 

P = D+(DxV)

 

Where -

           

(i)         P is the permitted price,

(ii)        D is the amount of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty     were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and

(iii)       V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;

 

(c)        "relevant person" means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premises licence -

                       

(i)         the holder of the premises licence,

(ii)        the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, or

(iii)       the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of    alcohol under such a licence;

 

(d)        "relevant person" means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and

 

(e)        "value added tax" means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

 

(iii).      Where the permitted price given by Paragraph 8(ii)(b) above would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

 

(iv).     (1)Sub-paragraph 8(iv)(2) below applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph 8(ii)(b) above on a day ("the first day") would be different from the permitted price on the next day ("the second day") as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.

(2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

 

Additional Conditions

 

9.         The premises shall only operate as a restaurant (i) in which customers are shown to their table, (ii) which provide food in the form of substantial table meals that are prepared on the premises and are served and consumed at the table using non disposable crockery, (iii) which do not provide any take away service of food or drink for immediate consumption, and (iv) where intoxicating liquor shall not be sold, supplied, or consumed on the premises otherwise than to persons who are bona fide taking substantial table meals and provided always that the consumption of intoxicating liquor by such persons is ancillary to taking such meals.

 

10.       The supply of alcohol shall be by waiter or waitress service only.

 

11.       All sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises shall be in sealed containers only, and shall not be consumed on the premises.

 

12.       No noise shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted through the structure of the premises which gives rise to a nuisance.

 

13.       Patrons permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises, e.g. to smoke, shall not be permitted to take drinks or glass containers with them.

 

14.       All waste shall be properly presented and placed out for collection no earlier than 30 minutes before the scheduled collection times.

 

15.     No rubbish, including bottles, shall be moved, removed or placed in outside areas between 23:00 hours and 08:00 hours.

 

16.       The pavement from the building line to the kerb edge immediately outside the premises, including gutter/channel at its junction with the kerb edge, shall be swept and or washed, and litter and sweepings collected and stored in accordance with the approved refuse storage arrangements.

 

17.       A challenge 21 scheme, shall be operated at the premises where the only acceptable forms of identification are recognised photographic identification cards, such as a driving licence or passport.

 

18.       The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of a Metropolitan Police Crime Prevention Officer. All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping. Recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the preceding 31 day period.

 

19.       A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the premises at all times when the premises is open to the public. This staff member must be able to show a Police or authorised council officer recent data or footage with the absolute minimum of delay when requested.

 

20.       The Licence will have no effect until the premises have been assessed as satisfactory by the Environmental Health Consultation Team and this condition has been removed from the Licence.

 

21.       The number of persons permitted in the premises at any one time (excluding staff) shall not exceed 20 persons.

 

22.       All sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises shall be in sealed containers only, and shall not be consumed on the premises.

 

23.       No more than (15%) of the sales area shall be used at any one time for the sale, exposure for sale, or display of alcohol.

 

24.       There shall be no self service of spirits on the premises.

 

25.       There shall be no off sales of super-strength beer, lagers or ciders of 5.5% ABV (alcohol by volume) or above.

 

26.       No deliveries shall be made to the premises between 20:00 and 08:00 hours Monday to Saturday and Sunday between 1800 to 1000

 

 

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