Issue - meetings

Application for a new premises licence.

RECEIVED the application made by Mr Agron Xhauri for a new Premises Licence at the premises known as and situated at Royal Venue, 1 Jute Lane, Enfield, EN3 7PJ.

NOTED

1.    The introductory statement of Ellie Green, Principal Licensing Officer, including the following points:

a.  She advised that there were now three different applications to be determined for the same venue, Royal Venue, 1 Jute Lane, Enfield, EN3 7PJ, which was previously known as Club Zeros.

b.  The application for a new premises licence was set out in Report No. 147 in the original agenda. This application had been submitted on 18 October 2015 and was subject to representations from the Police and the Licensing Authority. The Licensing Authority had objected to the hours sought and had proposed reduced hours and additional conditions. The applicant had agreed to the Licensing Authority’s proposed conditions in full and to the proposed hours in part. The Police objected to the new premises licence application in its entirety, but if the sub-committee were minded to grant a licence had requested a number of conditions as set out in Annex 06 of the agenda. The applicant had not indicated if he was in agreement with the proposed conditions.

c.  On the previous afternoon, 15 December 2015, the solicitor for the applicant had sent a list of revised conditions. It was understood that the Police had examined these conditions and were not in agreement, and noted that these conditions were already in the operating schedule, or that the conditions proposed by the Police were stronger.

d.  The second application was for a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) and was set out in Report No. 149 in the supplementary agenda. This notice was for the provision of late night refreshment, supply of alcohol and regulated entertainment in respect of a proposed event at the premises from 20:00 on Thursday 24 December 2015 to 03:30 on Friday 25 December 2015.

e.  A third application was received late yesterday for TEN in respect of a proposed event on New Year’s Eve, from 00:00 to 03:30 on 1 January 2016.

f.  Objections had been received to both of those TENs from the Police and from the Licensing Authority.

g.  Ellie Green advised that the applicant was already aware of the objections to the new premises licence application in November, yet these TENs were submitted in December.

h.  There was a significant licensing history at this premises, as set out on page 1 of the agenda.

2.    The statement of Mr Richard Wormald of 3 Raymond Buildings, Barrister on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service, including the following points:

a.  The Police representations were well set out in the agenda papers.

b.  This was a bad venue. Historically it had suffered a number of problems. The location was problematic: on one side was warehousing, on the other side of the tracks were residential streets. This had led to complaints in the past relating to disorder and noise from people leaving late at  ...  view the full minutes text for item 320