Councillor Levy as Chair welcomed all those present and explained the order of the meeting.

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non pecuniary interests relating to items on the agenda.

NOTED that there were no declarations of interest.

Application to review a premises licence.

RECEIVED the application made by the Licensing Authority for a review of the Premises Licence held by Berf Catering Ltd at the premises known as and situated at Turku Art Cafe, 77 Bounces Road, London, N9 8LD.

NOTED

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

a.  This was an application for review of a premises licence, brought by the Licensing Authority.

b.  The premises licence had been in force since 2005. Berf Catering Ltd had been the licence holder since 15 June 2015. The Director, Ms Songul Aydin had been the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) since 4 August 2015.

c.  The licence permitted live and recorded music until 23:00 Sunday to Thursday and until 00:30 on Friday and Saturday.

d.  On 15 April 2016 an application for review of the licence was made by the Licensing Authority in relation to the prevention of public nuisance licensing objective and seeking removal of live music from the licence.

e.  The review application was supported by the Police.

f.  18 letters of support from local residents / businesses / musicians / performers had been submitted, as set out in Annex 11 of the supplementary report.

g.  Copies of noise reports had been submitted by the licence holder and were also included in the supplementary report.

h.  On 3 June 2016 an updated noise report was provided, but this was submitted less than five working days in advance of the hearing and had therefore not been circulated.

i.  Ms Aydin was present, with her husband, to represent herself. A friend, Ms Aslan, would assist with interpretation as required. Two local residents of 70B Bounces Road and 2 Chester Road were also present in support of the licence holders.

j.  The Live Music Act 2012 automatically permitted provision of live music between 08:00 to 23:00 without the need for it to be named on a premises licence. The Licensing Authority did not deem it appropriate for this premises to be able to make use of this provision. Therefore, if the sub-committee was minded to remove live music from the licence before 23:00, an additional condition was sought to address that automatic entitlement. If the sub-committee was minded to permit live music before 23:00, it may be stipulated that relevant conditions on the licence become enforceable before 23:00.

2.    The statement of Charlotte Palmer, Licensing Enforcement Officer, including:

a.  The Licensing Authority had submitted this review on the grounds of prevention of public nuisance.

b.  Since 29/9/15 there had been seven complaints regarding loud music, the most recent being 28/5/16. Some of the times of complaints were relatively early – 9:15pm, 10:42pm and 10:58pm, so it was not just a problem after 11pm.

c.  The noise was also witnessed by officers and the premises operators were told about the complaints and advice was given. The noise was at such a level as to be a statutory nuisance. An abatement notice was served, and that was subsequently breached.

d.  The Licensing Authority  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

To receive and agree the minutes of the meetings held on:

Wednesday 20 April 2016

and

Wednesday 27 April 2016

RECEIVED the minutes of the meetings held on Wednesday 20 April 2016 and Wednesday 27 April 2016.

AGREED that the minutes of the meetings held on Wednesday 20 April 2016 and Wednesday 27 April 2016 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.