Agenda and minutes

Councillor Bond, Chair, welcomed all those present and explained the order of the meeting.

Councillor Bond chaired the meeting for the application relating to “The Winchmore”, only (Minute No.46 below refers). Councillor Bond left the meeting at the conclusion of this item and Councillor Savva chaired the remainder of the meeting.

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

There were no declarations of interest relating to any items on the agenda.

Application to vary a premises licence.

(Councillor Bond will be Chair, accompanied by Councillor Simon and Councillor Vince.)

RECEIVED the application made by Mr Mark Walsh for a variation of the Premises Licence held by Celtic Cross Ltd at the premises known as and situated at The Winchmore, 235 Winchmore Hill Road, London, N21 1QA.

NOTED

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

a.     That this application sought to vary the hours of opening and sale of alcohol on Fridays and Saturdays by one additional hour and approval for plays, films and late night refreshment as detailed on the application. The variations now being sought had resulted from mediation between the applicant and the Licensing Authority. No variation was being sought for Live music, recorded music and performance of dance.

b.     Since the current licence had been issued in 2015, 24 Temporary Event Notices had taken place.

c.     The Licensing Authority had withdrawn its original representation against the application following the agreements reached through mediation.

d.     The Metropolitan Police service had made no representations against the application.

e.     Six representations had been made against the application, by persons residing at five separate addresses in the vicinity of the premises. The grounds of representation included crime and disorder and public nuisance. Independent Person (IP)3 and IP4 were not objecting to the hours but had commented that stricter conditions needed to be taken into consideration. Copies of the representations received had been included as Annex 4 to the report under consideration.

f.      Annex 5 to the report set out the existing and proposed conditions. Condition 29 had been proposed by other persons but had not yet been agreed by the applicant.

g.     IP3 and IP4 had apologised that they could not be present at the hearing.

2.     The introductory statement by the applicants, Eimear Walsh, Director (Celtic Cross Ltd.), The Winchmore, 235 Winchmore Hill Road, N21 1QA, including:

a.     That one extra hour was being sought for Friday and Saturday opening hours and sale of alcohol. The measures taken to control customers leaving the premises were outlined. Music would still end at 23:00 as currently.

b.     All conditions had been agreed with the exception of condition 29 which would not be within the full control of the premises.

3.       The questions raised by Members of the Sub-Committee in response to the statements which had been heard, including:

a.     The Chair highlighted that condition 29 asked staff at the premises to “encourage” taxis/cabs to wait in the car park for the customer; so the wording of the condition recognised that this was not in the full control of the premises and was not enforceable. Therefore the condition should be accepted. The applicant agreed to this.

b.     In response to a question raised by the Chair it was noted that any complaints received directly from residents were dealt with promptly. Local residents had been provided with contact e mail and mobile phone details for this purpose.

c.     Councillor Vince questioned how the premises attempted to control any noise issues arising from customers leaving the premises late at night.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 46.

Application to vary a premises licence.

(Councillor Savva will be Chair, accompanied by Councillor Simon and Councillor Vince.)

RECEIVED the application made by Mr Gokhan Surensoy for a variation of the Premises Licence at the premises known as and situated at News & Chews, 10 Colman Parade, Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1YY.

NOTED

1.     Councillor Savva chaired the Licensing Sub Committee, accompanied by Councillors Simon and Vince, for this item.

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

a.     The premises were now known as River Food and Wine, formerly known as News and Chews. Application was being made to vary the current premises licence. The application sought: Opening hours from 06:00 to 02:00 Sunday to Thursday and from 06:00 to 03:00 Friday and Saturday, and, supply of alcohol (off supplies only) from 08:00 to 02:00 Sunday to Thursday and 08:00 to 03:00 Friday to Saturday.

b.     That the premises were within the area covered by the Council’s Cumulative Impact Policy (CIP). The Metropolitan Police and Licensing Authority had made representations on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance. It was felt appropriate for the parts of the application that were within the CIP core hours to be granted and for the parts of the application variation that were outside of the CIP core hours to be refused, as outlined in the documents under consideration.

c.     No additional conditions were being sought.

3.     The introductory statement of Victor Ktorakis, Senior Environmental Health Officer including:

a.     The location of the premises was highlighted together with the residential properties in close proximity. Representations had been made against the application which if granted would be felt to be detrimental to the Council’s Licensing Objectives for the reasons set out in full in the documentation under consideration.

b.     The premises were located in the Enfield Town Cumulative Impact Policy Area (CIP). The CIP related to all new and variation applications. The CIP stated that core hours should not be exceeded for each type of premises in particular locations. An objection had been made to the times applied for as they exceeded those permitted under the CIP core hours.

c.     That a similar business in close proximity to the premises in question had licensed hours outside of the CIP as the premises had been operating prior to the CIP coming into force.

d.     The breaches of conditions that had been found at the premises on two recent inspections with five conditions not complied with on the first visit and one remaining on the second visit with regard to staff training; this information had been e mailed to the Council the previous day.

e.     In response to the statement presented, Members of the Sub-Committee sought clarification on other similar premises in the area, the comparative licensed hours and any issues of concern.

4.     The introductory statement of Sergeant Allan Seth, Metropolitan Police, Licensing Team, including:

a.     The police crime and intelligence systems relating to these premises had been researched with a negative result.

b.     The premises had been inspected in January 2016 by London Borough of Enfield licensing enforcement officers and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47.

To receive and agree the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 22 June 2016.

RECEIVED the minutes of the meeting of Licensing Sub Committee held on Wednesday 22 June 2016.

AGREED that the minutes of the meeting of Licensing Sub Committee held on Wednesday 22 June 2016 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.