Agenda and minutes

Councillor Bond 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 for a new premises licence.

RECEIVED the application made by Stonegate Pub Co Ltd for the premises situated at The Lamb, 52 Church Street, Edmonton, London, N9 9PA for a new Premises Licence.

NOTED

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

a.  The Stonegate Pub Company Limited was seeking opening hours of 08:00 to 01:30 and sale of alcohol 10:00 to 01:00 on Friday and Saturday. The full details of all hours and activities applied for were set out on page 3 of the agenda pack.

b.  The seasonal variations originally applied for had since been removed, as set out in the supplementary information.

c.  A premises licence was already in force at the premises, permitting the same opening hours and licensable activities, apart from the additional hour being applied for on Friday and Saturday.

d.  The premises was located in the Edmonton Cumulative Impact Policy (CIP) Area. There was therefore an automatic presumption of refusal of applications outside the CIP core hours of 08:00 to 00:00 for sale of alcohol, and the Police and Licensing Authority had therefore objected to this application.

e.  All conditions had been agreed, as set out in Annex 09.

f.  It was for the applicant to present to the hearing any measures they would take to mitigate the impact, and why they considered the application should be an exception to the CIP policy.

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

a.  The premises was located in one of the borough’s CIP Areas. This was an area where there was already concern about crime and disorder and public nuisance. The onus was on the applicant to demonstrate that the application would have no negative impact if granted.

b.  The condition in respect of last entry time was welcomed.

c.  There had been a number of temporary event notices granted to the premises with no complaints on any of those occasions.

d.  The Licensing Authority did not feel they were in a position to authorise a grant against policy.

3.    The statement of PC Martyn Fisher, Metropolitan Police Service, including:

a.  As the venue was within the CIP the Police had to object to the hours applied for.

b.  Research of the last 12 months showed no incidents of crime and disorder relating to the premises, but there were concerns that if extra hours were granted the likelihood would be increased.

4.    The statement of Ms Clare Eames, Partner, Poppleston Allen Solicitors, representing Stonegate Pub Company Limited, including:

a.  The applicant wished to demonstrate that they should be an exception to the CIP policy.

b.  The Designated Premises Supervisor, Anne-Marie Hunt, had been running the pub for four years with her husband, and had a 30+ year career in licensed premises so was very experienced. The Area Manager was Colin Brown and Stonegate were a very hands-on company. Stonegate acquired the pub in 2013.

c.  This application was for a new premises licence with the additional two hours per week. Non-standard timings had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 462.

Application for a variation of a premises licence.

RECEIVED the application made by Mr Mansur Duzgun for the premises situated at Kalamis Fish Restaurant, 112 High Street, Enfield, EN3 4ES for a variation of Premises Licence LN/201500377.

NOTED

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

a.  The premises will be known as Kalamis Fish Restaurant.

b.  A licence variation had been applied for by Mr Mansur Duzgun.

c.  The application included amendment to the plan attached to the licence and amendment of existing conditions and removal of conditions. There were no changes sought to the licensing hours or activities.

d.  The application had been considered by the responsible authorities and no representations had been made. In fact, the application had been made at the request of the Licensing Authority, further to meetings with the licence holder.

e.  Councillor Donald McGowan, Ponders End Ward Councillor, had made representation, as set out in Annex 04 to the officers’ report. Councillor McGowan was not in attendance at today’s hearing, but he had expressed concerns in relation to music and noise of customers’ conversations in the rear room disturbing local residents, and in respect of the adequacy of the fire exit for occupants of the apartment above.

f.  The proposed conditions were set out in Annex 05 of the report.

g.  The premises had not been subject to a review of the licence at any time since 2005.

h.  Mr Duzgun was present at the hearing, with his sister and business partner.

i.  In response to a query from the Chair, it was advised that in the absence of any objection there was no evidence that the fire exit was inadequate.

2.    The statement of Mr Mansur Duzgun, the premises licence holder and applicant, including:

a.  The application was just for a variation to the licence.

b.  The fire exit was a separate entrance for the flat upstairs. The building was only two storeys.

c.  He had been liaising with the Council’s Licensing Team for some time.

d.  This application had been recommended to make the premises and licence more practical further to a changed business model.

e.  Instead of a back garden there would be a rear room which would contain any noise. The premises had received no noise complaints.

3.    The sub-committee members had no questions.

4.    The summary statement of Ellie Green, Principal Licensing Officer, and that it was for the sub-committee to take such steps as it considered necessary for the promotion of the licensing objectives, and that relevant policy and guidance were highlighted in the covering report.

RESOLVED that

1.         In accordance with the principles of Section 100(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for this item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

The Panel retired, with the legal representative and committee administrator, to consider the application further and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 463.

To receive and agree the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 29 March 2017.

RECEIVED the minutes of the meeting of Licensing Sub-Committee held on Wednesday 29 March 2017.

AGREED that the minutes of the meeting of Licensing Sub-Committee held on Wednesday 29 March 2017 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.