Agenda for Licensing Sub-Committee on Wednesday, 23rd September, 2020, 10.00 am

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WELCOME AND APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE pdf icon PDF 81 KB

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NOTED

 

Councillor Aksanoglu as Chair welcomed all attendees to the meeting, which was being broadcast live online. Sub-committee members confirmed their presence and that they were able to hear and see the proceedings. The Chair explained the order of the meeting.

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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

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

 

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NOTED there were no declarations of interest in respect of the item on the agenda.

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RUBYS, UNIT C7, ANGEL ROAD WORKS, ADVENT WAY, LONDON N18 3BH pdf icon PDF 153 KB

Application for a New Premises Licence.

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RECEIVED the application made by Ruby’s TJJ Limited for the premises situated at Ruby’s, Unit C7, Angel Road Works, Advent Way, London, N18 3BH for a New Premises Licence.

 

NOTED

 

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

 

a.  This was an application for a new premises licence, for a premises which had not previously required a licence, being sited on an industrial estate and having been used for industrial uses.

b.  The amended times following mediation with the Licensing Authority, set out in Table 1 of the officers’ report had also now been agreed with the Police.

c.  The Licensing Authority had come to early agreement with the applicant in respect of times and conditions. The Police yesterday had also agreed times and conditions with the applicant which had been circulated to members and published this morning as Annex 5 to the report. Therefore the Police had withdrawn their representation, but as this happened within 24 hours of the hearing, they were in attendance to orally withdraw the representation.

d.  The application sought opening times from 10:00 am to 04:00 am latest, with the latest sale of alcohol at 03:30 am. There were different elements to the premises and each area had been given different timings.

e.  Annex 5 also showed the revised list of conditions which had been agreed by the applicant. It would be for the Licensing Sub-Committee to determine which conditions should be attached to the licence, should they be minded to grant the application.

f.  There were outstanding representations from three other persons against the application, who were local businesses based on Angel Road Works. They objected to the application in its entirety. Copies of the representations were set out in Annex 3 of the report.

g.  Notification had been received that none of the other persons were able to attend this hearing, but equal weight must be given to those written representations.

h.  It was for the Licensing Sub-Committee to determine whether the application supported the four licensing objectives.

 

2.    The statement of Ryan Dowding, Barrister on behalf of Metropolitan Police Service to confirm that the Police did withdraw orally the representations sent in two separate letters. Discussions had taken place and conditions had been agreed, with a further five conditions agreed between the proposed premises licence holder and the Licensing Authority, as set out in Annex 5.

 

3.    The statement of Frank Fender, Licensing Consultant, on behalf of the applicant, including:

a.  Thanks were expressed to the Police for the formal withdrawal of representations and the work they did with the applicant, and thanks to the Licensing Authority also for the lengthy discussions and that they were able to come to agreement with the applicant.

b.  The application was made by Rubys TJJ Ltd, and the director and proposed DPS, Malumueni Lisadisu, known as Malu, was also present for this hearing. He had a lease agreement to use the premises at Angel Road Works.

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MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS pdf icon PDF 200 KB

To receive and agree the minutes of the meetings held on Wednesday 17 June 2020 and Wednesday 8 July 2020.

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AGREED the minutes of the meetings held on Wednesday 17 June 2020 and Wednesday 8 July 2020 as a correct record.