Agenda and minutes

The Chair welcomed all those present and explained the order of the meeting.

There were no apologies for absence.

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 in respect of items on the agenda.

Application for a new premises license.

RECEIVED the application made by B. Lads Limited for the premises known as and situated at The Bird In Hand, 100 Tottenhall Road, London, N13 6DG for a new Premises Licence.

NOTED

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

a.  This was an application for a new Premises Licence for The Bird In Hand.

b.  There was already a Premises Licence for the venue, held since a conversion in 2005.

c.  Since 2011, the Premises Licence had been held by B. Lads Ltd, who was also the applicant in this case.

d.  A copy of the current Premises Licence was included as Annex 02 in the agenda pack. This licence had not been subject to any review.

e.  The application for a new Premises Licence was attached as Annex 03 in the agenda pack, and the hours sought were summarised on page 2 of the report.

f.  The need for an application for a new Premises Licence rather than a variation to the current licence arose from the significant and substantial change to the premises layout. The new plan was shown on page 26 of the agenda pack. The Licensing Act and Regulations specified what must be shown on the plan, which forms part of the Premises Licence. As there had been significant alterations, the current licence was technically not valid.

g.  The Chair noted that a refusal of the application by the Licensing Sub-Committee (LSC) would leave the applicant with an invalid Premises Licence, but that the LSC could choose not to grant hours sought, but to grant the plan.

h.  The application was subject to representations from the Licensing Authority and the Metropolitan Police, both objecting to any extension of hours above those in the current licence.

i.  The application was also subject to representations from interested parties who were local residents who objected to any extension of hours, and were represented at the hearing by Councillor Alan Sitkin, Bowes Ward Councillor.

j.  A petition signed by objectors was attached in Annex 06. It was reported that IP19, Mr Andrew Sojos of 4 Wolves Lane, had withdrawn his representation against the application for the reason that at the time of the petition he was ill advised of the reasons for the application. It was also confirmed that IP25 Mr A Perdikos had withdrawn his representation against the application and had submitted a letter in support, as set out on page 29 of the agenda pack. This left a total of 25 interested party representations in objection rather than 27.

k.  It was noted that the petition opposing the application did not give details of the hours and activities applied for.

l.  A petition signed by people in support of the application was submitted by Ms Leyla Hassan as set out on pages 31-35 of the agenda pack. It was noted that details of hours sought for recorded music had been mistakenly noted as 30 minutes less than in the application  ...  view the full minutes text for item 520.