Agenda item

Application for a new premises licence.

RECEIVED the application made by Mr Ali Serbet for a new premises licence at the premises situated at Euro International, 212-214 Chase Side, Enfield, EN2 0QX.

NOTED

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

a.    This was a new premises licence application, and the applicant was present at the hearing.

b.    It had come to her attention yesterday that the applicant wished to request an adjournment due to difficulties he had getting legal representation. Due to the late hour, she had advised that the applicant should come and make the request to the sub committee, but to be prepared also for the possibility for the hearing to proceed.

c.    Mr Serbet advised that he had many problems to deal with recently in respect of the premises, including financial, and when he found money for a solicitor it had been too late for representation at this hearing.

d.    Ellie Green clarified that Mr Serbet was the landlord of the premises and that the former tenants/licence holders had vacated without paying the bills. The application had come through an agent and it had originally been advised that a solicitor had been arranged. It was in the best interests of Mr Serbet to be legally represented, but that was not possible today. In the event of adjournment, there would be no licence in place and the premises would not be able to sell alcohol until a licence was granted. There had been Temporary Event Notice (TEN) applications which had covered 18 days. A premises was allowed 21 days under TENs per calendar year, so there could only be 3 more days maximum in 2019. The quota would start again from 1 January 2020, and TEN applications had already been submitted for 7 days. A further hearing would not be possible until the New Year when a meeting date would be arranged. There would be an impact on ability to sell alcohol at the premises.

e.    Mr Serbet confirmed his understanding of the situation, and that he was not selling alcohol at the premises at the moment.

2.    The Licensing Sub Committee agreed to the request for an adjournment. A decision would be made at a hearing at a later date.