Agenda, decisions and minutes

1.1  Councillor James Peters was duly elected as the chair of the Licensing Sub-Committee meeting.

2.1  There were no apologies for absence reported for this meeting.

3.1  There were no declarations of interest for this meeting.

4.1  There were no minutes of a previous licensing sub-committee meeting for consideration at the meeting.

4.1  There were no minutes of a previous licensing sub-committee meeting for consideration at the meeting.

5.1  The attendees noted the Licensing Sub-Committee Hearing Procedure as read out by the committee chair.

The Licensing Sub-Committee in considering this decision from the information presented to it within the report and at the hearing today has determined that having regard to the promotion of all the licensing objectives:

• The prevention of crime and disorder;
• Public safety;
• Prevention of public nuisance;
• The protection of children from harm;

The application for a premises licence has been approved in accordance with the Council’s licensing statement and the proposed conditions  set-out in paragraph 8.1 of the report, with the following amendments:-

·  Off-Sales have been removed from the application

·  Condition 34 to be amended to read: ‘The sale of alcohol at the premises shall at all times be ancillary to the provision of Regulated Entertainment and shall only be to members of the public holding a ticket or pass (whether this be a physical ticket, hand-stamp, wristband, or admitted on a ‘sign in’ basis) for a performance or exhibition. With no tickets being sold at the door’

·  Condition 37 to be amended to read: ‘Patrons shall not be permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises to smoke, as the designated smoking area is within the premises’.

·  Condition 38 is deleted.

·  Condition 48 to be amended to read: ‘Any showings taking place on the rooftop cinema must make use of Bluetooth headphones or a similar equivalent to minimise noise pollution for local residents’.

And the following additional conditions, as agreed with the applicant:

• No regulated entertainment shall take place at the premises (except for the showing of films on the roof, in accordance to the relevant condition, with regards to the use of Bluetooth (or equivalent) headphones) until the acoustic report has been submitted to and approved by the Environmental Protection Team along with any necessary works recommended within the report having been completed to their satisfaction.

·  No glass receptacles or alcohol containers whether open or sealed are permitted to be taken from the ground floor to the first floor (roof terrace) of the premises after 22:00 hours.

·  A written dispersal policy shall be submitted to and be approved by the Licensing Service and the Environmental Protection Team. The written copy of the dispersal policy, shall be kept on the premises and be made available to police or other authorised officer upon request.

·  The total capacity of the premises shall be limited to no more than 500 patrons at any one time, with the maximum of 150 patrons on the first floor (roof terrace) at any one time.

·  It is the responsibility of the Premises Licence Holder and/or its management to organise and hold quarterly meetings with the local residents, which is to take place at the premises, with the Council’s Licensing Service also being invited to these meetings.

Reasons for the decision

The application has been approved as the Licensing Sub-Committee were satisfied that the licensing objectives would not be undermined.

The Licensing Sub-Committee took into consideration that the Metropolitan Police Service had withdrawn their objections in advance of the hearing as the Applicant had agreed conditions  ...  view the full decision text for item 6.

6.1  The Principal Licensing Officer introduced an application for a Premises Licence Brunswick And Columbia Wharf, 53-55 Laburnum Street,E2 8BD.The Sub-Committee members noted that the proposed licensable activity was for films and the supply of alcohol (On and Off Premises). Members noted that the application had been considered at a previous licensing sub-committee meeting in July 2019 but that meeting had been adjourned for the applicant to facilitate a meeting with the other persons/residents that have made representations against the application, in order to try and resolve the issues by providing better clarity as the proposed application and what is intended to take place at the premises, with a view to overcoming their objections, if possible. Members noted that three Temporary Event Notices (TENs) had been run between August 2018 and August 2019.  There were also submissions from the Responsible Authorities, namely from Environmental Protection and Licensing.  The former was making a representation on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance. The Licensing Authority was making a representation on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance, core hours and external areas and outdoor events.  Other persons had also made representations on the grounds of the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, prevention of public nuisance, the protection of children from harm, core hours and external areas and outdoor events.

6.2  The licensing sub-committee heard from the applicant who began by explaining that the premises that form the premises license application consists of the ground floor and roof of the North West Building which is an open plan brick warehouse built in the 1950's. The adjacent buildings are used for artists’ studios. The ground floor space is 6m high with no intermediate floor or mezzanine to the roof. The rooftop space overlooks the canal. Alcohol and refreshments will be served in the internal ground floor space with a reduced service on the rooftop before events. Both the roof and internal space have a capacity of 200 people. It is intended that the spaces will house films and theatre, both with a capacity under 500 people, with the sale of alcohol limited to these events. The sale of alcohol will at all times be ancillary to cultural / artistic / creative/Community activity. The applicant did not intend to open the premises as a club or bar, but for the premises to host interesting events that can serve alcoholic drinks.

6.3  The applicant continued, explaining that Maich Swift Architects earlier in the year had won the Antepavilion architecture prize for the ‘Potemkin Theatre’ on the roof at the premises site. The applicant had applied for and received Arts Council England funding to help fund a series of cultural events over the late-Summer and early-Autumn. Events would take place in the warehouse and the theatre itself. Committee members noted that following the adjourned committee meeting in July the applicant had been in discussions with the Council’s Environmental Protection and Licensing Officers and they had commissioned an acoustic consultant to provide a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.1  There were no Temporary Event Notices (TENs) for consideration at the meeting.