Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

1.1  Cllr Gilbert Smyth was duly elected as Chair.

2.1  There were no apologies received.

3.1  There were no declarations of interest

4.1  There were no minutes for consideration.

5.1  The Chair outlined the hearing procedure to be followed.

This application was approved under delegated authority and therefore withdrawn from the agenda.

This application was approved under delegated authority and therefore withdrawn from the agenda.

RESOLVED:

The decision

The Licensing Sub-Committee in considering this decision from the information presented to it within the report and at the hearing of Monday 29th January 2024 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; and

·  The protection of children from harm,

The application for a premises licence has been approved in accordance with the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and the proposed conditions set out in paragraph 8.1 of the report as applied for with the following amendments agreed with the Applicant: 

? The hours for licensable activities, shall be, as agreed:

Supply of Alcohol (On and Off sales)

Monday to Sunday  11:00-22:30

(No off-sales other than in sealed containers)

Opening hours of the premises

Monday to Sunday  11:00-23:00

Amend Condition 23 to read as follows:

“There shall be up to 3 SIA door staff for each event and this shall be risk assessed. A copy of the risk assessment shall be kept on the premises and made available for inspection by the Police and authorised officers of other responsible authorities on request”.

And the following additional conditions to be added to the premises licence:

·  The Premises Licence shall be limited to six (6) events in any one calendar month with no carry over. In addition there shall be no more than 3 of 6 events that take place on Fridays and Saturdays in each calendar month.

·  The Premises Licence holder shall submit a Dispersal Policy to be approved by the Licensing Authority.

·  The Premises Licence holder shall submit a quarterly (at least every 3 months) Events Diary for both events in Hackney and Tower Hamlets to the and the Residents Associations (Shoreditch Community Association and SPIRE).

·  The Premises Licence holder shall maintain a dedicated contact telephone number and email address that must be available at all times to all local residents, the Environmental Health Officers, the Licensing Authority, the Police, and any responsible authority or any person wishing to make a complaint. These contact details shall be included on the website of the premises, and on display at the premises, which can be used to report concerns or complaints about the premises to a duty manager, a responsible person or a member of the management team at the premises as and when they occur.

·  The Licence holder shall hold and publicise 2 liaison meetings each year (at least every 6 months) with local residents and the Residents Associations (Shoreditch Community Association and SPIRE) to address any concerns or complaints about the premises from local residents to prevent public nuisance.

Reasons for the decision

The application for a premises licence has been approved because the Licensing Sub-committee was satisfied that the licensing objectives would not be undermined.

The Sub-committee took into account that the Metropolitan Police Service and the Licensing Authority withdrew their representations after agreeing conditions and reduced hours with the Applicant.

The Sub-committee took into consideration that Other Persons (local  ...  view the full decision text for item 7.

7.1  The sub-committee heard from the Acting Principal Licensing Office, the Applicant’s Licensing Consultant and Other Persons. The sub-committee noted the additional information submitted by the Applicant and Responsible Authority; Licensing which had been circulated to all parties prior to the hearing. The Responsible Authority; Licensing had withdrawn its representation based on agreed conditions and Responsible Authority; Police had withdrawn its representation after clarification with the applicant. The application was for a new premises licence which sought to authorise the sale of alcohol on Monday to Sunday.

7.2  During the course of submissions and a discussion of the application, the following points were noted:

·  The Applicant’s Licensing Consultant highlighted that the proposed hours for the sale of alcohol (on and off premises) had been reduced Monday to Sunday 11.00- 22.30 hours for pre-booked events and the opening Monday to Sunday 11.00-23.00 hours, which was in line with the Council’s Core Hours, off sales would only be required at product launch events and available to purchase in a sealed container, there would be up to  three SIA security staff risk assessed at any event supplying alcohol from 18.00 hours, Licensing and the Police had withdrawn their representation, the premises licence application at Tower Hamlets Council had yet to be determined, and sound levels would be at a maximum 85 decibel reducing to 70 decibel for the last 30 minutes to minimise noise nuisance.

·  Representations from Other Persons in objection of the application were primarily about noise nuisance from the premises and in particular emanating from the marquee, issues with anti-social behaviour in the area, existing issues with drinking in the area, inadequate lighting, lack of toilet facilities leading to urination in the streets and residents doorsteps, concerns that the premises would be used as an extension to the Car Wash premises increasing capacity  and adding to the cumulative impact, the venue could be used for vertical drinking in the future especially with the Bishop Yard development that had bars,  there was no dispersal  policy and concerns about managing the queues, concerns about vertical drinking as there was a bar in the premises,  the flexible structure of the Car Wash and Sandbox could increase capacity and have an adverse impact on the area and residents, concerns about lack of community engagement and sealed bottles could be drank within the vicinity exacerbating public nuisance issues .

·  Having heard submissions, the applicant’ consultant and applicant responded to the sub-committee queries and concerns as follows:

-  Clarified that this was an event space for promotional marketing of brands and music, and that space was also donated for community projects.  The event space would promote the area instead of an empty space attracting anti- social behaviour.

-  The premises would be open only to guests for ticketed events and those guests would have a hand stamp, wrist band or be on a guest list.  The venue would not be open to the public.

-  There was no permanent bar and a temporary tall table would be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.1  There were no Temporary Event Notices for consideration.