Agenda, decisions and minutes

1.1  Cllr Joe Walker 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 included for consideration and approval.

5.1  The Chair outlined the hearing procedure to be followed.

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; 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, with the following amendments:

Recorded Music:

Monday to Thursday    12:00 - 23:00

Friday to Saturday    12:00 - 01:30

Sunday    12:00 - 22:30

Anything of a similar description:

Monday to Thursday    12:00 - 23:00

Friday to Saturday    12:00 - 01:30

Sunday    12:00 - 22:30

Late Night Refreshment

Friday to Saturday    23:00 - 01:30

Supply of Alcohol (on sales)

Monday to Wednesday    12:00 - 23:00

Thursday  12:00 - 00:00

Friday to Saturday    12:00 - 01:30

Sunday    12:00 - 22:30

Opening hours

Monday to Wednesday    12:00 - 23:30

Thursday  12:00 - 00:30

Friday to Saturday    12:00 - 02:00

Sunday    12:00 - 23:00

Remove Non-standard hours from the Application.

Amend condition 19 as follows:

“All doors (including the front door at street level) shall be kept closed when regulated entertainment is in operation, except for the immediate ingress and egress of patrons. Also customers are not permitted to use Miller Terrace beyond core hours under Policy LP3”

And the following conditions to the Premises Licence:

1.  The Premises Licence holder shall provide a risk assessment to the Licensing Authority to determine the capacity for the premises.

2.  There shall be a written dispersal policy submitted to and approved by the Licensing Authority and the Police. The approved dispersal policy shall be implemented at the premises. All staff shall be briefed on this dispersal policy. A copy of the policy shall be kept on the premises and shall be produced to a Police officer or other authorised officer upon request.

The Premises Licence holder shall work with the Police to confirm the appropriate access to the premises either through the front or back doors.

The Premises Licence holder has agreed the following 11 conditions proposed by the Police that will be added to the premises licence:

1) A minimum of 1 SIA door supervisors shall be employed on a Friday and Saturday after 20:00 (and additional SIA on a risk assessment basis on Fridays and Saturdays) and at other times on a risk assessment basis. When employed, all SIA staff shall wear a high visibility armband or vest to be easily identifiable. They shall enter their name, address, SIA number and times they begin and finish their shift in a daily register. If employed by an agency all agency contact details shall be recorded also.

2) The premises shall maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the

minimum requirements of a Metropolitan Police Crime Prevention Officer. All

public areas, entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification  ...  view the full decision text for item 6.

6.1  The sub-committee heard from the Acting Principal Licensing Officer, the Applicant, Responsible Authorities (the Police) and one Other Person in objection.  The application was for a premises licence to allow authorisation for recorded music, anything of a similar description, provision of late night refreshment and supply of alcohol on Monday to Sunday. The Police had made representation on the grounds of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder and Prevention of Public Nuisance. Other Persons had made representation on the grounds of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder, Public Safety, Prevention of Public

Nuisance and the Protection of Children from Harm. The Sub-Committee noted that additional information had been circulated from the Police to members proposing a number of conditions as well as proposing that the hours on a Friday and Saturday are reduced to licensable activity ceasing at 01:30hrs as per the old licensed that lapsed.

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

·  The Applicant explained that the type of venue that they were was a  deaf and hearing Social Club that would cater for deaf, hearing and Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual (LGBTIQA+) patrons on regular weekly days. The venue would also be used for special functions with the deaf and hearing community;

·  The Applicant acknowledged the previous history of the venue and confirmed that they would be running the venue differently;

·  The Applicant explained that on karaoke nights there was an expected number of 55-70 people;

·  The capacity for the venue was 75;

·  The Applicant confirmed that they would not be rent out the venue and that the clientele for the venue was a niche one;

·  There would be some late night refreshment which will include

beverages such as coffee, tea, bottled water, juice, and soda, and food items such as pastries, fruits, cookies, and cakes;

·  On a risk assessment for the venue the Applicant confirmed that apart from discussions with the Police the venue was currently empty;

·  The Applicant confirmed that they would update their venue’s floor plan and that no tables would be placed on site and that a wine bar would be located upstairs at the venue;

·  The Applicant added that they wanted the basement area available to them as an option when running the venue;

·  The Sub-Committee member stressed to the Applicant the need for them to provide a written dispersal policy;

·  The Applicant explained that five to six smokers would be allowed in the smoking area and that the risk assessments that they had made so far had been based on their conversations with the Police;

·  The Sub-Committee noted that the Applicant had installed a sound limitator and that they were removing one of the base units;

·  The Police confirmed that they had visited the premises and seen that the layout was the same as it was previously with removable table, chairs and the bar was in the same position;

·  The Police added that the temporary events that had been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.1  There were no Temporary Event Notices for consideration.