Agenda item

APPLICATION FOR A THE PREMISES LICENCE – THE DOLPHIN, 165 MARE STREET, E8 3RH – APPROVAL

The decision of 10^th October 2019

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;
• The 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 licensing statement and the conditions set out in paragraph 8.1 of the report, with the following amendments and additional condition, as agreed by the applicant:

·  Condition 14 to be amended and read as follows:

“Whenever the premises is trading past 20:00 hours, there shall be a minimum of 6 SIA registered door supervisors employed at the premises on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Additional SIA registered door supervisors will be employed on an operational risk assessment basis. All door supervisors shall enter their full details in the premises daily register at the commencement of their work. They shall record their full name, home addresses and contact telephone number, their SIA registration number, and the time they commenced and conclude working. If the door supervisor was provided by an agency, the name, registered business address and contact telephone number will also be recorded. This register will be made available to Police or any Authorised Officer of Hackney Borough Council immediately upon their request “.

·  Condition 24 to be amended and read as follows:

“The Fire Safety capacity for the premises will be imposed as a maximum capacity condition for patrons within the premises. Details of this capacity shall be displayed within the premises”.

And the following additional Environmental Protection condition, as agreed by the Applicant:

·  Whenever regulated recorded music is being played, the rear lobby doors are to remain closed except for access and egress

Reasons for the decision

The application for the premises licence has been approved, with the above amendments and additional conditions, as the Licensing sub-committee was satisfied that the licensing objectives would not be undermined.

After hearing from the applicant, and considering the representations of the Responsible Authorities (as in the Licensing Service and Metropolitan Police), the sub-committee believed that the conditions agreed with the applicant should enable the licensing objectives to be promoted, in terms of a licence being granted that almost mirrored the existing licence for the premises.

Public Informative:

1.  Mr Yildiz has given the following undertakings;

a)  To step down as the licence holder for the current licence for 165 Mare Street, which is currently in joint names, and

b)  Remove his name as the DPS from the current licence for 165 Mare Street

2.  The sub-committee requested Mr Yildiz to consider making an application for a single premises licence for both 163 and 165 Mare Street, given that it essentially operates as one premises.

3.  If a single premises licence application is not made for both 163 and 165 Mare Street and enforcement issues arise when this premises is operating in conjunction with the premises licence for 165 Mare Street, the Responsible Authorities should give serious consideration to reviewing this premises licence to ensure there are clear conditions in place with regards to the separation of each premises.

4.  If there is a huge disparity between the fire safety capacity and what is considered as an appropriate capacity by the Responsible Authorities, then the applicant is encouraged to vary this premises licence and revise the capacity condition that has been approved.