Agenda item

4.1  The Principal Licensing Officer introduced the application for

an application for a premises licence to allow authorisation for the sale of alcohol on Monday to Sunday.

 

4.2  Andy Newman (Consultant) spoke in favour of the application,

highlighting the following;

 

·  The premises was to be small with no more than 30 patrons;

·  The premises was located in the shoreditch Special Policy Area;

·  No other Responsible Authorities had made representations against the application;

·  The Applicant had much experience of running similar premises and was a responsible operator and would use local suppliers;

·  The premises would cause little cumulative impact on the area;

·  Attractive offering for local people;

·  A licence was required because this would be expected by the clientele and would make the venture viable;

 

4.3  The Principal Licensing Officer told the Sub-Committee that his

  concerns had been alayed as a result of agreement in the

  following areas:

 

·  No deliveries to the premises from 7am on any day;

·  The premises would not operate takeaway;

·  Agreement to the Challenge 25 Scheme;

·  Hours - 11am to 11pm - Monday to Saturday;

·  Hours - 10am to 8pm - Sundays

·  Alcohol was to be ancillary to food;

·  Smokers limited to 10 persons after 10pm;

·  No cumulative impact was expected.

 

4.4  The Chair asked if the applicant would accept a closure time of

  10:30pm on Sundays. Andy Newman agreed to a closure time of

  10:30 on Sundays.

 

4.5  Councillor Sheila Suso-Runge asked for clarification in regard to any cumulative impact arising and how it could be addressed.

 

4.5  The Principal Licensing Officer confirmed that this was to be a

table service restaurant, alcohol would be ancillary to food and

the hours were not problematic. Despite the premises being In the

SPA the experience was that such premises tended not to be as

problematic as vertical drinking premises. It was considered that

the cumulative impact would be minimal. 

 

4.6  In closing, Andy Newman submitted that the applicants had a

Good background in premises management. No responsible

authorities had objected to the application.  Cumulative impact

would be minimal.

 

4.7   The Principal Licensing Officer considered that given the

agreement in relation to the premises the cumulative impact

would not be significant.

 

RESOLVED:

 

The decision

 

The Licensing Sub-Committee, in considering this decision from the information presented to them within the report and at the hearing and having regard to the promotion of 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 to in accordance with the Council’s Statement of Licensing and the proposed conditions set out in paragraph 8.1 of the report, with the following amendments:

 

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

 

Supply of Alcohol (on-sales)

 

Monday - Friday   11:00 - 23:00

Saturday   10:00 - 23:00

Sunday      10:00 - 22:30

 

Opening hours of the premises

 

Monday - Saturday   08:00 - 23:30

Sunday      08:00 - 23:00

 

 

 

Reasons for the decision

 

The application for a premises licence has been approved, as members of the Licensing Sub-committee were satisfied that the licensing objectives would not be undermined in the Shoreditch Special Policy Area (“Shoreditch SPA”)

 

The Sub-committee took into consideration that the Responsible Authorities (the Environmental Protection Team, the Environmental Enforcement Team, and the Metropolitan Police Service ("the Police")) had agreed conditions with the Applicant in advance of the hearing, and withdrew their representations.

 

The Sub-committee took into consideration the representation made by the Licensing Authority on the grounds of the prevention of public nuisance in the Shoreditch SPA and therefore it is subject to Policy LP10. The Sub-committee noted that there were no representations from local residents.

 

The Sub-committee took into consideration the representations made by the Licensing Authority that the Applicant had not demonstrated how they would not add to the cumulative impact in the area. However, the Sub-committee noted that the Applicant subsequently agreed to conditions 29 and 30 in the report that were proposed by the Licensing Authority.

 

The Sub-committee after hearing from the Applicant and the Licensing Authority were satisfied that the premises would not add to the cumulative impact in the area, and would not undermine the licensing objectives in the Shoreditch SPA.

 

The Sub-committee also took into consideration that the Applicant had a positive dialogue with the Licensing Authority, and their target customers were those that live in, work and visit the area.

 

The Sub-committee took into account that the Applicant made representations that they would be serving alcohol to seated customers and that the Police were happy with the application.

 

The Sub-committee took into consideration that there would be no deliveries, no takeaways, no bottomless brunches, that the Applicant agreed the Challenge 25 condition and that the hours are within core hours (Policy LP3). The Sub-committee took into consideration that alcohol will be served ancillary to food to seated customers and there will be no more than five smokers outside of the premises after 22:00. The Sub-committee noted that most antisocial behaviour took place after midnight.

 

The Sub-committee took into account that the Licensing Authority felt that the conditions and the core hours agreed by the Applicant alleviate their concerns about the premises. The Sub-committee also considered there would be no vertical drinking and it was less likely to result in the licensing objectives being undermined. The Sub-committee heard that the capacity will be the maximum of 30 persons, however, the premises will only have about 25 customers at any one time. The Sub-committee felt that the Applicant had demonstrated that they were an experienced operator with a proven track record, and they would be able to operate the premises responsibly.

 

Having taken all of the above factors into consideration the Sub-committee was satisfied that by granting this premises licence, the licensing objectives would not be undermined in the Shoreditch SPA.