Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Contact: Simmi Yesmin, Senior Democratic Services Officer Tel: 020 7364 4120, E-mail: simmi.yesmin@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTEREST PDF 67 KB To note any declarations of interest made by Members, including those restricting Members from voting on the questions detailed in Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992. See attached note from the Monitoring Officer.
Minutes: There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest made.
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To note the rules of procedure which are attached for information. Additional documents: Minutes: The rules of procedure were noted.
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Additional documents: Minutes: At the request of the Chair, Mr Mohshin Ali, Licensing Officer, introduced the report, which detailed the application for a new premises licence for Urban Barista, 138 Wapping High Street, London E1W 3PA. It was noted that there had been objections from local residents covering all four licensing objectives.
At the request of the Chair, Mr Peter Mayhew, Licensing Representative on behalf of the Applicant explained that the premises was a small café/restaurant and were seeking a licence to introduce the sale of alcohol. He stated that the hours applied for were within the Council’s framework hours and they had offered 21 robust conditions which addressed the concerns of local residents. Mr Mayhew said that there had been no representations from Responsible Authorities as they were satisfied with the hours and conditions applied for.
He explained that in response to the concerns regarding the outside area he was confident that customers were not obstructing the walk way. He said that there was reference that there was not a need for such a premises and reminded the Sub-Committee that this was not a licensing consideration. He stated that allegations of anti-social behaviour was an exaggeration of facts and therefore the petition from local residents is of little or no weight.
Mr Mayhew explained that it was a strong application and the Applicant has another premises licence in Westminster with no issues or cause for concern. It was noted that there the premises has had 7-8 temporary events notices from the Council in the past and therefore any late hours referred to would have been a part of a TEN application.
Mr Mayhew concluded that the sale of alcohol would be for small amounts or wine or craft beer to consume with a meal.
At the request of the Chair, Mr Abdul Choudhury, local resident, explained that the concerns were mainly for late at night, there was a lot of people accessing and exiting the tube station, together with customers congregating outside the premises and causing noise nuisance, and as a result of this children couldn’t sleep. It was noted that he regularly witnesses people urinating outside; drunk and disorderly behaviour and this would increase if a licence is to be granted.
Members then heard from Mr Mohammed-Ali Kada, local resident, who expressed similar concerns about noise nuisance emanating from the premises, that his children were disturbed late night by the noise as they live above the premises he also stated that smoke from customers smoking outside travelled up to the balconies and through air vents causing smoke pollution.
He stated that customers from the premises smoke and drink outside the premises all the time. He also said that the notice for the application was not visible and very difficult to notice, hence the reason for less objections. He said that on paper this was a good application but this was not the case in reality. He said that the premises causes great inconveniences in terms of noise and ASB. He ... view the full minutes text for item 3.1 |
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Additional documents: Minutes: At the request of the Chair, Mr Mohshin Ali, Licensing Officer, introduced the report, which detailed the application for a variation of the premises licence for The Victoria, 110 Grove Road, London E3 5TH. It was noted that there was objections from Environmental Health and Police on the grounds of public nuisance.
It was noted that there had been mediation between the parties and an agreement had been reached.
The Licensing Objectives
In considering the application, Members were required to consider the same in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 (as amended), the Licensing Objectives, the Home Office Guidance and the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and in particular to have regard to the promotion of the four licencing objectives:
Consideration
Each application must be considered on its own merits and the Chair stated that the Sub Committee had carefully listened to the Applicant’s Legal Representative and the Environmental Health Officer present at the meeting.
Members noted the mediation between both parties and welcomed the agreement reached.
Therefore Members made a decision and the decision was unanimous. Members granted the application with conditions.
Decision
Accordingly, the Sub-Committee unanimously –
RESOLVED
That the application for a variation of the Premises Licence for, The Victoria, 110 Grove Road, London E3 5TH be GRANTED with conditions.
Annex 3 - Condition 14 on the current licence to be replaced with;
· The rear external garden will be used by customers until 10pm.
Additional Condition
1. A contact number for management is to be made available for residents to report any issues, complaints or concerns.
2. No alcohol to leave the premises in open containers
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EXTENSION OF DECISION DEADLINE: LICENSING ACT 2003 The Sub Committee may be requested to extend the decision deadline for applications to be considered at forthcoming meetings due to the volume of applications requiring a hearing. Where necessary, details will be provided at the meeting.
Minutes: There were no extensions to decision deadlines.
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