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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PDF 214 KB Members are reminded to consider the categories of interest, identified in the Code of Conduct for Members to determine: whether they have an interest in any agenda item and any action they should take. For further details, see the attached note from the Monitoring Officer.
Members are also reminded to declare the nature of the interest at the earliest opportunity and the agenda item it relates to. Please note that ultimately it is the Members’ responsibility to identify any interests and also update their register of interest form as required by the Code.
If in doubt as to the nature of an interest, you are advised to seek advice prior the meeting by contacting the Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services. Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Sufia Alam declared a personal interest in items 3.1, Application for a new premises Licence for Jack the Chipper, 74 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX and item 3.2, Application for a Variation of the Premises Licence for London Cocktail Club Commercial Unit 12, 29 Sclater Street London E1 6LB on the basis that they were in the ward she lives in and that she had frequented the premises in relation to item 3.2.
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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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ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION Additional documents: |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: At the request of the Chair, Ms Lavine Miller-Johnson, Licensing Officer, introduced the report which detailed the application for a variation of the premises licence for Cocktail Club, Commercial Unit 12, 29 Sclater Street, London E1 6LB. It was noted that an objection had been received on behalf of the Licensing Authority.
At the request of the Chair, Ms Lana Tricker, Legal Representative on behalf of the Applicant, explained that the application for variation is seeking for earlier opening hours as opposed to later hours. She explained that the premises already had opening hours from 10am and wanted to vary the licence in line with the opening hours in order to be able to operate flexibly during Covid-19. It was noted that following the recent announcement by the Government on the timetable for the upcoming removal of the restrictions on licensed premises the Applicant was no longer seeking variation for the modification of condition 20 on the premises licence.
Ms Tricker briefly highlighted the nature of the business and its successes to date. She explained that the premises are situated on the ground floor and basement area, are heavily staffed, and operate a pre-booking system.
She explained that its patrons were mainly females, there were good transport links close to the premises and the variation was an exception to the Cumulative Impact Policy (CIZ) as the hours applied for were for earlier hours of the day rather than later hours which would impact on CIZ. She said that the existing conditions would remain on the premises licence and were robust and promoted the licensing objectives.
Ms Tricker stated that the objection relates to the modification of the condition which is withdrawn and as stated in the objection letter from the Licensing Authority ‘there is no concern to the additional starting times requested by the licence holder’. Therefore, there was no representation against the variation as amended.
Members then heard from Mr Mohshin Ali, Licensing Officer, he explained that the objection was initially in relation to the modification of the condition which had been withdrawn. However, the premises are still within the CIZ and there is some history of complaints in the past. However, visits had been made to the premises, and there were no major concerns.
Mr Ali said that on balance there were no initial concerns with the early hours applied for.
In response to questions the following was noted;
- That management had a good relationship with the local residents. - Residents had a direct phone number for the manager to report any issues or concerns. - That there were no concerns relating to earlier hours of operation as the premises already had earlier opening hours. - That the hours were within the framework hours and the variation proposed was only to allow the retail sale of alcohol to commence at 10.00am rather than 16:30 hours.
Concluding remarks were made by both parties.
The Licensing Objectives
In considering the application, Members were required to consider ... view the full minutes text for item 3.1 |
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Additional documents: Minutes: At the request of the Chair, Ms Lavine Miller-Johnson, Licensing Officer, introduced the report which detailed the application for a new premises licence for Jack the Chipper, 74 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX. It was noted that objections had been received on behalf of the Licensing Authority and Environmental Health.
At the request of the Chair, Mr Kevin Morris, Licensing Agent on behalf of the Applicant explained that the premises was trading as a traditional fish and chips takeaway with a limited seating capacity of 14 covers and any noise breakout from the venue affecting neighbouring residents would be minimal.
He explained that the previous owner had failed to transfer the existing licence and therefore the licence had lapsed. It was also noted the previous owner was no longer involved in the business in any way, shape or form although was an active director of Kin Catering Limited between April 2019-July 2020.
It was noted that Mr Ibrahim Uzan was the sole director of the company and had full responsibility for the operation of the business, and also had a number of other licensed businesses and was very experienced.
He concluded by stating that the premises had 3 members of staff, 14 covers, that no music (background, live, recorded or otherwise) would be played at the premises and therefore disturbance to residents living in the area would be minimal. He also confirmed that that sound proofing had been fitted at the premises.
Lastly it was noted that the applicant would be happy to reduce the hours applied for to be in line with the Council Framework Hours.
Members then heard from Ms Kathy Driver, Licensing Officer, she explained that application had been made for the premises last year but was refused by the Licensing Sub Committee due to breaches and trading without a licence. She explained that the area had a number of licensed premises and the applicant had not addressed how the business would not negatively impact on the CIZ.
Members also heard from Ms Nicola Cadzow, Environmental Health Officer, who explained the issues of public nuisance in the area and how another licenced premises would increase nuisance in the area. She also stated that the hours initially applied for were outside the Council’s Framework hours and the impact on the CIZ had not been addressed.
Ms Cadzow stated that there was insufficient information in the operating schedule on how the premises would not negatively add to the CIZ. Ms Cadzow confirmed that she had not yet received a satisfactory report as evidence that the premises had sufficient sound proofing. Ms Cadzow concluded that any granting of licence should reduce the hours to the Council’s Framework hours, more conditions should be imposed and evidence submitted that sufficient sound proofing had been fitted at the premises.
In response to questions the following was noted;
· That the applicant would be happy to reduce hours to framework hours. · That alcohol would only be served on the premises and ancillary ... view the full minutes text for item 3.2 |
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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.
Additional documents: Minutes: Nil items.
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