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.

There were no Declarations of Interest.

The rules of proceedure were noted.

Licensing Objectives:

·       Public Nuisance

·       Crime and Disorder

            Representations by:

·       Licensing Authority

·       Environmental Protection (Noise)

·       SPIRE (Chair)

This matter was adjourned because difficulty had arisen over one of the Members attending, and whilst a substitute Member had attended, he had not read through the papers, hence the consensus was it was in the interests of justice to adjourn this matter. Whilst the Licensing Sub-Committee on 20^th December 2022 was mentioned, that has become subject to change because of scheduling issues, and Committee Services will notify parties of the fresh adjourned date.

Licensing Objectives:

·       Public Nuisance

·       Crime & Disorder

Representations by:

·       Residents

Same as for 3.1 above.

Same as for 3.1 above.

Licensing Objectives:

·       Public Nuisance

·       Crime & Disorder

Representations by:

·       Metropolitan Police

·       Environmental Protection (Noise)

Applicant

There was no communication from the Applicant direct as to why he was not present either virtually or in person.

Mr. Mehmet Recep, who attended virtually, presented himself as the brother of the Applicant. However, when asked, he could not produce verification that he was the Applicant’s brother, authorised to speak for the Applicant. The Sub-Committee therefore did not consider that Mr. Recep was in any legal position to be heard, and indicated this to him, whilst adding that he was welcome to stay online as an observer, along with other members of the public joining the meeting.

Environmental Protection

The Sub-Committee heard from Ms Cadzow who expressed concern in particular to the potential impact of public nuisance. She was concerned about there being insufficient measures to prevent noise generated from within the premises or outside it which could cause disturbance to people in the vicinity during the proposed hours, which were well beyond the existing hours of the licence. The Sub-Committee noted that those hours were:

·       Sunday to Thursday 0600 hours to 2330 hours; and

·       Friday & Saturday 0600 hours to midnight.

The Sub-Committee also noted that the hours sought were:

·       Monday 26^th December to Thursday 29^th December 2022 & Sunday 1^st January 2023 from 23:30 hours to 05:59 hours (extension of 6 hours 29 minutes)

·       Friday 30^th & Saturday 31^st January from midnight until 05:59 hours (extension of 5 hours 59 minutes).

Ms Cadzow reflected that there were residential and commercial premises in close proximity to the Applicant’s premises. Ms Cadzow believed that this application failed to comply with the licensing objective relating to public nuisance for the following reasons: there would be noise breakout from the venue affecting neighbouring residents, access & egress to and from the venue, of patrons, especially due to patrons likely to be high spirits; and the hours of operation would exacerbate the impact of the noise breakout.  Ms Cadzow stated that she was willing to consider withdrawing her representation if the Applicant was willing to reduce the hours to 01:00 hours not as proposed 05:00 hours in the morning, but as she had not had further communication from the Applicant, the objection was still valid.

The Sub-Committee were unable to ask the Applicant for his position on this, since he was absent.

Metropolitan Police

PC Mark Perry on behalf of the police expressed concerns relating to the prevention of crime and disorder. The festive period was a particular period in which large numbers of people would be out, frequenting parties, pubs and clubs. This increased the likelihood of already intoxicated individuals going on to the Applicant’s premises. PC Perry was concerned that this would likely lead to alcohol fuelled crime and disorder, including anti-social behaviour.

PC Perry’s concerns were added to by the Applicant’s premises being proximate to the Troxy, a venue which would have many late night shows and events around the festive period, and whose patrons were likely to attend the Applicant’s premises, were the application to be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.3

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.

4.             EXTENSION OF DECISION DEADLINE: LICENSING ACT 2003

Members agreed to extend the decision deadlines for the applications below to the dates stated; Licensing applications were extended due to the impact of the pandemic, and were adjourned under regulation 11 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, it was in the public interest to do so, and did not require representation from parties to the applications.