Agenda, decisions and minutes
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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: There were no declarations of interest.
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To note the rules of procedure which are attached for information. Additional documents: Minutes: The rule of procedure were noted.
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MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING(S) PDF 275 KB To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on the 2nd and 14th September 2021.
Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the meetings held on 2nd and 14th September were agreed and approved as a correct record.
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Minutes: At the request of the Chair, the Applicant’s Solicitor, Mr Adam Shaw stated that Caligan Limited was an e-commerce business who was seeking a sale of alcohol licence to supply and deliver alcohol directly to customers at residential or businesses addresses. He referred members to the supplemental agenda which set out their additional submissions. Mr Shaw said the objection lodged by the residents was out of time, regardless of which council office address the petition was sent to, and therefore should not be allowed as evidence and the objectors’ representations were therefore out of time. However, if Members were minded to accept the objectors’ representations as being made in time then Mr Shaw submitted that the objectors had misunderstood the nature of the application. This was an e-commerce business which would not be selling alcohol directly to members of the public. The sales would be strictly off-sales, with no member of the public able to gain access to the premises. Mr Shaw stated his client had agreed to all the conditions put forward by the responsible authorities and did not believe the business would not attract crime or disorder or give rise to public nuisance.
The Sub-Committee then heard from Mr Abid Rahman, the lead petitioner and objector, who described the anti-social behaviour experienced in the area, and stated the objectors were not against the new business but the use of third-party delivery companies that were going to be used for the despatch and delivery of alcohol to customers. Mr Rahman stated it could not always be guaranteed that delivery drivers carried out Challenge 25 checks or delivered only to residential or business addresses. He described how the Apps second guess the area or location for delivery and how orders can be intercepted before reaching their intended destination. Mr Rahman said anti-social behaviour and crime and disorder was a daily occurrence in the area and local businesses had a moral obligation to ensure safety and prevention of public nuisance.
In response to questions from Members the following was noted:
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Additional documents: Minutes: At the request of the Chair, Ms Corinne Holland, Licensing Officer, introduced the report which detailed the application for a new premises licence for True Italian Taste, 54 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EZ. It was noted that objections had been received on behalf of the Responsible Authorities, the Licensing Authority and Environmental Health.
At the request of the Chair, the Applicant’s friend, Mr Andrea Soriente addressed the Sub-Committee. Mr Soriente stated the restaurant would cater for twenty covers and would adhere to the licensing objectives. He said the premises would operate within the framework hours and would not give cause noise disturbance or other nuisance. Signage requesting guests to leave quietly would be displayed and there would be a designated supervisor at the premises during operating hours.
The Sub-Committee then heard from the objectors. Ms Nicola Cadzow, from Environmental Health stated she had objected to the application on the basis that the premises is in the Brick Lane Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ). She said the application was sparse on detail on how there would be no addition to the cumulative impact in the CIZ. She said she had particular concern relating to noise breakout as well as access and egress from the premises.
Ms Kathy Driver, representing the Licensing Authority referred members to the representation on page 162 of the agenda. She stated the premises in question was in the CIZ, and therefore the onus was on the Applicant to rebut the presumption. She said the conditions offered by the Applicant were inadequate and no plan of how the premises was to be used had been provided. She said it was essential for the DPS to be present at the premises for most of the time, rather than during the ‘drinks promotion’ events. She recommended that the Sub-Committee reject the application. However, if Members were minded to grant the application, then conditions as to alcohol being ancillary to a meal should be applied.
In response to questions from Members the following was noted:
Concluding remarks were made by all parties.
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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: Members agreed to extend the decision deadlines for the applications below to the 31st December 2021. 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.
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EXCLUSION OF PRESS & PUBLIC In view of the contents of the remaining items on the agenda the Committee is recommended to adopt the following motion: “That, under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting for the consideration of the Section Two business on the grounds that it contains information defined as Exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.” EXEMPT SECTION (Pink Papers) The exempt committee papers in the agenda will contain information, which is commercially, legally or personally sensitive and should not be divulged to third parties. If you do not wish to retain these papers after the meeting, please post them to the Democratic Service Office, 1st Floor, Mulberry Place London E14 2BG or hold onto the papers until such time you can return to the Town Hall and dispose of the papers in the confidential bins. Additional documents: Minutes: The press and public were not required to be excluded.
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Licensing Act 2003 Variation of Designated Premises Supervisor for Curry Bazaar, 77 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL Additional documents:
Minutes: This application was withdrawn by the Applicant.
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