Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: The Council Chamber, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BG
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: No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were declared.
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To note the rules of procedure which are attached for information. Additional documents: Minutes: The Rules of Procedure were noted by the Sub Committee.
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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 Super Kebab, 240 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA. It was noted that objections had been received on behalf of the Licensing Authority and Environmental Health.
At the request of the Chair, Mr Duncan Craig, Legal Representative on behalf of the Applicant stated that they wished to vary the original application made. He reduced the hours for late night refreshments to only one additional hour on Fridays and Saturdays to 4am. Mr Craig offered three additional conditions to help mitigate concerns of public nuisance. They were the following; that the premises is to clearly display notices asking customers to respect the needs of local residents and leave the area quietly; not to store refuse outside the premises between the hours of 9am and 9pm and to service the extractor fan at least every six months. He stated that the hours sought had been reduced significantly and informed Members that there were other premises in the area that had later hours. Mr Duncan explained that the test purchase in November 2018 was on a day where it had been heavily raining and therefore customers were waiting inside to shelter from the rain and some had been waiting for taxis.
He assured Members that it was a one off and other than this failed test purchase there have been no other problems at the premises.
At the request of the Chair, Ms Corinne Holland, representative on behalf of Licensing Authority explained that the Applicant had owned the premises over the last 1 year during which there had been two failed test purchases. It was noted that the Licensing Authority had undertaken two test purchases outside of their licensed hours and successfully purchased hot food on both occasions.
She explained that at the last test purchase, she had been served after 3am and when the Applicant/staff were approached they were rude and not cooperative and due to their behaviour she had to leave the premises. It was noted that the premises was situated just outside the new Bethnal Green Cumulative Impact Zone, which indicated there was high concentration of anti-social behaviour in close proximity.
Ms Holland stated that the Applicant couldn’t abide by their current hours and therefore not satisfied that they would abide by any later hours and therefore asked that the application be refused.
Members then heard from Ms Nicola Cadzow, Environmental Health, who explained that granting the licence would cause potential impact of public nuisance and noise nuisance. She explained there were no measures to prevent noise generated from within the premises or outside it which could cause disturbance to people in the vicinity. Therefore she asked Members to refuse the application.
In response to questions the following was noted;
- That the conditions offered by the Applicant were to help promote the licensing objectives. - That refuse was usually taken before 9am. |
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Application for a New Premises Licence for Sketch, 68 Brick Lane, London E1 6RL PDF 125 KB 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 Sketch, 68 Brick Lane, London E1 6RL. It was noted that objections had been received on behalf of Environmental Health and local residents.
At the request of the Chair, Mr Mohammed Al Mamun, Applicant explained that is was a small restaurant with 22 covers, he explained that they will keep windows and doors closed to prevent noise nuisance, that it was not a drinking establishment and alcohol would only be served with food. He said that there were offices directly above the premises and no residential flats and therefore not likely to cause disturbance to residents. He also stated that they would display notices around the premises asking customers to respect the needs of local residents and leave the area quietly, would offer to call taxis and were happy to accept conditions suggested by Responsible Authorities.
Mr Tanvir Ahmed, Co-Applicant said that that they would be operating within the Council’s Framework hours and offered to amend the application to reduce the hours by 30 minutes to incorporate 30 minutes drinking up time. He also mentioned that there were other licensed premises in the area which had longer licensing hours.
It was noted that Mr Gulam Ahmed the Designated Premises Supervisor had 40 years of experience in the restaurant trade and was responsible and willing to work with the local community.
At the request of the Chair, Ms Nicola Cadzow, stated that the hours applied for were within the Council’s framework hours. However the premise was within the Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) and the Applicants had failed to demonstrate how they would adhere to the licensing objectives, as this part of the application was left blank. She said that she accepted that windows and doors would be kept closed, however noise may still emanate from the premises. It was noted that there was a lot of residents in the area and another licensed premises would impact on the CIZ with the potential impact of public nuisance.
Members then heard from Mr Daron Pike, who spoke on behalf of Mr Jon Shapiro, local resident, he read through the statement on page 131 of the agenda and highlighted the concerns relating to the CIZ and the current anti-social behaviour in the area.
In response to questions the following was noted;
- That having consulted with the Police and Trading Standards, CCTV conditions, a Challenge 25 policy and to maintain an incident book has been accepted by the Applicant. - That the Applicants welcomed any conditions recommended by the Sub-Committee - The Applicants confirmed that they were not related to the previous owners. - That the premise was currently closed. - That doors and windows would be kept closed. - Notices would be displayed around the premises asking customers to respect the needs of local residents and leave the area quietly. - That they would stop serving alcohol 30 ... view the full minutes text for item 3.2 |
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Application to Review the Premises Licence for Co-Op, 57-63 Chrisp Street, London E14 6LP PDF 123 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Sub Committee noted and accepted the representation withdrawal from the Metropolitan Police against the review application.
Accordingly, the Sub Committee unanimously:-
RESOLVED
That no further action is to be taken in relation to the review application for Co-Op, 57-63 Chrisp Street, London E14 6LP.
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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 applications that required deadline extensions.
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