Agenda item
Application for a New Premises Licence for (Yo Yo Oriental Supermarket) 61a Alie Street, London E1 8EB
Minutes:
At the request of the Chair, Ms Samantha Neale, Licensing Officer, introduced the report which detailed the application for a new premises licence for Yo Yo Oriental, 61a Alie Street, London E1 8EB. It was noted that an objection had been received by a local resident.
At the request of the Chair, Ms Yiqun Xin, Director of the business, explained that it was a mini supermarket selling oriental foods, and alcohol would only make up 5% of the sales. She explained that Alie Street was a commercial area, the shop was next to student halls, and 40-50% of the customers were from the student halls, with the rest from Korean, Japanese and Asian families. She explained that there was a big demand for oriental foods.
She explained that since opening the store, the average spend for a customer was around £9-15, there was no parking available and so their customers were local people providing walk in trade. It was noted that the hours would be from 10am to 10pm, there was no regulated entertainment or similar activity, and notices would be displayed asking customers to leave quietly and to respect the needs of local residents.
Ms Xin explained that they would operate a Challenge 25 policy, have a bin placed inside the shop for any rubbish. She said that staff would clean inside and outside the shop, that they had all the security alarms in place, they would maintain an incident log and provide training for staff. Ms Xin said that they had the training manual in Chinese in order to help staff fully understand the policies and procedures, as they were employing staff who came from mainland China.
It was noted that the objector was not present at the meeting and therefore The Sub Committee noted and considered the written objection contained in the agenda pack.
In response to a question, Ms Neale confirmed that the Applicant, Mr Xianyuan Ma had been issued a personal licence (licence number confirmed) and was waiting to receive the personal licence card.
Members adjourned the meeting at 7.30pm for deliberations and reconvened at 7.40pm.
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:
- The Prevention of Crime and Disorder;
- Public Safety;
- The Prevention of Public Nuisance; and
- The Protection of Children from Harm
Consideration
Each application must be considered on its own merits. The Chair confirmed that in the absence of the objector the Sub-Committee had carefully considered all of the evidence before them including the written objection contained in the agenda pack and the oral representations made by the Applicants present at the meeting.
Members welcomed the efforts made by the Applicant in keeping with the promotion of the licensing objectives, in particular offering robust and effective training and training material for staff and also accepting and agreeing to the conditions in consultation with the Responsible Authority.
The Sub-Committee was satisfied that the licensing objectives would be promoted and that the conditions imposed would effectively mitigate the risk of public nuisance and crime and disorder and would help alleviate any concerns arising from the local resident objector.
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 New Premises Licence for, YoYo Oriental, 61a Alie Street, London E1 8EB be GRANTED with conditions.
Sale of Alcohol (off sales only)
Monday to Sunday 10:00 hours to 22:00 hours
Hourspremisesopentothepublic:
Monday to Sunday 10:00 hours to 22:00 hours
Conditions
1. Notices shall be prominently displayed at the premises requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and businesses and leave the area quietly.
2. A Challenge 25 proof of age scheme shall be operated at the premises where the only acceptable forms of identification are recognised photographic identification cards, such as a driving licence, passport or proof of age card with the PASS Hologram.
3. The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of the Tower Hamlets Police Licensing Team. All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises. All recordings shall be stored for a minimum period of 31 days with date and time stamping. Viewing of recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of Police or authorised officer throughout the entire 31 day period.
4. A staff member from the premises who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be on the premises at all times when the premises are open. This staff member must be able to provide a Police or authorised council officer copies of recent CCTV images or data with the absolute minimum of delay when requested.
5. When the designated premise supervisor is not on the premises any or all persons authorised to sell alcohol will be authorised by the designated premises supervisor in writing. This shall be available on request by the Police or any authorised officer.
6. An incident log shall be kept at the premises, and be available on request to the Police or an authorised officer. It must be completed within 24 hours of any incident and will record the following:
a) all crimes reported to the venue;
b) all ejections of patrons;
c) any complaints received concerning crime and disorder
d) any incidents of disorder;
e) all seizures of drugs or offensive weapons;
f) any faults in the CCTV system;
g) any refusal of the sale of alcohol;
h) any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service.
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