Agenda item
Application for a new Premise Licence for YeYe London 58 Wentworth Street E1 7AL
Licensing Objectives:
· The Prevention of Public Nuisance
Representations:
· Licensing Authority
Ward: Spitalfields & Banglatown
Minutes:
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 the Sub-Committee had carefully considered all of the evidence before them and was informed by the Licensing Officer that all the representations which were submitted before the Sub-Committee were withdrawn. However as the representations were withdrawn less than twenty four hours before the meeting, it was necessary for the Sub-Committee to hear the oral conditions at the meeting in person from the Applicant, and the written representations which were submitted in the agenda pack by the Local Authority and Environmental Protection.
The Sub-Committee noted that the Applicant and the responsible authorities had agreed a number of conditions, comprising those put forward by the Applicant and those put forward by the responsible authorities. Although the premises lie in a Cumulative Impact Zone, the Sub-Committee were satisfied that the agreed conditions were sufficient to ensure that there would be no addition to the cumulative impact in the area, and that the application could be granted with the agreed conditions. The Sub-Committee felt that insofar as there was an overlap between the wording of conditions put forward by the Applicant and those put forward by the responsible authorities, the wording of the latter would be preferred to the wording if the former for the purposes of consistency and ease of enforcement.
RESOLVED
That the application for a new premises license in respect of Ye Ye London 58 Wentworth Street E1 7AL
be GRANTED with conditions: -
Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
1. The sale and supply of alcohol at the premises shall only be to a person seated taking a table meal and for the consumption by such a person as ancillary to their meal.
2. The supply and sale of alcohol shall only be by waiter or waitress service only.
3. The premises shall remain food led and as a restaurant.
The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive CCTV system as per the minimum requirements of the Tower Hamlets Police Licensing Team. The CCTV system shall continually record whilst the premises is open for licensable activities and during all times when customers remain on the premises. a) The system shall be maintained in good working order and fully operational covering all internal licensable areas of the premises to which the public have access.
b) All entry and exit points will be covered enabling frontal identification of every person entering in any light condition.
c) Management and permanent members of staff will be trained in the operation of the system with at least one member of this CCTV competent staff on duty each day, to be able to provide a police or authorised council officer with copies of the CCTV images or data with minimum delay when requested.
d) The CCTV system will have the capability to either download footage onto disc or memory stick.
e) The footage on the CCTV system will be retained for a minimum period of 31 days before rewriting itself with correct date and time showing.
f) Viewing of the recordings shall be made available immediately upon the request of police or local authority officers throughout the 31 day period.
g) If the CCTV system is broken the Licence holder get the fault rectified as soon as practicable.
h) The Licence holder shall ensure that a log is kept with details of the dates of all work/repairs carried out on the CCTV system including the name and phone number of the engineer.
i) The installation or upgrading of any CCTV system shall comply with current best practice.
4. There shall be “CCTV in Operation” signs prominently displayed at the premises.
5. An incident book shall be kept and maintained at the premises and shall be made available for inspection by police and council officers upon request. 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 disorderly conduct
e) all seizures of drugs or offensive weapons
f) any faults in the CCTV system, searching equipment or scanning equipment
g) any refusal of the sale of alcohol
h) any visit by a relevant authority or emergency service.
6. A training log is to be kept for all staff members, in which staff sign that they have received the relevant training especially regarding the licensing objectives and Licensing Act 2003.
a) In particular, the staff training shall include a section in relation to underage sales to ensure all staff is fully briefed.
b) Staff shall be briefed on current recognised proof of age schemes and other forms of identification deemed to be acceptable as proof of age.
c) Staff training shall emphasise drug awareness and vigilance in monitoring customer activity in and around the premises to minimize possible crime and disorder.
d) Staff training includes steps to be taken to ensure the safety of customers in and around the perimeter of the premises, where applicable.
e) Any new employee will be trained before starting the sale of alcohol.
f) All staff training will be repeated every six months to ensure their knowledge is refreshed and kept up-to-date. All training will be recorded.
7. A log shall be kept detailing all refused sales of alcohol.
a) The log will include the date and time of the refused sale and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale, and all staff will be trained in the use of the refusal book.
b) The refusals book will be examined on a regular basis (at least weekly) by the licensee and date and time of each examination to be endorsed in the book.
c) Analysis of staff refusals and data such as the time/day of refusals to be carried out by the licensee on a regular basis in order to predict trends and identify staff training and compliance issues.
d) The refusal / incident / training logs are to be kept on the licensed premises and made available for inspection by the Licensing Officer, Trading Standards or the Police.
8. Notice will be put up at the entrance/ exit to remind customers to leave quietly.
9. There will be no deliveries between the hours of 23:00 and 07:00 to the premises.
10.Any waste removed from the premises at close time will be done in consideration of the neighbours, in regard to noise and disturbance.
11.Loudspeakers shall not be located in the entrance lobby or outside the premises.
12.No customer shall be permitted to take alcohol outside and this will be monitored by staff.
13.The licence holder/DPS shall operate a strict Challenge 25 policy at the premises. Posters shall be displayed inside the venue informing customers. Examples of acceptable ID include:
a) photo card driving licences
b) passports or proof of age cards bearing the PASS hologram
c) military ID cards
d) other forms of ID which meet the criteria laid out above are also acceptable
14.There shall be no “vertical drinking” of alcohol at the premises
15.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.
16.The
premises shall have a maximum occupancy of 50 persons, excluding
staff.
17.Loudspeakers shall not be located in the entrance lobby or outside the premise building.
18.Notices shall be prominently displayed at all exits requesting
patrons to respect the needs of local
residents and businesses and leave the area
quietly.
19.Patrons permitted to temporarily leave and then re-enter the premises, e.g. to smoke, shall be limited to 10 persons at any one time.
20.No noise generated on the premises, or by its associated plant or equipment, shall emanate from the premises nor vibration be transmitted through the structure of the premises which gives rise to a public nuisance.
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