Agenda item
ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT THE CHAIR CONSIDERS URGENT
Application for a Temporary Event Notice for I Can Studios, Smeed Road, London E3 2PT.
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Application for a Temporary Event Notice for ICan Studios, Smeed Road, London E3 2PT.
At the request of the Chair, Mr Alex Lisowski, Licensing Officer, introduced the report which detailed the application for a Temporary Event Notice for Ican Studios, Smeed Road, London E3 2PT. It was noted that objections had been made by the Metropolitan Police and Environmental Health.
At the request of the Chair, Paul Merry, Licensing Representative on behalf of the Applicant gave a brief background to the history of the premise and the transformation since the Applicants had taken over. Members then heard from Mr Philip Kirton, Applicant who said that recently he had left the management and supervision of the studio to his management team and took less control of the premises and in his absence, all these issues and problems had arisen. He explained that they recently had two TEN’s during last week and had 4 extra marshals to control the street area, had 25 members of staff, 7-9 SIA door supervisors, and 3 stewards to address the concerns raised by the Police previously.
He explained that he had changed the management staff, trained staff and policies had been changed to address the concerns raised at a previous Licensing Sub Committee. Mr Kirton accepted that errors had been made however changes had now been made to address the problems.
Members then heard from PC Mark Perry, who also spoke on behalf of Ian Waring from Environmental Health, he explained that the applicant had only had the licence for the past 2 years, and that he had worked very closely with the Applicant to help him get a licence by adding a number of conditions to promote the licensing objectives. PC Perry explained that the outside area was not a suitable venue due to the noise nuisance and that during one of the TEN’s on 16 July music was still audible after 11pm, with people sitting around drinking and causing nuisance. Therefore concerns for this venue still continue.
There were no questions from Members.
The Chair advised that the Sub Committee would at 3.50pm adjourn to consider the evidence presented. The Members reconvened at 3.55pm. The Chair reported that;
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 Licensing Guidance and the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy.
Consideration
Each application must be considered on its own merits and the Chair stated that the Sub Committee had carefully considered all of the evidence before them and listened to the submissions made by the Applicant’s representative and the Police.
Members took into account the strong evidence and representations from the Police and Environmental Health and noted the issues and concerns over event management, breaches in security, evidence of drugs use at recent events and noise nuisance and felt that the licensing objectives would not be upheld.
Decision
Accordingly, the Sub-Committee unanimously –
RESOLVED
That the application for a Temporary Event Notice for Ican Studios, Smeed Road, London E3 2PT be REFUSED.
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