Agenda item
Application for a Temporary Event Notice for Autumn Street Studios, Unit 3, 39 Autumn Street, London, E3 2TT
Minutes:
At the request of the Chair, the Principal Licensing Officer, introduced the report which detailed the application for a temporary event notice under the Licensing Act 2003 by Autumn Street Studios, Unit 3, 39 Autumn Street, London, E3 2TT. She advised that this year, the applicant had been granted without objections, 15 days of temporary event notices over 7 events for the same hours applied for. However, in this instance, a representation regarding the event which was to be held over the Bank Holiday weekend had been made by the Police, a responsible authority under the Act.
The applicants were invited to consider if they wished to amend the Temporary Event Notice submitted and offered a revised terminal hour of 6.00am.
The Chair then invited the applicant to make his submission in support of the application assisted by his supporters. They provided the following information which was noted by Members:
- an amended termination time of 6.00am was offered.
- the premises was pre-licensed and had previously delivered other temporary events ending at 8.00am without issues.
- the target clientele was LGBTG community which are not associated with high crime rates. Additionally promotion was aimed locally, by word of mouth.
- all events (current and previous) were risk assessed and assessment outcomes indicated the events were well planed
- conditions to be included at Annex A to the application; in particular, substantial CCTV installation.
Members heard from the Metropolitan Police who had objected to the temporary event notice and noted the following matters:
- the objection related to Police capacity and staffing levels to deal with any incidents for the period of the temporary event notice which coincided with the annual Notting Hill Carnival.
- objections from the Police were made on the grounds of crime and disorder and public nuisance.
- there were no Police concerns around the running/operation of the venue but around egress and removal patrons from the premises
- there were no indications of likely crime at the time of the hearing.
- the event had been risk assessed as low risk.
The Sub-Committee did not retire but considered its decision in session.
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 had heard representations and taken account of the evidence submitted by both the objector, the Police which was a Responsible Authority under the Act and the applicants.
Members reached a decision and this decision was unanimous. Members decided to grant the amended application for the Temporary Event Notice as offered by the applicants and with conditions contained in the premises licence of the premises. Members noted that the premises was within the cumulative impact zone, however, Members were satisfied that having seen the evidence prior to and at Committee, the event should not cause further impact within the cumulative impact zone if the conditions of the premises licence continued to be observed and they were satisfied that the event would not harm the licensing objectives.
Decision
Accordingly, the Sub-Committee unanimously –
RESOLVED
That the amended application for a Temporary Event Notice for Autumn Street Studios, Unit 3, 39 Autumn Street, London, E3 2TT under the Licensing Act 2003 be GRANTED with the following conditions contained in the premises licence of the business for the following licensable activities:
The date applied for:
Bank Holiday Monday, 24th August, 2014
Times applied for:
00.01 hours – 06.00 hours
Licensable Activities:
- Sale by retail of Alcohol (on premises only)
- The Provision of Regulated Entertainment -live music DJs and dancing (on premises only)
- The Provision for Late Night Refreshments (on premises only)
Conditions
Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority on 30th April 2013
1. The premises remains a member of Venue Watch;
2. A Security Plan is to be provided to the Police for the Police to review;
3. A Transport Plan is to be provided to the Police for the Police to review;
4. A CCTV camera system covering both internal and external to the premises is to be installed;
5. The CCTV recordings are to be maintained for 30 days and to be provided upon request to either a Police Officer or an officer of any other Responsible Authority;
6. At all times the premises is open a person who can operate the CCTV system must be present on the premises;
7. The DPS or a personal licence holder will be at the premises at all times it is open to the public;
8. An incident log will be maintained by the premises showing a detailed note of incidents that occur in the premise. The incident log will be inspected and signed off by the DPS (or a person with delegated authority) at least once a week. The log book should be kept on the premises and be available for inspection at all times the premises are open by inspection of the incident log to be limited to inspection by the Police and Licensing Authority. A recordable incident will be one which involves an allegation of a criminal offence;
9. There will be a search policy;
10.SIA staff will operate from the premises at a ratio of one per one hundred persons or part thereof;
11.No persons under the age of 18 will be permitted upon the premises at any time;
12.A challenge 25 policy will be implemented by SIA staff on entrance to the venue;
13.One SIA guard to be positioned 30 minutes from opening till 30 minutes past closing at the top of Autumn Street;
14.One SIA guard to be positioned 30 minutes from closing till 30 minutes past closing at the top of Autumn Street;
15.Large street signage to deter taxi touting to be displayed during opening times;
16.Prominent and clearly legible notices shall be displayed in all egress areas of Autumn Street Studios requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and to leave the premises and area quietly;
17.Road cones to be placed on double yellow lines outside of sensitive areas of Wick Lane to stop taxi’s pulling up;
18.Autumn Street public highway area is to be included in the Waste Management Plan;
19.Professional noise monitoring is to be conducted on Autumn Street during opening hours.
Supporting documents:
- Autumn Street cover report, item 4.4 PDF 62 KB
- Autumn Street Appendices Only, item 4.4 PDF 2 MB
- SES_HEADER_PAGE, item 4.4 PDF 118 KB