Issue - meetings

To consider an application for a club premises certificate (attached).

(Agenda Item 7)

               The Licensing Officer, Daliah Barrett presented the Report for the New Premises License to the Committee highlighting that an earlier representation in respect of the application made by the Fire Officer had subsequently been withdrawn. Ms Barrett informed the Committee that there had been two representations from interested parties, but that neither was present at the hearing. Ms Barrett confirmed that the applicants had provided full details of the club rules.

               The Chair invited the applicants to address the Committee. Ms Brenda Stewart and Mr Richard Betts, applicants, began by stating that the actual hours applied for in respect of the sale of alcohol was as follows:

·              Monday though to Friday – 17:00 to 23:00

·              Saturday and Sunday – 12:00noon to 15:00, and 17:00 to 23:00

They verified that the hours for opening to the public were as follows:

·              Monday through to Sunday – 08:00 to 23:30

It was noted that information on these times for licensable activities mis-printed in the Report to the Committee.

Ms Stewart and Mr Betts informed the Committee that the premises had been operating in the Muswell hill area for 60 yeas and that the sale of alcohol was a very small part of the operation because the premises had earned a reputation as one of the best tennis clubs in North London. The Committee established that the main hall within the premises was used only occasionally for the playing of table tennis and pool my members of the club and their invited guests.

RESOLVED

The Committee decided to grant the application in full and subject to the following condition:

(i)                 Conditions to enforce the provisions of the operating schedule.

There was an informative as follows:

(i)         That Q3 of the applicant’s declaration for a club premises certificate is amended to read as follows: “the Club’s arrangements for restricting the Club’s freedom of purchase of alcohol are (a) the club provides that only a member of the Bar Committee may purchase alcohol; and (b) purchases are limited to £100 at any one time and are only made at local retail outlets”. The applicant agreed to amend the club rules to incorporate this provision.