Issue - meetings

To consider an application for a new premises licence.

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

Ms Daliah Barrett, Licensing Team Leader, informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The application sought regulated entertainment and recorded music Monday to Sunday, 09:00 to 23:00, Late Night Refreshment Monday to Sunday 23:00 to 23:30 and the sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises from 09:00 23:00.

·      Representations had been received from two local residents and one resident withdrew their representation.

·      The application had been made under Gourmet Burger Kitchen UK Limited.

·      The application could be found from page 117 of the agenda papers and a plan of the premises could be found on page 139 of the agenda papers.

Presentation by the applicant

Mr Alex Tomlinson and Mr Richard Pigott, representatives for the applicant, informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The premises was part of a wider Popali group who owned other brands such as Carluccio's, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Ed's Easy Diner. They currently owned about 30 Slim Chickens across the UK. All of them were trading well and with the permission to sell alcohol.

·      The applicant had taken on the lease of the new site and it was open and currently trading. It had been doing so since 1 December 2024 and had been doing so without any issues.

·      The premises had been previously licenced. The previous operator had surrendered the licence when they should have transferred the licence to the applicant. The applicant was looking to replicate the previous licence.

·      The applicant had applied for the exact same hours and conditions as the previous licence.

·      The business was like a premium brand based around American style fried chicken and would sell alcohol, but with a limited offering - only bottled beer. Sales of which amounted to less than 5% of revenue. However, the 5% was still important and could make a difference as to the success of the business.

·      The alcohol was to sold be ancillary to food.

·      The premises had been open and was trading with no issues so far.

·      There did not appear to be anyone in the locality of having any issues with the premises being open.

·      The applicant was happy to continue to liaise with the local community if need be.

·      Unfortunately, the applicant had not been able to have any correspondence with the remaining objector, but did contact one of the objectors and who was happy with the conditions.

·      The hours, the style of the business, the conditions offered were adequate for the nature of the premises and they would ask that the Sub-Committee grant the application as sought. 

In response to questions, Mr Tomlinson and Mr Pigott informed the Sub-Committee that:

·           Gourmet Burger Kitchen was the premises licence holder and had subsidiary businesses. These included Carluccio's, Ed's Easy Diners and Slim Chickens. The applicant operated multiple sites across the UK.

·           Slim Chickens had about 62 sites in total in the UK. The company as a whole had 120 premises in the UK and 4050 worldwide.

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