Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies had been received from Councillors Sheila Peacock, Makbule Gunes and Nicola Bartlett.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under item 8 below).

There was no urgent business.  

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There were no declarations of interest.  

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

There were none.  

To confirm and agree the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on 28 July 2025.

Councillor Reg Rice's name would be removed from the list of attendees who were present. 

Subject to the above change, the Licensing Committee RESOLVED:  

That the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 28 July 2025 be confirmed and signed as a correct record of proceedings.

The current policy is due to expire at the end of January 2026. The proposed new Licensing Policy is attached at Appendix 1. The policy was last considered and published in January 2021: therefore, it must be reviewed before the end of January 2026.

Ms Daliah Barrett, Licensing Team Leader, introduced the report.

In relation to the draft Licensing Policy, a discussion ensued and the meeting heard that:

·         In relation to page 21 of the agenda papers, paragraph 2.20 and 2.21, it was not clear on how it related to the Statement of Licensing Policy. The meeting felt it should be removed. It was agreed that paragraphs 2.20 and 2.21 would be removed under the current draft.

·         Page 22 of the agenda papers (on counterterrorism) should specify the name of the Act, because it was not present in the paragraphs. There may be a lot of applicants who would not be aware of the regulations. The second sentence which read ‘licensing law was not a mechanism for the general control of antisocial behaviour by individuals’ was not related to counterterrorism. Antisocial behaviour was different from concerns about counterterrorism. The inclusion of the sentence did not offer clarity on the outline of anti-terrorism requirements.

·         Page 26 of the agenda papers discussed alcohol related hospital admissions. The paragraph stated that alcohol was responsible for and continued to 2.5 times higher in males and females with figures of 7,000 deaths annually, 167,000 years and the cost to the NHS of £4 billion. It was not clear if these were national figures or just Haringey specific figures or national average figures.

·         In relation to page 40 and 41 of the agenda papers, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium had a whole process around the bag size that people were permitted to bring into the stadium. They also had an airport style entry into the premises. Bags would be scanned and searched by the staff on the way in. Councillors could be invited to view the checks. There had also been complaints made regarding the security checks made when NFL (National Football League) events were held at the stadium. More detailed bag and safety checks would be brought up with Tottenham Hotspur.

·         In relation to paragraph 3.23 of the agenda papers, the sentence ‘all Londoners are able to travel, work and go out safely and confidently at night without fear of being victims of criminal offences’ should be changed to read with the words ‘it is the Council’s ambition that all Londoners should be able to’ or just ‘Londoners should be able to travel’ or ‘all women should be able to travel safely in London’.

At this point in the proceedings, at 6:47pm, Councillor Reg Rice entered the meeting room.

In relation to the draft Licensing Policy, the meeting further heard that:

·         A night-time economy was not necessary for an efficient public transport service.

·         In relation to comments made in the report on page 20 of the agenda papers referring to vision for London as a 24-hour city, the meeting felt that these comments should be removed.  Many residents across the borough may be concerned if the Council made blanket statements about supporting the 24-hour economy. The Committee agreed to delete paragraphs 2.16 to 2.19 on pages 20 and 21 of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

To consider any items of urgent business as identified at item 3.

There were none.