Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.   

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 7 below).

There was no urgent business.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Sub-Committee will first hear from the Licensing Officer.  After that, the applicant will present their application and the Sub-Committee and objectors will have the opportunity to ask questions. Then, the objectors will present their case and the Sub-Committee and objectors will have the opportunity to ask questions. 

All parties will then have the opportunity to sum up, and then the meeting will conclude to allow the Sub-Committee to deliberate and reach a decision. This decision will then be provided in writing within five working days of this meeting.

The Chair provided a summary of the procedure for the meeting.

To consider an application for a variation of an existing premises licence.

Upon opening the meeting, the Sub-Committee adjourned and reconvened at 7:23pm.  

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

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

·       The applicant had initially requested the hours outlined on paragraph 1.2 on page 1 of the report. However, on page 48 of the agenda papers, a Police representation could be found and there were revised hours requesting that the premises be open Sunday to Thursday 08:00 to 22:30 and 08:00 to 00:00 Friday and Saturday. 

·       The applicant had accepted the revised hours and the list of conditions found on page 49 of the agenda papers of the Police representation. 

·       The application was received and was subject to a 28 day consultation period. Representations had been received from Noise and Nuisance and from residents. 

·       Some mediation had been completed, but the residents wished to maintain their representation. 

·       The premises had previously operated as a retail tyre shop. The applicant now wished to operate as a restaurant. 

·       The applicant wished to operate a late night venue and add a shisha lounge. In the initial application the applicant had a garden area, but at the end of the process, the applicant decided, but subsequently changed the plan and decided not to have any shisha activity in the area. 

·       The ward of the premises was actually located in Tottenham Central and not Northumberland Park.

·       Page 22 of the agenda papers which referred to Islington was not relevant to the application.  

Presentation by the applicant 

Mr Tewodros Gebremdhim, the applicant and Mr Rezene Debescu, representative for the applicant, informed the Sub-Committee that:  

·       The applicant had two children.

·       The applicant had taken an opportunity to open a restaurant during a difficult time. Initially he lacked knowledge of the application process. 

·       The applicant was intending to run the premises until 02:00.

·       The applicant wished to thank the Noise and Nuisance team for visiting the premises. 

·       The premises was intended to be a cafe and a restaurant, specifically an Ethiopian restaurant and not an establishment for live music and would have low levels of background music. 

·       After feedback from Police and Licensing, the applicant had agreed to the proposed conditions of the operating schedule. 

·       The applicant’s priority was to make residents happy.

·       The applicant tried to communicate with the local residents including communicating with around 20 nearby residents regarding what he was planning to do with the premises.

·       The applicant understood the concerns of the residents and was prepared to address them.

·       The applicant acknowledged the existing problems and noted that he had received many pictures of people loitering on the corner, which was a concern.  

·       Once the business was opened, the area would be clear of loitering. 

·       Notices would be displayed informing patrons to leave the area quietly.

·       Alcohol would only be served to those seated. 

·       The outside area would be kept clean.  

·       The collection of refuse would be restricted to 07:00 and 22:30 Monday to Saturday and no collection would be made on Sundays or Bank Holidays. 

·       Patrons  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

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

There wawer no new items of urgent business.