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 none.

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 explained the procedure for the meeting.

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

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

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

·      The applicant sought  to amend the registered office of the premises licence holder, to amend the approved plan to add Hornsey Town Hall Square, to add a cafe on the ground floor, to amend the area for licensable activities including the co-worker's space on the ground floor, to add the commercial kitchen on the lower ground floor, to add a cinema and a mayor's parlour on the first floor, to remove licensable activities from the corridor on the first floor and to add a food and beverage bar and a chamber balcony on the second floor. The application also sought to add a roof terrace.

·      There was an updated list of what the application was requesting found on page 130 of the additional agenda papers.

·      The application sought to licence the Town Hall Square for the sale of alcohol between 10:00 and 21:00 for one weekend per month and for 10 days each month in July, August and December.

·      Regulated entertainment in the Town Hall Square would be until 21:00.

·      There were other aspects of the application seeking to extend regulated entertainment in parts of the building.

·      The premises already had a licence until 01:30. This would be extended to the supper room and the other areas until 02:00.

·      There would be three outside spaces at the premises. The Town Hall Square for which the applicant had reached an agreement with the Police for the terminal hour for licensable activity (this was to be 21:00). The terminal hour for the terrace roof space would be until 23:00. The Hornsey the Town Hall garden, another green space would be used until 21:00.

·      The Police made a representation on the application, but this had been withdrawn.  Residents had also objected to the application and these mostly related to noise nuisance.

Presentation by the applicant

Mr Joe Harvey, representative for the applicant and Mr Andrew Major, the applicant, informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The premises would be operated by Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre Limited. A company which has its origins and foundations very much in the heart of the community.

·      The Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) was the director of the company. He had grown and lived in the area that his entire life and was very keen that the premises formed into a community asset. In order for it to be a community asset, the applicant would offer artistic programmes and performing art and offer room hire to be available for local organisations and for local residents, but there had to be a commercial viability to the premises.

·      Whilst it was right to say that much of what the applicant wished to do could be done on the current premises licence, there was a recognition that it could be made more clear and more definitive as to which areas of the building were going to be in use, what times they were going to be in use and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

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