Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies.

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 review of a premises licence.

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

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

·         This was an application for a review of a premises licence due to ongoing noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour emanating from the premises.

·         Appendix 1 contained the application form with supporting documents.

·         The review application was under the four licensing objectives; the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm.

·         The premises was located near residential properties.

·         The premises was promoted as a bar with karaoke and a nightclub.

·         The premises was originally granted a licence in 2006.

·         Complaints of noise nuisance were received from the premises during that time.

·         In May 2017, the premises ownership changed to Blue Vegas and operated more like a nightclub.

·         The operator at the time was unaware of events being advertised at the premises beyond the hours of the permitted licence. Warnings were given by the Police and Licensing. 

·         Nuisance complaints continued relating to music noise and people's behaviour associated with the premises.

·         In September 2019, Licensing was advised by an enforcement officer that a new operator was on site at the premises and he had been issued with a fixed penalty notice for fly tipping.

·         That was the first time that officers became of Mr Katchi Oniuri taking over the premises on his own.

·         Noise complaints continued to be received and the Council became aware of the named DPS no longer being involved in the business in July 2021 and this was due to residents highlighting the COVID-19 rules were being breached and noise nuisance coming from the premises.

·         Noise and antisocial behaviour complaints continued to be submitted.

·         In 2023, Councillor Emery submitted a complaint on behalf of residents relating to noise nuisance impact on nearby residents. This was investigated and a warning was issued.

·         In October 2025, an Antisocial Behaviour Officer attended a meeting and feedback was provided by the officer saying that they were faced with about 30 upset residents and the cause of this was antisocial behaviour caused by patrons leaving the premises. They had mentioned drunk and disorderly behaviour when leaving the premises, the use of nitrous oxide with shouting and screaming from the closing time of 03:00 to 05:00. The streets became filtered with rubbish and with nitrous oxide canisters.

·         Residents had engaged with the premises directly and were told that the DPS was away and not at the premises day to day.

·         Enforcement officers carried out a follow-up visit and premises staff were unable to say who the DPS was.

·         There was no display of the premises licence on site. Noise, nuisance, and antisocial behaviour complaints continued.

·         The Police attempted to make contact with the licence holder in February 2026 and were unsuccessful initially. On further investigation, the licence holder was found to be abroad and had been away for some months.

·         The DPS advised he was having a medical procedure.

·         The licence allowed for the sale of alcohol and regulated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

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

There were none.