Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Brabazon, for whom Cllr Basu was acting as substitute.

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 at item 7 below).

There were no items of urgent business.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at he commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgement of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003.  A copy of the procedure is attached.

Noted.

To consider an application to allow Supply of Alcohol at the above premises.

The Chair confirmed that the Committee had determined to proceed with the hearing in the absence of any objectors to the application.

The Licensing Office, Ms Barrett, presented the application for a premises licence at Ekomar, as set out in the report circulated in advance of the meeting. Ms Barrett advised that the applicant accepted all the recommendations of the child protection officer and that no other representations had been made by the responsible authorities. Four letters of objection had been received from local residents, expressing concern regarding people drinking outside the premises, noise and nuisance and the impact on safety of local residents.

In response to a question from the Committee regarding the assurances that the training requested by the child protection officer would be undertaken, Ms Barrett reported that this could be added as a condition if the licence were to be granted.

The applicant’s representative addressed the Committee and noted that the application had been submitted to all the responsible authorities, and that the police had raised no objections in response. It was noted that the premises had been operating for 12 months and currently employed 8 members of staff. An additional 3 staff members would be employed, were the application to be granted, and these would be fully trained. It was reported that the applicant had offered a condition that a Personal Licence holder would be on the premises at all times covered by the licence for the sale of alcohol. The applicant believed that the conditions offered would enable the Licensing Objectives to be upheld.

In response to a question from the Committee, the applicant reported that the hours applied for in the licence matched the current opening hours, with the exception of Friday and Saturday, when an additional hour to the existing opening hours had been applied for. It was reported that current customers of the premises were 70% cash and carry customers, and 30% retail.

In conclusion, the applicant’s representative asked that the application be granted, and stated that the conditions offered would enable the Licensing Objectives to be upheld.

RESOLVED

The Committee carefully considered the application and the representations of all responsible authorities, residents and the applicant and took into account Haringey’s licensing policy and section 182 of the guidance and resolved to grant the application by Mr Simon Isaac in respect of Ekomar, Units 2-6 Tariff Road, London N17 9YX.

Supply of alcohol:

Monday to Saturday              0800 to 0000

Sunday                                   0800 to 2300

Opening hours:

Monday to Wednesday        0800 to 0000

Thursday to Saturday            0800 to 0100

Sunday                                   0800 to 2300

Subject to the following conditions:

That there should be electronic till prompts at all tills to ensure that staff are reminded to check when when a sale is an alcohol sale.

To ensure that all staff are trained on the obligations of not selling to underage children and to challenge any persons appearing to be under 21, in accordance with the Challenge 21 scheme.

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To consider any new items admitted under item 2 above.

There were no items of urgent business.

The meeting ended at 19:50hrs.