Agenda and minutes

Cllr Demirci was elected chair for the proceedings.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Brabazon and Browne for whom Cllrs Adamou and Demirci substituted.

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 8 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.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Licensing Sub Committee B held on 10 June 2010.

The minutes of the Licensing Sub-committee B meeting on 10 June 2010 were agreed as an accurate record and signed by the Chair.

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Gambling Act 2005 or the Licensing Act 2003.  A copy of the procedure is attached.

Noted.

To consider an application for a review of the Duke of Cambridge (also known as the Nile).

The Licensing Officer, Ms Barrett advised of an item of late documentation for circulation to the Committee which set out the Licensee’s response to the representation and proposed additional conditions from the Enforcement Response team. The Committee resolved to accept this document with the agreement of the review applicant, Mr Ramdonee.

Ms Barrett presented the report on the application for a review of the Duke of Cambridge pub brought by Mr Ramdonee and local residents with reference to the licensing objectives of the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety and prevention of public nuisance. The current premise licence has been granted to the Licensee, Mr Khalid Khan, in 2006 for regulated entertainment and extended hours at the premises. Residents had sought the review and made representations in relation to noise nuisance, littering and anti-social behaviour associated with the pub. It was advised that a number of visits had been made to the premises by the Council’s Enforcement Team since the granting of the current licence in response to complaints regarding noise. As a result, enforcement action had been taken on a number of occasions, including the issue of warning letters in response to witnessed contraventions of licence conditions. A representation had been submitted from the Enforcement Service as part of the review process and included proposals for additional licence conditions as detailed within the report. It was advised that representations had not been received from other responsible authorities including the Metropolitan Police or the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

Ms Barrett drew the Committee’s attention to the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and the section 182 guidance in respect of reviews and outlined the options available to the Committee in regards to determining the review with regard to the four licensing objectives.

Mr Ramdonee, the review applicant, addressed the Committee and confirmed that a review had been sought on the grounds outlined by Ms Barrett in her introduction summarising representations received from local residents during the consultation period. He advised that complaints had been made by local residents in the summer period in relation to noise nuisance from the premises and had led to the drafting and circulation of a petition which had been signed by a number of local residents and submitted as part of the review documentation. Issues identified included loud music, parking congestion, noise from the shifting of empty bottle crates in the early hours, litter and anti-social behaviour of patrons when leaving the premises. Mr Ramdonee advised that he had met informally with Mr Khan twice since the summer with a view to resolving issues. He considered that noise incidents from the pub had reduced by around half since the meetings but that issues still remained, particularly in the mornings. Mr Ramdonee proposed that amending the pub opening hours to midnight would help to reduce the issues with noise reported by local residents.

Another resident living on Stanley Road outlined the incidents of general disturbance she had witnessed in relation to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

To consider any new items admitted under item 3 above.

There were no new items of urgent business.