Agenda and draft minutes
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The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. Minutes: Noted. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: None. |
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Urgent Business It being a special meeting of the Sub Committee, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17, of the Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting. Minutes: It being a special meeting, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17, of the Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Minutes: None. |
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Summary of Procedure 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. Minutes: Noted. |
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N17 LOUNGE, 614 HIGH ROAD, N17 Additional documents: Minutes: Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the report as set out. The application was for a number of contested Temporary Event Notices. The Applicant was requesting an extension his current licensed hours. A number of TENs have been requested for, including for events on 16 & 17 October – this TEN had been refused due the late application.
Representations had been received from the Police and Enforcement Response, under the grounds of crime and disorder.
The hours being applied for on the TENs was seeking to continue licensed activity from 4am to 7am on Saturday and Sunday night. The existing licence as amended at the Licensing Review Hearing on 15 September 2016 allowed licensable activities until midnight – if the TENs were approved, then licensable activities would have to be suspended from midnight until 4am. It was not felt that the Applicant understood the terms of his licence.
Ms Barrett requested clarification on the dates applied for, as many of the dates were for Sunday and Monday nights. The Applicant, Mr Mufwankolo, clarified that he wanted to apply for an extension on Saturday nights to Sunday morning and Sunday night to Monday morning. For example, 23 November was for an extension of Saturday nights activities, from 4am on Sunday 23 November to 7am on that same day.
The premises had been subject to a review previously due to public nuisance issues. One resident had previously contacted the Licensing Authority to say that the late night opening hours had reduced the quality of life for her and her family, there was excess noise from the premises from people attending the premises and she was unhappy with the disturbance and did not want it to continue.
Ms Barrett explained that the Committee could grant the TENs, refuse the TENs, or grant with conditions which must be already included in the current licence.
Derek Pearce, Enforcement Officer, presented his representation against the application. The current licence specified when the premises could sell alcohol and provide regulated entertainment. The current licence had conditions in order to limit the noise emanating from the premises when regulated entertainment was taking place.
On 25 July, officers visited the premises in response to a noise complaint. The noise was found to be excessive, and on investigation, a speaker was found outside of the premises, and was turned off by the premises after it was requested. A proactive visit was carried out between 5-7am and the noise from customers was found to be excessive. The noise generated by patrons after closing time was found to be likely to cause disturbance to local residents.
A further visit had taken place and the officer had parked on Pembury Road, where the noise from the premises and customers was found to be too loud.
Enforcement Response felt that the Applicant was not keeping to the conditions of his licence, and considered that granting the TENs applications would undermine the decision made by the Licensing Sub Committee on 15 September to reduce the operating ... view the full minutes text for item 27. |