Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

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The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003.

The Chair provided a summary of the procedure for the meeting.

To consider an objection to a temporary event notice.

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

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

·      The notice was received on the 14 October 2023.

·      The premises intended to use the ground floor of the premises for the celebration of the Albanian Independence Day and enable the use of the rear garden area for later hours and to accommodate restaurant bookings at the premises.

·      The Notice Giver stated that security personnel would be on duty both evenings to ensure an orderly dispersal of patrons.

·      The Notice Giver had also stated that it was noticeable that the premises had run 14 previous temporary events in 2023.

·      The use of temporary event notice notices (TENs) over a period of 19 days that had included the use of the rear garden.

·      The notice sought use of the premises for extended hours and the addition of the of late-night refreshment to be available between 11:00 to 00:00 on Friday 1 December 2023 and on Saturday 2 December 2023.

·      The licensable activity being sought was an extension for the sale of alcohol at the premises and the provision of late-night refreshment, which the current licence did not have.

·      The event was intended for around 120 people.

·      An objection to the notice had been received from the Police.

·      The operators had applied twice in recent years to extend the hours for licensable activity at the premises and most recently in January 2023. The Sub-Committee determined to partially grant the last variation for the premises but refused to extend the hours for the use of the outside space beyond 22:00 and this was to ensure that the prevention of public nuisance objective would be upheld. The agenda papers contain a copy of the resolution.

·      Page 49 of the agenda papers listed the temporary event notices given during 2023.

In response to a question, representing the Notice Giver, Mr Bill Donne stated that the application submitted in December 2022 was for the grant of a new premises licence and the current DPS was then nominated as the DPS. There had only been one variation application since in January 2023 to extend the hours during the day and lift the restriction in the back area. There had not been a change of DPS since District 22 had taken over the premises. Both the ownership and the management of the premises had changed in the summer of 2022. All the incidents listed by the Police were under the previous ownership. The current licence holder had bought the company and applied for the grant of a new licence in December 2022. The previous incidents, with the exception of one which was a temporary event, did not relate to the current ownership.

In response to questions, Ms Barrett informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The temporary events listed on pages 49 and 50 included the use of the rear garden after the regular permitted hours and discussions had been held with the licence holder’s representative to ensure that noise had been limited. 

·      Police had been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.