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To consider an application by GT Promotions to provide the provision of Adult gaming facilities at Unit 1, 450-454 High Road Tottenham London N17 9JN.

Licensing meeting – 25^th March 2019

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the application by GT Promotions to provide the provision of Adult gaming facilities at Unit 1, 450-454 High Road Tottenham, N17 9JN, London. The Licensing Officer outlined the report prepared for the Committee at pages 3-7.

The Committee was informed that, if they were to grant the application, an adult gaming centre premises licence entitled the holder to make gaming machines available for use within an adult gaming centre (AGC). The holder of an AGC premises licence would be able to make available gaming machines from categories B3, B4, C and D. The applicant was seeking to operate 24/7, 7 days a week and the Committee was informed that the applicant held the relevant operating license in order to be able to make the application.

Representations had been received from the Metropolitan Police, Public Health and the Licensing Authority. There had also been representations received from interested parties, this included Councillors and the Council’s Tottenham Regeneration Team. There had also been trade representations received and a letter from a psychiatrist, working at The Grove. All raised objections to the application, citing a number of concerns, such as the ongoing social issues within the area. The representations raised concerns that gambling was responsible for increased anti-social behaviour, its negative impact on crime, a failure to protect children and vulnerable people from harm.

The Licensing Officer and the Police Licensing Officer held a meeting with the applicants and their representative, Max Etchells, which resulted in the applicant submitting a list of proposed conditions in response to the concerns raised in the letters of representation and matters highlighted at that meeting. Those conditions were at Appendix 4, page 56.

Finally, the Committee was reminded that it had to be mindful of the three licensing objectives relevant to gambling when making its decision whether to refuse or grant the application.

The Chair next invited parties who had made representations to highlight their concerns to the Committee.

Metropolitan Police

The representative for the Police noted the principle concern for the Police was not the operator, but the area in which the operator sought to operate. It was highlighted that the area in which the application was made had high levels of crime and anti-social behaviour, such as drug dealing. He further noted that responding to anti-social behaviour and crime in the area took up a great deal of police time. .

The Committee noted the proposed condition Number 2 by the applicant, which stated, “One…members of staff shall be SIA registered…at all times…” and questioned whether the Police representative thought that would be sufficient to mitigate against concerns raised. In response, the Police representative stated it would not be sufficient and noted other venues in the area that also operated with one member of staff being SIA registered still had issues with drug dealing and crime at those venues. He noted that such a situation was difficult for one person to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.