Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Remote Meeting - MS Teams

Contact: Fiona Rae, Principal Committee Co-ordinator  3541 Email: fiona.rae@haringey.gov.uk

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7.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the ‘meeting room’, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

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:

The meeting was live streamed on the Council’s website.

8.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

None.

9.

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:

None.

10.

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.

11.

SUMMARY OF PROCEDURE

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

Minutes:

The procedure was noted.

12.

APPLICATION FOR A VARIATION OF A PREMISES LICENCE AT THE VILLAGE KITCHEN, 118A WEST GREEN ROAD, LONDON, N15 pdf icon PDF 247 KB

To consider an application for a variation of a premises licence.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Daliah Barrett, Licensing, introduced the report as set out and responded to questions from Members:

-               The current licence allowed the sale of alcohol until midnight, and planning permission only allowed use of the premises until 10pm.  The applicant should therefore apply for a change in the planning hours as these were the hours which should be complied with.  However, the Committee needed to be mindful that planning was a separate regime to licensing.

 

Jennifer Barrett (noise team) presented the noise team representation in objection to the application.  The increased hours were considered to be excessive.  The current layout of the premises meant that the toilets were accessed via a door to the rear of the premises – this would lead to noise breakout from the premises.

 

Maria Ahmad (Public Health) presented the public health representation in objection to the application.  Extension of the hours would negatively impact residents’ quality of life.  There was a significant alcohol issue in the borough.  The applicants had already violated many of the licensing objectives and Ms Ahmad was not satisfied that the licensing objectives would be upheld going forward.

 

Alex Greg, local resident, presented his objection to the application.  She lived at the rear of the property and was concerned that there would be excess noise from the rear of the property.  A closing time of 4am was not acceptable for the area.

 

The applicant presented their application and responded to issues raised by objectors.  The rear garden was not in use at the moment, and the toilet was accessed by two doors, so noise breakout would not be an issue.  The applicant was requesting a closing time of midnight Monday-Thursday and 2am on weekends.  It was proposed to have security at the premises to monitor noise and ensure people would not go outside at the rear of the premises. 

 

Ms Barratt advised that the rear garden was not included on the plans for the premises licence application and so it should not be used at all.

 

The applicant responded to questions from the Committee:

-           The smoking area was at the front of the premises, and only one person would be permitted to smoke outside at one time.

-           The premises had a capacity of 15-18 people.

-           The applicant was not aware of any noise coming from the premises after midnight.

-           The applicant was not aware that the premises only had planning permission to open until midnight.

-           The applicant had applied for extended hours to support the business after struggling following the pandemic.

 

All parties summed up and the Committee retired to consider their decision.

 

RESOLVED

 

The Committee carefully considered the Licence holder’s application to vary an existing premises licence, the representations made by the Metropolitan Police, the Licensing Authority, Public Health, the Planning Department, Trading Standards, the residents, and the representations made by the Applicant, the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, and the Licensing Act 2003 s182 guidance.

 

Having heard the parties’ evidence, the Committee resolved to refuse  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.