Agenda and draft minutes

Special Licensing Sub Committee
Wednesday, 8th September, 2021 7.00 pm

Venue: Remote Meeting - MS Teams

Contact: Felicity Foley, Committees Manager 2919 Email: felicity.foley@haringey.gov.uk

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Items
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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 Chair informed all present that the meeting was being filmed.
8.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE View the background to item 8. To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
9.	URGENT BUSINESS View the background to item 9. 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 View the background to item 10. 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.	APPLICATION FOR A NEW PREMISES LICENCE AT ASABACHE, 517 SEVEN SISTERS ROAD, LONDON, N15 PDF 250 KB To consider an application for a new premises licence. Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 11. PDF 4 MB Appendix 2 , item 11. PDF 5 MB Minutes: Daliah Barrett, Licensing, introduced the report as set out. The applicant had applied for and used a number of Temporary Event Notices over the summer period. The application for the sale of alcohol and late night refreshment. There were a number of premises locally with 2-3am licenses. Glen Lake, Applicant Representative, presented the application for a new premises licence. The applicant did not want to operate into the early hours of the morning. She had held a DPS licence for five years and not had any issues in managing premises. The applicant was happy to agree to any conditions put forward. All parties summed up and the Committee retired to consider their decision. RESOLVED The Licensing Sub Committee carefully considered the application for a new premises licence for Asabache, Seven Sisters Road, London N15. In considering the application, the Committee took account of the London Borough of Haringey’s Statement of Licensing Policy, the Licensing Act 2003, the Licensing Act 2003 section 182 Guidance, the report pack and the applicant’s and objectors’ representations. Having considered the application, the Committee decided to grant the application for a new premises licence with the conditions set out below as follows. Hours open to the public: Monday to Sunday 1100 to 0030 hours Supply of Alcohol Monday to Sunday 1100 to 0000 hours Late Night Refreshment Monday to Sunday 2300 to 0000 hours Supply of alcohol for consumption ON the premises only The following conditions are imposed in addition to those contained within the operating schedule: The licence holder is only to permit 5 patrons to smoke outside at any one time. No patrons shall be permitted to take drinking receptacles, bottles or other containers outside when smoking. The licence holder is to prevent patrons from congregating directly outside the residential front entrance door on the ground floor and to erect signage advising patrons not to congregate there. Reasons The Committee gave serious consideration to the submissions by the applicant and to the concerns raised by the objectors. The Committee was satisfied that the licence should be granted and that the above conditions were appropriate and proportionate and would ensure that the licensing objectives were promoted. The premises are in a parade of shops with residential accommodation above and the Committee was satisfied that the operating hours and the hours for the licensable activities were in keeping with nature of the area within which the premises are located. However, the Committee was keen to ensure that public nuisance was not caused to nearby residents by noise or obstruction from customers and appropriate additional conditions have therefore have been added to the licence to promote the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance. The Committee noted the conditions proposed in the operating schedule and felt that they, combined with the additional conditions above, were appropriate and proportionate in promoting the licensing objectives. The applicant made clear that the sale of alcohol would be limited for consumption on the premises only and that is reflected ... view the full minutes text for item 11.