Agenda and minutes

Special Licensing Sub Committee
Thursday, 28th October, 2021 7.00 pm

Venue: Remote Meeting - MS Teams

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

Note: To join this meeting, use the link on the agenda frontsheet. 

Items
No. Item

1.

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 referred to the notice of filming at meetings and this information was noted.

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

3.

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 was noted that, it being a special meeting of the Sub-Committee, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution, no other business would be considered at the meeting.

4.

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:

There were no declarations of interest.

5.

SUMMARY OF PROCEDURE

The Committee will first hear from the Licensing Officer.  After that, the objectors will present their case and the Committee and applicant will have the opportunity to ask questions. Then, the applicant will present their application and the Committee and objectors will have the opportunity to ask questions. 

 

All parties will then have the opportunity to sum up, and then the meeting will conclude to allow the Committee to deliberate and reach a decision. This decision will then be provided in writing within five working days of this meeting.

Minutes:

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

6.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW PREMISES LICENCE AT ALP CAFE, 42A-44 PARK ROAD, LONDON, N8 pdf icon PDF 338 KB

To consider an application for a new premises licence.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the report which presented an application for a new premises licence for Alp Café, 42A-44 Park Road, London, N8. It was explained that the application requested a licence for the following licensable activities and some verbal amendments were made to the report (shown in underlined text):

 

Supply of Alcohol

Monday to Sunday  1000 to 2230 hours

 

Off-sale with food delivery until 2300 hours

 

Supply of alcohol ON and OFF the premises.

 

Hours open to Public:

Monday to Sunday  0700 to 2300 hours

 

It was stated that representations had been received from one Responsible Authority, the Licensing Authority, and a number of other persons; these were set out in full in the report.

 

It was explained that the premises were situated along Park Road and shared a rear courtyard with residential properties. It was noted that the use of the premises as a café was lawful, and Planning had advised there were no conditioned hours at the address. It was commented that access to the first floor flats was through the rear courtyard and that there was no other access. The Land Registry confirmed that it was a shared courtyard and so it was not considered to be acceptable to have anyone other than staff in the rear courtyard.

 

The Licensing Officer highlighted that two plans were included in the agenda pack. It was explained that the plan on page 23 was the original submission and that the plan on page 27 was the revised plan which the applicant had amended following the consideration of representations made during the consultation period. It was noted that the applicant had considered the representations and had confirmed that the unit at the rear would now be changed from a toilet to a storage area.

 

It was noted that the representation submitted by the Responsible Authority related to the toilet at the rear of the premises and the rear access, which had now been addressed by the applicant. This representation had also raised concerns that the process for undertaking deliveries was unclear and the applicant had clarified that deliveries would be undertaken by third party operators using the Park Road entrance.

 

The Licensing Officer noted that the representations from residents raised concerns including the use of the rear of the property, noise, and potential safety issues. The representations also related to off sales and online delivery matters, idling vehicles, and the possibility of increased noise and activity in a residential area.

 

It was explained that the Committee could grant the licence subject to mandatory and other conditions, exclude from the scope of the licence any of the licensable activities to which the licence related, refuse to specify a person in the licence as the premises supervisor, or reject the application. It was added that the licensing authority’s determination of the application was subject to a 21 day appeal period.

 

In response to questions, the following responses were provided:

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