Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Nazyer Choudhury, Principal Committee Co-ordinator  3321 Email: nazyer.choudhury@haringey.gov.uk

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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 filming of 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 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.

 

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:

None were declared.

 

5.

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 Chair provided a summary of the procedure for the meeting.

6.

OBJECTION TO A TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE FOR CLASIC RESTAURANT, 502-508 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON N17 (TOTTENHAM HALE) pdf icon PDF 368 KB

To consider an objection to a Temporary Event Notice.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Officer informed the Sub-Committee that the Notice Giver had submitted an additional document and the Sub-Committee. All parties agreed to the document being submitted into the hearing. The Sub-Committee then decided to adjourn the meeting at 10:49am and reconvened at 10:55am. The Sub-Committee then adjourned again until 11:10am. 

 

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

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

     The Notice Giver was seeking to offer regulated entertainment and the sale of alcohol from 20:00 to 03:30 on the night of 24 June 2022 for 300 people through the use of a temporary event notice (TEN).

     Representations had been submitted by the Police and the Noise team. These were on the basis of crime and disorder, public nuisance and public safety.

     The Notice Giver and her partner continued to use the premises for unauthorised licensable activity.

     The premise was located behind the McDonald's in Tottenham High Road. It was a large hall located on the first floor.

     The premises was originally a snooker hall that was now used as an entertainment venue.

     The premises had come to the attention of the Council and the Police due to the unauthorised activity taking place at the premises. These matters were subject to enforcement action and prosecution.

     At one event in February 2022, fighting had broken out and one attendee had received an injury to his face.

     The Council had sent a letter of intent to serve a closure order.

     The premises had no licence.

           

           

Presentation by objectors

Ms Jennifer Barrett, Noise Officer, informed the Sub-Committee that:

     The event to be held by the Notice Giver was supposed to be for 300 people until 03:00.

     The premises continued to operate without a licence despite being issued warnings.

     There were concerns regarding public nuisance and the premises had twice prevented officers from making routine late night inspections.

     There were concerns regarding simply being able to access the premises.

     There had been information regarding a breach of licence regulations for such as smoking indoors and the serving of alcohol without a licence or a temporary event notice in place.

     There were concerns regarding the dispersal of patrons at 03:00 for 300 people and the ability of premises staff to heed warnings regarding the compliance of licensing regulations.

     The Notice Giver had stated that there would be six SIA staff members but there was little information given as to what they would be doing.

     The premises had an area where there was gated access and this area had previously been locked to prevent entry of access of patrons, but it also stopped officers from being able to enter the premises and investigate complaints.

           

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

     Cars would be parked in the alleyway even when the premises was occupied.

     No specific complaints had been received from residents. Most of the work that had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.