Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.  (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear.  New items will be deal with at item 8 below).

There were no items of urgent business.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Licensing Sub Committee A held on 20 November 2012.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting of 29 November 2012 be approved and signed by the Chair.

NOTED

To consider an application for a new premises licence at the Phoenix Lounge and Bar.

The Licensing Officer, Daliah Barrett, presented the report for a new premises licence at The Phoenix Lounge and Bar, Brownlow Road, N11. Ms Barrett reported that the applicant had accepted all conditions put forward by the Metropolitan Police, Trading Standards and Enforcement Response, and that the representations made by these bodies had therefore been withdrawn. As a result of the conditions proposed by Enforcement Response, the terminal hour for regulated entertainment and supply of alcohol would be 0030 Monday to Sunday, with late night refreshment and hours open to the public until 0100, Monday to Sunday.

The Committee asked questions of the Licensing Officer:

·        It was confirmed that the Fire Brigade had responded to say that they had no representation to make on the application, but that they had not visited the premises.

·        It was confirmed that there was an emergency exit to the rear of the premises, leading to a courtyard.

·        Although the entrance to the premises was on Bounds Green Road, it was confirmed that the address was 2 Queens Parade, Brownlow Road. The Committee asked that the exact premises covered by the licence should be made clear, in the event that a licence were granted.

The Committee heard from a local resident, who made the following points in objection to the application:

·        The previous owners of the premises had caused significant disturbance with loud noise late at night. It had taken years of complaints to resolve this issue, and the resident did not wish any new licence to cause a recurrence of the previous problems.

·        The resident reported that they occupied two floors immediately above the premises, and noise from the premises had been so loud in the past that it could clearly be heard from the top floor.

·        In response to a question from the Committee, the resident confirmed that she had experienced problems with noise from the premises since 1999, and that these had only been resolved recently. The times when noise had been particularly intrusive had been in the evening, from 9pm until the early hours of the morning.

·        The Licensing Officer advised that the previous owners of the premises had been operating without a licence.

·        The local resident advised that the courtyard to the rear of the premises was solely for the use of the premises and was not a communal space.

The applicant’s representatives addressed the Committee and responded to questions from the Committee and local resident:

·        The applicants had taken into account the representations made, and were aware of what had happened previously with regards to nuisance caused by the premises. They had done some works internally, including installing sound proofing and insulation, all speakers had been installed on anti-vibration mounting and an additional door had been added in order to minimise noise breakout.

·        Music played at the premises would be at a background level, so that people could hold a conversation without being disturbed, and there was no intention of causing any nuisance to neighbours. They agreed that they would  ...  view the full minutes text for item 46.

There were no items of urgent business.

The meeting closed at 8.30pm.