Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Brabazon, for whom Cllr Peacock was substituting.

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 considered at item 7 below).

There were no items of urgent business.

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgement of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Licensing Sub Committee B held on 26 January 2012.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2012 be approved and signed by the Chair.

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003 or the Gambling Act 2005. A copy of the procedure is attached.

NOTED

To consider an application by Admiral Taverns (58) Ltd to allow the Provision of Regulated Entertainment and Supply of Alcohol.

Dale Barrett, Licensing Officer, presented the report on an application for a premises licence variation at The Dutch House, 148-150 High Road, Tottenham N15 6UJ. The Committee was advised that some mediation had been agreed; further to the representation made by the Police, a condition requiring a minimum of 2 SIA registered door staff from 10pm until closing on Friday and Saturday nights had been agreed. The applicant had withdrawn their request for variation of the hours for Regulated Entertainment completely, and for variation of opening hours and Supply of Alcohol, Sunday to Thursday. For Friday and Saturday, the variation applied for was for Supply of Alcohol until 2am, and opening hours until 2.30am. In light of this, the representation made by Environmental Health had been withdrawn. The proposed operating schedule was set out in the report, and the only additional condition now proposed was that in respect of door supervision on Fridays and Saturdays. A letter of representation had also been received from a local resident in respect of noise nuisance emanating from the premises.

Collette Phillips, Admiral Taverns, addressed the Committee on behalf of the applicant. It was reported that the variation was sought in order to give the business a chance to survive in the current economic climate. Ms Phillips confirmed that the variation sought was only for Fridays and Saturdays, with supply of alcohol to 2am and opening hours to 2.30am. There was no proposed variation in respect of Regulated Entertainment. With regards to the representation from the Police, CCTV was already installed at the premises, and a condition had been agreed regarding door supervision from 10pm until close on Fridays and Saturdays. The amendment to the application meant that the Environmental Health representation had also been withdrawn.

Ms Phillips reported that the intention was not to attract new customers to the premises but to increase revenue from existing customers, by enabling them to stay for longer in response to an existing demand. The site was described as well-run by a trusted tenant, there was no record of disorder, and the variation sought was not in order to change the nature of the premises in any way. In light of the amendment of the application to affect weekends only, it was not felt that additional licensing requirements were necessary. The nearest licensed premises was already open until 2am, and therefore this application would have no impact on other local premises. Ms Phillips reported that this was a proportionate and sensible application, and that if there were any failing in respect of the licensing objectives, this variation could be reversed. The Committee was asked to grant the application.

In response to a question from the Committee, Ms Phillips reported that the nature of Regulated Entertainment at the premises was karaoke. The Committee asked about door supervision currently, and it was reported that there were no door supervisors currently employed.

In summing up, Ms Barrett asked the Committee to take into account the representations made by the local  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under item 2 above.

There were no items of urgent business.

The meeting closed at 8.10pm.