Agenda and draft minutes

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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 8 below).

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The Chair outlined the procedure to be followed during the hearing.

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the application for a new premises licence at Kajal News, 8 Commerce Road, N22 8ED.  The application was for the sale of alcohol between 0800-2300hrs Monday-Sunday.  The Police had made a representation and requested that conditions be added to the licence, and the Applicant had accepted these conditions.  Further representations had been made by Interested Parties, mainly referring to issues of crime and disorder in the vicinity. 

Mr Erol Izzet, Legal Representative for an objector to the application, outlined the objection.  He requested that the Committee reject the application as there were existing issues of crime and disorder in the local area, and this would be exacerbated by an additional licensed premises on the same parade.  He considered that there was nothing in the application which could satisfy the Committee that the licensing objectives would be met.

Ms Debra Silvester, Applicant Representative, presented the application for a premises licence.  A number of conditions had been put forward by the Applicant, and he had also agreed to the conditions put forward by the Police.  She referred to the objection made by Mr Izzet which made reference to two neighbouring shops selling alcohol as against Council Policy, and informed the Committee that this was not something for the Committee to consider as it related to a Council Lease and not the Licensing Policy.

Ms Silvester informed the Committee that the Applicant was aware of the issues in the area as he had owned the premises for six years.  The Applicant had many years of experience of running licensed premises, and was confident that he would be able to uphold the licensing objectives.

During discussion of the application it was confirmed that the number of licensed premises in the same area was not in the statement of licensing policy, and that the Applicant had dealt with Property Services to amend the terms of his lease.

In summing up, Mr Izzett reiterated his request to the Committee to not grant the licence.  Ms Silvester had nothing to add.

The Committee adjourned to consider the application, and the Chair informed all parties present that the decision would be confirmed in writing following the hearing.

RESOLVED

The Committee carefully considered the application, the representations by the Police and interested parties, the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and the guidance under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003.

The Committee resolved to grant the licence as follows:

Opening Hours

Monday to  Friday                            0530 to 2300 hours

Saturday to Sunday                                    0630 to 2300 hours

Monday to Sunday                          1200 to 2300 hours

Supply of Alcohol

Monday to Sunday                          0800 to 2300

For consumption OFF the premises

The Committee granted the license  subject to the following conditions:

1.         The conditions set out in the operating schedule (save where they were superseded by other conditions).

2.         The conditions proposed by the Police and agreed by the applicant as follows:

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A digital CCTV system to be installed in the premises.  Cameras must be sited  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the report for a new premises licence for the Park and Hard Standing Areas, Alexandra Palace Way, N22 7AY.  A number of representations had been made – Enforcement Response (page 124 of the agenda pack), Licensing Authority (page 134 of the agenda pack), Police (page 143 of the agenda pack), Interested Parties in objection to the application (page 149 of the agenda pack) and Interested Parties in support of the application (page 291 of the agenda pack).

The application was for an indefinite premises licence to be granted for a capacity of up to 49,999 to cover a variety of events, but with constraints on the types and numbers of events per year.  The total number of event days requested was 42 per year, with the following constraints:

Events where music is the prime purpose:

Events where music is not the prime purpose:

There were no opening hours, as the space is open parkland which could be accessed 24 hours a day.

Ms Barrett informed the Committee that majority of the representations received by Interested Parties concerned noise.  A noise report by Vanguardia had been provided by the Applicant, which advises of a suitable noise level for the Park as 75db.  An additional noise management report had been submitted by one Interested Party, and the Enforcement Response team had provided a briefing note of the report at Appendix E of the agenda pack.

Ms Barrett referred to the conditions put forward to the Applicant as part of the Licensing Authority’s representation, and informed the Committee that this was a standard licence used for concerts, and if the licence were to be granted then there would be some changes made to the wording of the conditions to ensure that they were suitable for multiple event use.

A number of Interested Parties spoke in objection to the application, with the main points summarised as follows:

-       The park was used for recreation, games and relaxation and there would be a loss of amenity to users and great impact on the park itself if the application was granted.

-       42 event days in the park would entail an extra 40-90 days for set up and down of events.  Vehicle activity and limitations on use of the park would restrict recreation. 

-       What could be tolerated occasionally may not be acceptable frequently and the number of event days granted on the licence should be reduced to 30.

-       It was alarming to see a noise level of 75db proposed on the application rather than the level of 15db above background noise used at Finsbury Park.

-       The background levels were low as residents  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under item 3 above.

There was no such business.