Agenda and draft minutes

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An apology for absence from this meeting was received from Councillor Beacham who was substituted for by Councillor Carter.

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).

None.

Noted that Councillor Mallett declared that she had visited The Fountain Pub in previous years but not recently. It was agreed that this was not a relevant declaration but was recorded for the purpose of the minutes.

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

The summary of procedure was noted.

To consider an application for a review of the premises licence.

RECEIVED the application for a review of a premises licence at The Nile Bar and Restaurant, 435 West Green Road, London N15 3PJ (pages 3-56 of the agenda pack) and the additional Butterworth Witness Statement document which had been circulated separately.

a.         Licensing Officer’s Introduction

The licensing officer, Daliah Barrett, introduced the review of the premises licence referring to the documents in the agenda pack.

Noted that the application for the review had been submitted by Councillor Barbara Blake on behalf of residents of the area, with reference to the licensing objectives: the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety and the prevention of noise nuisance. 

No questions were put to Ms Barrett.

b.         Applicant’s Case and Representations from Members of the Public

Councillor Blake explained that:

1.    she had been contacted a year ago by residents of Stanley Road and Stanmore Road about the impact of drunk and aggressive behaviour, noise, and crime and disorder on their lives caused by patrons of The Nile Bar leaving the venue in the early hours of the morning;

2.    some children no longer slept in their homes because of the noise and disruption from patrons leaving the premises, which was open until 2am.  Sometimes noise from the venue itself disturbed the residents;

3.    Stanley Road was a busy, residential street which could only be accessed from one end and many people attending The Nile Bar parked their cars on Stanley road and often did not go straight home once the venue closed;

4.    residents had witnessed patrons from The Nile Bar hanging around Stanley Road until 3am and as late as 5am and urinating in the street, playing music from their cars, shouting and often bringing alcohol from the premises onto the street.   Fights often broke out, broken glass was left on pavements and there had been evidence of drug taking and drug dealing;

5.    local residents felt intimidated and public safety was at risk;

6.    the owner and manager , Mr Khan, had been contacted numerous times by residents.  Further to complaints improvements were usually seen for a couple of weeks but then the usual nuisance and crime and disorder returned;

7.    Councillor Blake expressed that she did not feel it was appropriate to have a club type venue open until 2am in such close proximity to a residential street.

Noted the additional comments from Mr Ramdonee, Stanley Road resident, including that residents had suffered from noise nuisance caused by patrons leaving the venue since it was opened in 2010 and some incidents had been logged, and; the comments of Mr Reilly, Stanley Road resident, including that the noise nuisance included music playing from cars, horns beeping as cars tried to get through the congestion.

c.         Representations from Responsible Authorities

Noted the representation by Mark Greaves on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, including that:

1.    the police had liaised with the venue a number of times as laid out on pages 35-41 of the report.  The venue had unsatisfactory, poor  ...  view the full minutes text for item 27.

To consider an application for a review of the premises licence.

RECEIVED the application for a review of a premises licence at The Fountain Pub, 125-127 West Green Road, London N15 5DE.

Noted that Councillor Mallett declared that she had visited The Fountain Pub in previous years but not recently. It was agreed that this was not a relevant declaration but was recorded for the purpose of the minutes.

a.         Licensing Officer’s Introduction

Reported that there a partial agreement has been reached between the applicants of the review and the venue representative. 

b.         Applicants’ representations          

The applicants for the review, Mr Humphries and Dr Sarre confirmed that their concerns had been addressed by conditions agreed with the licensee’s representative.

c.         Licence Holder’s response to the representations

Mr Locket confirmed conditions agreed with the applicants and Mr Greaves sought clarification that a female door supervisor would be on duty during peak periods.  Mr Locket explained that providing a female door supervisor was not always possible to but Ms Surenkumar would take over as Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) she would complete a door supervisor qualification and would be available in addition to the two recommended minimum number of door supervisors (which would increase to 3 or 4 on busier nights. 

The Police and Environment representatives confirmed that their comments had been addressed by the conditions.

The Committee adjourned at 21:35hrs to consider the application.

The meeting reconvened at 21:55hrs and it was

RESOLVED that

The Committee carefully considered the application and representations made by the responsible authorities, the other parties and the applicant, and took into account the S182 guidance particularly in relation to reviews.

The Committee resolved that it was proportionate to take no further action as long as the conditions were met.

The conditions are as set out set out in the premises licence on pages 88 to 95 of the agenda pack together with the additional conditions in the tabled document (copied below) as proposed by the license holder’s representative, and agreed by the applicants for the review. 

1.         The use of the garden area shall terminate at 2230 hrs on days when regulated entertainment is being provided and 2300hrs on all other days.

2.         A smoking area shall be provided at the front of the premises for the use of patrons upon the closure of the garden area on any day.

3.         Automatic closing devices shall be affixed to the doors at the rear of the rear of the premises.

4.         There shall be no emptying of bottle bins between 2200 hrs and 0730 hrs on any day.

5.         A minimum of 2 door supervisors shall be employed on Friday and Saturday nights from 2100 hrs until the premises closes.

6.         The incident book which the licensee is required to maintain shall also contain details of any complaints made by neighbours including (where disclosed) the complainants name, location, the date and time of the complaint and any subsequent remedial action taken.  Such records must be made available for inspection by council officers upon request.

7.         The Licensee shall agree  ...  view the full minutes text for item 28.

None.