Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

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It being a special meeting of the Sub Committee, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17, of the Council’s Constitution, no other business would be considered at the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003.

The Chair provided a summary of the procedure for the meeting.

To consider an objection to a temporary event notice.

Presentation by the Licensing Officer

Ms Daliah Barrett informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      This was a temporary event notice (TEN) for an event to take place between 12 to 17 June 2025. 

·      The TEN would allow the premises to operate additional hours in concurrence with the Beyoncé concerts taking place across those days. 

·      Representations had been submitted from the Antisocial Behaviour Noise team and the Police.

·      The notice would allow licensable activities between 22:00 and 01:00 for up to 100 people with regulated entertainment, sale of alcohol and late-night refreshment. 

·      The Noise Officer was unable to attend this meeting, but had advised through a note that they had visited the premises to perform a licence check and that there was loud noise at the street level. Advice had been given to the Notice Giver 

Presentation by the objector

Sgt Monika Galecka and PC Carey Denham informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      A few reports had been received regarding the premises. One involved a phone call made to Police by residents from a nearby care home regarding antisocial behaviour happening in the park car park behind the premises. There was playing of loud music, people screaming and alcohol being consumed. The member of the public who made the call that this occurred on a regular basis, particularly on weekends or during events. 

·      During the Tottenham Hotspur UEFA Europa League victory parade, an incident occurred at the vicinity of the premises (although this potentially was not related to the premises), where a member of the public was robbed of their mobile phone. 

·      Concerning reports had been received that drugs paraphernalia had been found in the car park at the back of the premises.  Snap bags and nitrous oxide canisters were found dumped in the corner of the car park. These were subsequently seized by officers.  The car park was not accessible by general members of the public because there was a barrier that lifted via a use of a code. Not everyone would know this code. The car park could also be accessed from the premises by the exit near the toilets and thus could be accessed by anyone. The premises licence stated that the premises staff would ensure entrance and exodus by trained security staff.  Officers conducting a visit were able to freely enter and exit the premises.

·      They did not believe that the Notice Giver would uphold the licensing objectives and would question the reason and the rationale as to why the Notice Giver was requesting to keep the premises open until 01:00 from 12 to 17 June 2025. These were the dates of the events for Beyonce concert and the attendees were anticipated to be mainly families, females and children. Therefore, the Police would like to prevent any offences taking place late into the night.

In response to questions, Sgt Galecka and PC Denham informed the Sub-Committee that:

·      The Police did not reach out to communicate with the Notice Giver. In relation to the upcoming events at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, given  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.