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Items
No. Item

89.

Introductions and procedure

Minutes:

Councillor Andrews welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked members and officers to introduce themselves.

90.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

None.

91.

Declarations of substitute members

Minutes:

None.

92.

Declarations of interest

If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business:

§  if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent;

§  you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. 

In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item.

 

If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item.

 

*(a)     Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

(b) Sponsorship - Any payment or other financial benefit in respect of your expenses in carrying out duties as a member, or of your election; including from a trade union.

(c) Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council.

(d) Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area.

(e) Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer.

(f) Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest.

 (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. 

 

This applies to all members present at the meeting.

 

Minutes:

None.

93.

Order of Business

Minutes:

The business was as the agenda.  The Sub-Committee noted that item B2 had been withdrawn.

94.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 176 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting on the 5 October 2015 be confirmed as a correct record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them subject to noting that Councillor Picknell attended the meeting and should not be noted in apologies for absence.

95.

Prince of Wales, 1a Sudeley Street, N1 8HP - Application for a premises licence variation pdf icon PDF 14 MB

Minutes:

An adjournment of ten minutes was requested by the applicant’s solicitor in order to address residents present.  Residents agreed that this was acceptable although they expressed concern that this discussion was being held at a very late stage.

 

 The Sub-Committee adjourned for ten minutes to allow for the applicant’s solicitor to address residents.

 

On return the licensing officer stated that papers had been circulated separately from the applicant.  These would be interleaved with the agenda papers.  She stated that there were changes to the application which the applicant’s solicitor would outline.

 

The applicant’s solicitor stated the following regarding the variation application:-

a)     That there was no objection regarding the plans submitted;

b)     The hours for late night refreshment were amended to be Friday and Saturday evenings only.

c)     The application for New Year’s Eve was withdrawn as this was already included in the licence.

d)     The change in opening hours would not be applicable as changes were for non-licensable activities.

e)     Condition 1, Annex 3 was requested to be removed.

f)       Conditions 2-6, Annex 3 were to be removed and this was not contested.

 

The licensing authority reported that the recommendation to reduce alcohol hours as stated in their representation was withdrawn. She informed the Sub-Committee that the applicant had agreed the removal of tables and chairs by 10pm and the limiting of drinks outside after 10pm.  This was a designated drinking zone in any event. The licensing authority would like to see a limit to the number of smokers and asked how these would be managed.  The licensing authority asked the applicant to clarify the capacity.  She stated she would request that safety certificates would be provided.  The applicant stated that the 8am opening would be for breakfasts only.

 

Residents considered that the authority did have the power to reduce the hours and this should not be withdrawn.  The legal advisor stated that the Sub-Committee were limited to the subject matter of the variation and hours for the sale of alcohol were not included in this variation.

 

The interested parties welcomed the re-opening of the public house.  Although the premises were licensed until midnight, alcohol was only served until 11pm and it was considered that this practice should continue.  Residents did not consider that the public house should increase in size and serve more people.  All local premises served food until 10pm and alcohol until 11pm which, it was considered, were more appropriate hours.  People should be brought in from outside from 9pm and pavements should not be blocked with customers. A local resident stated that they had no complaint with the previous public house but this would be altogether a different establishment.  This was a 100% residential area and the applicant had no case for having later hours and the hours should be reduced if possible. A third local resident stated that the reopening of the premises was welcomed but she had concerns regarding the location and the number of people using the public house.  This should be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 95.

96.

Old Friend, 277 Caledonian Road, N1 1ET - Application for a new premises licence pdf icon PDF 8 MB

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee noted that this application had been withdrawn.