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Agenda item

Financial Training Company, 10-14 White Lion Street, N1 9PD - New licence application

Minutes:

The licensing officer reported that of the four residents objecting, there had been no response from three residents and one did not wish to withdraw their representation.  There were no residents present at the meeting.  The premises were in a cumulative impact area.

 

The applicant tabled photos indicating the inside of the building.  The applicant’s representative stated that the application was to sell alcohol after educational training had finished.  Alcohol would be ancillary to the training.  Planning permission was in existence.  There had been no response to the letters sent to residents.  There would be a very limited sale of alcohol on the first floor of the premises.  Clients would have to negotiate six sets of doors and several flights of stairs to the training centre.  Pre-registration took place so clients would be known.  The premises were within the Kings Cross cumulative impact zone.  The Sub-Committee may consider this an exception as hours were restricted and premises would not be alcohol led.  The premises fell within licensing policy 11 regarding mixed use.  Noise disturbance and crime would not be issues that would arise from these premises.  There would be no impact from these premises, hours were limited and there was tight control over clients.

 

In response to questions it was noted that drinks would be supplied at the end of training.  Workshops were held for community or charity groups and as part of the package alcohol would be included.  There was no pay bar in the premises.  There would be relatively low numbers of people involved and drinks were likely to be limited to two or three before departure.  Clients would not be inebriated when they left the premises and if clients went to other premises this would be no different to pre-loading.  If clients were inebriated, action could be taken through the companies who had made the booking. Customers would need to register at reception and walk upstairs and through six doors so it was unlikely that they would come off the street.  There was a sale of alcohol as part of the package purchased which required a licence.  If alcohol was not charged for there would be no restrictions as there would be no licence.

 

In summary, the applicant stated that there had been no objection from the responsible authorities.  The applicant had adequately engaged with residents and had received no counter response.  He considered that the application would be an exception to the saturation policy.

 

RESOLVED

1)   That a new premises licence in respect of The Financial Trading Company, 10-14 White Lion Street, N1 9PD  be granted to sell alcohol, on supplies only, Mondays to Sundays from 12:00 until 23:00 hours.

 

2)   Conditions as outlined in appendix 4 as detailed on page 72 of the agenda shall be applied to the licence.

 

REASONS FOR DECISION

The Sub-Committee listened to all the evidence and submissions and read all the material. The Sub-Committee reached the decision having given consideration to the Licensing Act 2003, as amended, and its regulations, the national guidance and the Council’s Licensing Policy.

 

The Sub-Committee took into consideration Licensing Policy 2.  The premises fall under the Kings Cross cumulative impact area.  Licensing policy 2 creates a rebuttable presumption that applications for new premises licences that are likely to add to the existing cumulative impact will normally be refused, unless an applicant can demonstrate why the operation of the premises involved will not add to the cumulative impact or otherwise impact adversely on the promotion of the licensing objectives.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that the premises would be used primarily for training purposes and workshops.  There would be a very limited sale of alcohol following training which was restricted to a defined area on the first floor of the premises.  All those attending the training would be required to register at reception. The sale of alcohol would be ancillary to the core activity of team building and training.

 

The applicant had agreed conditions with the police.

 

The Sub-Committee concluded that the premises fell within the exceptions to licensing policy 2.  These were small premises which operated within the hours specified in licensing policy 8 and they were not alcohol led.  The grant of the application, with the conditions agreed, would not undermine the licensing objectives.

 

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