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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 4, Town Hall, Upper Street, N1 2UD

Contact: Zoe Lewis  020 7527 3486

Items
No. Item

19.

Introductions and procedure

Minutes:

Councillor Wayne welcomed everyone to the meeting and officers and members introduced themselves.  The procedure for the conduct of the meeting was outlined.

20.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

21.

Declarations of substitute members

Minutes:

There were no declarations of substitute members.

22.

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:

There were no declarations of interest.

23.

Order of Business

Minutes:

The order of business would be as per the agenda.

24.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 252 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on the 4 August 2022 be confirmed as a correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

25.

Cheatmeals, Commercial Unit, 367 Holloway Road, Islington, London, N7 0RN - New Premises Licence pdf icon PDF 177 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The licensing officer reported that the applicant initially asked for the licence until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays, in the report had asked for core hours and now had reinstated the request for a licence until 2am. The licensing officer also advised that there had been a further email from residents which had been circulated.

 

There was a representation from the Licensing Authority, dealing with the fact that the hours requested were outside core hours and also that there had been no detail submitted in the operating schedule.

 

She stated that Islington’s policy on licensed hours was preferred to be midnight during the week and 1am on Friday and Saturday nights. She stated that there had been two local resident objections received from residents who lived directly above the premises concerning potential noise, arising from the fact that there was poor insulation within the building, a poor relationship with owners and managers from the premises whom they stated has intimidated them. They were also concerned about the cumulative impact of licensed premises in the locality.

 

The Licensing Authority raised concern about enforcement. The applicant’s legal representative objected and stated this was not part of the representation and no new material should be raised. He stated that he had been advised by a licensing officer that this matter would not be raised. The legal officer stated that the matter should not be considered as it was not in the paperwork. The chair reassured the applicant and his legal representative that this was not a matter that would be taken into consideration and the applicant’s legal representative confirmed this response was acceptable.

 

The applicant’s legal representative stated that Cheatmeals was a franchise and the applicant had worked at Cheatmeals as an apprentice at the Notting Hill franchise. The Holloway Road franchise was the applicant’s first.

 

In response to the Licensing Authority’s concern about the lack of detail in the operating schedule, the applicant’s representative stated that the licensing regime was designed to enable applicants to undertake the process without legal assistance. As the conditions on page 12 and 13 of the agenda had been agreed, there was now a full operating schedule.

 

The applicant’s legal representative stated that resident representations must be relevant and not vexatious. He added that they related to a specific neighbour dispute which was a private matter and therefore not a public nuisance. He also stated that the floor being poorly insulated was not a general public nuisance. He raised concern that the representations were vexatious and stated that there was no evidence and no record of complaints. Accusations of criminal damage were not supported by a police record, photographs or witness evidence. The applicant’s legal representative mentioned the complaint that water had been turned off which he disputed as the restaurant would have required water.

 

The applicant’s legal representative stated that the restaurant would be alcohol-free, halal and food-led, there had been no other Responsible Authority representations apart from the Licensing Authority, the operating schedule had been  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.

26.

Urban Social, Ground Floor, 242 Upper Street, London, N1 1RU - New Premises Licence pdf icon PDF 7 MB

Minutes:

The licensing officer reported that an expert witness report had been submitted and this had been circulated on 11 October. She stated that if this had been received sooner, officers could have visited.

 

The chair stated that the document was admissible and would be taken into account. The Sub-Committee would decide what weight to give the document. He also stated that if there was a request to adjourn, the Sub-Committee would consider this.

 

The applicant stated he would like to adjourn to consider the document and seek guidance.

 

The resident’s representative stated that the residents did not object to an adjournment and an adjournment would give time for issues to be addressed.

 

The licensing officer advised that if the hearing was adjourned, officers could visit to see if the information in the document had grounding.

 

RESOLVED:

That this item be adjourned to the Licensing Sub-Committee C meeting on 22 November.