Agenda and minutes

The Chair introduced everyone to the meeting and outlined the procedure.

Apologies were received from Councillor Ibrahim.

Councillor Mackmurdie and Jeapes were substitutes.

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The order of business was as per the Agenda

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the previous meeting be agreed as a correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

ADJOURNED

The licensing officer explained there was no additional updates.

The resident objector explained they had experienced previous Anti-Social Behaviour in the area with people sitting on doorsteps and creating noise and nuisance and they feared this would increase with a new premises serving alcohol. They wanted to know the opening hours of the premises and whether they would be operating as a takeaway which would cause noise and increased vehicles in the area. They also wanted to know whether alcohol would be served as takeaway and what the dispersal policy of the premises was.

The Applicant responded explaining, the Anti-Social behaviour was created from the late-night operators that only served takeaway and was very rare. They would only be operating until 11pm with supply of alcohol only until 10:30pm despite the previous license of the premises allowing operation until 12:30am on weekends. Takeaway food would only be available for collection, they would not be using delivery services such as Deliveroo and UberEATS and they would not be serving alcohol as takeaway. Alcohol would only be available ancillary to food and there would be no vertical drinking. There would be no late-night refreshments or live music. The dispersal of patrons would be closely monitored by well trained staff who would ask them to leave sensibly and respectfully and there would be no smoking facilities outside.

In response to questions from the committee, the applicant explained it was a small restaurant with only 30 covers. There was CCTV monitoring and windows and doors would remain closed except for ingress and egress. The applicants explained they had ample experience in the hospitality industry, working within it since 2009, in various busy areas of London and therefore were well equipped to deal with lively customers.

RESOLVED

1) That the application for a New premises licence in respect of LUCKY SKEWERS, 3 PENTON STREET, LONDON, N1 for The sale by retail of alcohol, on supplies only, Mondays to Sundays from 12:00 until 22:30; and and The premises to be open to the public, Mondays to Sundays from 12:00 until 23:00 be granted

2) Conditions detailed on pages 84 to 87 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 Policies 2 & 3.  The premises fall within the Holloway Road and Finsbury Park cumulative impact area.  Licensing policy 3 creates a rebuttable presumption that applications for the grant or variation of premises licences which are likely to add to the existing cumulative impact will normally be refused following the receipt of representations, unless the applicant can demonstrate in the operating schedule that there will be no negative cumulative impact on one or more of the licensing objectives.

The Sub-Committee noted that conditions had been agreed with the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 87.