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Items
No. Item

75.

Introductions and procedure

Minutes:

Councillor Michelline Safi-Ngongo welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced officers and members. The licensing officer introduced himself, the applicant and the interested parties. The procedure for the conduct of the meeting was outlined.

76.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

None.

77.

Declarations of substitute members

Minutes:

There were no declarations of substitute members.

78.

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.

79.

Order of Business

Minutes:

The order of business would be as the agenda.

80.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 80 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2020 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

81.

Admas Cafe, 162 Seven Sisters Road, N7 7PT - New premises licence pdf icon PDF 7 MB

Minutes:

The licensing officer reported that complaints had been received that the premises had not been operating within Covid-19 guidelines, including operating outside of curfew hours at the weekend. Licensing officers had made daytime visits and considered that the premises had been compliant with Covid-19 guidance on these occasions. The licensing officer had visited on Wednesday 30 September and noted that the CCTV was working but only recording for 36 hours. Images from other CCTV nearby indicated that people were leaving the premises just before 4am on Sunday morning the previous weekend. As the premises was unlicensed the case would be passed to the Environmental Health team. It was considered that enough evidence had been received to open a compliance case.

 

In response to questions, the licensing officer stated that alcohol had been in the fridge during a licensing inspection but it had since been removed. The fridge had been full in August 2020. Officers had visited before 10pm on three occasions and the premises had not been open. The initial application had been made in June 2020 and the alcohol in the fridge was found in August 2020.

 

A local resident raised concerns that the premises was used as a restaurant but half of the space available contained a snooker table.  The kitchen at the rear of the premises did not have proper ventilation as would be required for a food premises. The resident indicated his representation in the papers and the Sub-Committee noted the points raised.

 

In response to questions, the resident stated that the premises would certainly increase public nuisance. He had not spoken to the owner. He stated that the applicant had said it was a restaurant but the frontage was obscured by a plastic screen and seemed unwelcoming. He was concerned that the local pub noise was confined to inside the pub premises as it had no windows at the rear but the noise from Admas Cafe could spill out and disturb residents. He had not been approached by the applicant to discuss any issues.

 

The applicant’s agent stated that this was a small premises with seating for 20 people with alcohol on sale and served ancillary to food. This would not be a bar and music would be background only. There was a snooker table on the premises in a separate room and the door to this would be locked at all times during the licence hours. This was a condition that had been agreed with the police. The premises was in a cumulative impact zone and conditions had been agreed. The applicant had managed another premises in Seven Sisters Road and there had been no issues with it. There were no representations from the responsible authorities and four resident objections. The premises would close at 11.30pm. It was commented that one toilet was adequate for 20 customers. Only four customers would be allowed to smoke outside and with no drinks. The premises would not be adding to issues on match days as it was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 81.

82.

Kelly's Cafe, 200 New North Road, N1 7BJ - New premises licence pdf icon PDF 6 MB

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee noted that this application was adjourned at the request of the applicant.