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Items
No. Item

140.

Introductions and procedure

Minutes:

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

141.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Clarke-Perry.

142.

Declarations of substitute members

Minutes:

Councillor Graham substituted for Councillor Clarke-Perry.

143.

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.

144.

Order of Business

Minutes:

Item B2 – Safe Store has been withdrawn from the agenda. The order of business would be B1 and B3.

145.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 244 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2022 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

146.

Trampoline, 27 Camden Passage, N1 8EA - New premises licence pdf icon PDF 6 MB

Minutes:

The licensing officer introduced the applicant and the applicant’s representative. He stated that any issues in relation to the disposal of waste were being dealt with by the waste management team and therefore this was not an issue for the licensing sub-committee. The waste management team was working with premises individually to relocate collections to Essex Road. The licensing officer also stated that Planning had stated that the information provided in the applicant’s submissions indicated that the primary use of the premises was a café. This was within use Class E. The submissions had indicated there were some uses which would not fall within use Class E but these were infrequent. It appeared that the use was compliant with the lawful use of the site.

 

The licensing officer stated that 17 local resident objections had been received and one resident was in attendance.  There had been no representations made by the responsible authorities, as conditions had been agreed with the police, noise and trading standards.

 

The Sub-Committee heard from a resident that he had had concerns relating to noise and disruption arising from waste collection in the early hours; however he confirmed that this was now no longer an issue as it had been addressed by the licensing officer.  He then outlined his concerns relating to the capacity of up to 40 customers set out in the application and raised concerns about the small size of the premises relative to that capacity. The resident raised concern about potential noise emanating from open windows and doors and customers spilling out on to the street in the early hours and adding to the general disruption in Camden Passage caused by licensed premises. He was concerned that the viewing of films on the upper floor, probably with windows open, would add to the noise nuisance. He also expressed concern relating to the sale of alcohol at 4pm in an area where there were schools.

 

The applicant confirmed that the capacity set out in the application was for health and safety purposes only and that there was seating for only 16 customers upstairs and 8 downstairs. The applicant outlined that the premises was a social enterprise working to train and provide employment for refugees.

 

The applicant stated that any music would be background music only at such a level that conversation could be heard above it and there would only be one speaker on the upper floor of the premises.

 

The applicant’s representative confirmed that the premises would not be used to show movies other than to showcase the aims of the social enterprise. He confirmed the premises would serve alcohol only to seated customers and that premises would operate as a café only up until 4pm and would serve alcohol only from 6pm-9pm when it would be used as a community space to raise awareness of issues relating to refugees.

 

In response to a member’s question as to how the applicant intended to address the issue relating to open windows raised by the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 146.

147.

Safestore, 451-453 Holloway Road, N7 6LJ - Premises licence variation pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

This item had been withdrawn from the agenda as all representations had been withdrawn.

148.

JE Fine Foods 187 Blackstock Road, N5 2LL - New premises licence pdf icon PDF 3 MB

Minutes:

The licensing officer introduced all parties. He stated that there were no additional documents submitted.

 

The Police reported that the applicant had applied to sell alcohol 7 days a week inside the premises up until 1am and from 1am-3am though a hatch. The Police stated that Finsbury Park was saturated with venues offering late night refreshments. There was an onus on the applicant to demonstrate the premises would not impact on the cumulative impact zone and the applicant had not done this other than to mention inhouse training.

 

The Police stated that when the premises was run by the previous owners, there had been issues. The applicant had applied for TENS to demonstrate there would be no problems. However, the applicant had disregarded police advise to use these in March, April and May and instead used them in January and February which were quiet times. The applicant had now run out of TENS so there was no way to test their ability to serve alcohol until the times that had been requested.

 

The Licensing Authority stated that their representation was as stated in Appendix 1. The applicant using up the TENS at the quietist time of the year meant there was no means of judging them. The area was saturated with off-licences. The applicant had not outlined how the premises would be operated and managed beyond 11pm and the applicant had not been in contact with the Licensing Authority. There was also concern that selling alcohol from the hatch could cause street drinking.

 

The applicant’s representative stated that the premises was not in a cumulative impact zone and that he had submitted documents which stated that they were aware of concerns. He also stated that there were already posters about street drinkers in the shop and staff would inform them they would not be served. Any drunkenness would not be tolerated.

The applicant’s representative stated that when the applicant took over the premises he did not know anything about the previous owners. The conditions on the licence were more stringent than for other off licences. Single cans of alcohol or strong alcohol above 6.5% were not permitted to be sold, unlike in other premises in the area. The applicant’s representative stated that these products aided street drinking.

 

The applicant stated that the premises previously had a 24-hour licence. He had changed the double-glazed door and at night only two people were permitted in the shop at a time. The more experienced staff were put on the till and checked ID. Two members of staff had personal licences and three more were in the process of obtaining them. There were several notices in the shop relating to unacceptable behaviour. CCTV cameras would show the public entering the shop.

 

The applicant’s representative stated that the applicant did not realise that the TENS should have been staggered. The shop and area were always busy and customers had themselves asked that the premises stay open until later. The hatch would be used from 1am  ...  view the full minutes text for item 148.