Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of this meeting.

RESOLVED: That Councillor Krishna Suresh be appointed Chairman of the Licensing Panel hearing.

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Panel;

(b)               all other Members present.

RESOLVED: To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members.

[Note:  Licensing Panel minutes are:-

(1)               approved following each meeting by the Members serving on that particular occasion and signed as a correct record by the Chairman for that meeting;

(2)               not submitted to the next panel meeting for approval.

Reasons: The Licensing Panel is constituted from a pooled membership. Consequently, a subsequent Panel meeting is likely to comprise a different Chairman and Members who took no part in the previous meeting’s proceedings. The process referred to at (1) above provides appropriate approval scrutiny].

(See Note at conclusion of these minutes).

To receive any questions, petitions or deputations (if any), under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rules 17, 15 and 16 (Part 4B) of the Constitution respectively.

Questions will be asked in the order notice of them was received and there be a time limit of 15 minutes.

[The deadline for receipt of public questions is 3.00 pm, <DATE>.  Questions should be sent to publicquestions@harrow.gov.uk  

No person may submit more than one question].

[Note: These items are qualified by the requirements of the licensing legislation and will not be applicable to applications on the current agenda.]

RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions were put, or petitions or deputations received at this meeting under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rules 19, 16 and 17 (Part 4B of the Constitution) respectively.

Procedure to be followed at an oral hearing.

The Chairman asked the Panel Members, officers, Responsible Authority and other attendees at the meeting to introduce themselves and then outlined the procedure for the conduct of an oral hearing, which was set out in the agenda.

Report of the Corporate Director, Environment and Enterprise.

In attendance:

RESOLVED:  That, having carefully considered all the relevant information including:

·                    written and oral representations by all the parties;

·                    the Licensing Act 2003 and the steps that are appropriate to promote the licensing objectives;

·                    the Guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003;

·                    Harrow Council’s Licensing Policy;

·                    the Human Rights Act 1998;

the Panel agreed to grant the premises licence as follows:

·                    Late night refreshment Sunday to Thursday 23.00-01.00 the next day;

·                    Fridays & Saturdays 23.00-03.00 the next day;

·                    Hours open to the public Sunday to Thursday 06.30-01.15 am the next day;

·                    Friday & Saturday 06.30 am to 03.15 am the next day.

This is on the basis that the steps to promote the licensing objectives noted in the operating schedule are extrapolated as conditions on to the licence, with the following modifications:

·                    the premises will maintain a CCTV system in operation ensuring that there no blind spots;

·                    recordings shall be held for a minimum of 31 days and copies made available to the Police and Licensing officers expeditiously on request;

·                    on Fridays and Saturdays from 23.00 until the premises closes, there shall be employed at least 1 SIA officer;

·                    the upstairs restaurant area shall be closed off and locked to members of the public from 22.00 until opening time the next day.

Reasons:  The Panel has considered the evidence put forward by the parties and notes that the premises has operated almost trouble free since December 2010 and that most of the incidents that have occurred in the vicinity have occurred at  times when this premises has an SIA officer present.

The Panel is mindful of the potential for crime and disorder and public nuisance issues that may arise but believe that having an SIA officer at the weekends is sufficient and that this together with the conditions on the licence will promote the licensing objectives.