Agenda and minutes

To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

Reserve Members may attend meetings:-

(i)                 to take the place of an ordinary Member for whom they are a reserve;

(ii)               where the ordinary Member will be absent for the whole of the meeting; and

(iii)             the meeting notes at the start of the meeting at the item ‘Reserves’ that the Reserve Member is or will be attending as a reserve;

(iv)              if a Reserve Member whose intention to attend has been noted arrives after the commencement of the meeting, then that Reserve Member can only act as a Member from the start of the next item of business on the agenda after his/her arrival.

RESOLVED: To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Members:-

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 Committee;

(b)               all other Members present.

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

To receive deputations (if any) under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 16 (Part 4B) of the Constitution.

RESOLVED:  To note that no deputations were received at this meeting.

Report of the Corporate Director of Environment and Enterprise.

The Committee received a report of the Corporate Director of Environment and Enterprise which set out the reasons for the proposed introduction of an Early Morning Restriction Order (EMRO) in the vicinity of Stanmore Broadway.

An officer advised that the main reasons for seeking to implement an EMRO in the area were as follows:

·                    following changes in licensing legislation in 2012, the maximum number and duration of Temporary Event Notices (TENs) had been increased;

·                    many of the licensed premises in the proposed EMRO zone in Stanmore had applied for TENs during the Christmas/New Year period in 2012, which had extended opening hours of between 4.30-5.30 am;

·                    the police, officers in Licensing and the Out of Hours Noise teams and local Ward Councillors had received a large number of complaints during the holiday season in 2012 from residents in the vicinity of the proposed EMRO zone regarding largescale incidences of public nuisance.  The public nuisance issues had probably occurred as a result of numerous licensed premises closing around the same time;

·                    following receipt of the complaints, additional patrols had been deployed in the Stanmore Broadway area to monitor the situation, at an approximate cost of £11,500.  Other areas in Harrow did not have the same problems and had not generated the same level of complaints, and therefore the EMRO was only being proposed for the Stanmore Broadway area;

·                    it was a legal requirement to carry out a consultation lasting 42 days with all relevant stakeholders before an EMRO could be implemented.  The consultation would be followed by a hearing if objections were received.

Following questions and comments from Committee Members, an officer advised that:

·                    New Year’s Day was exempt from EMROs;

·                    there were no financial implications of the proposed EMRO, and all costs, including those associated with the consultation would be covered within the current Licensing budget;

·                    if agreed, this would be the first time an EMRO would be introduced in Harrow;

·                    if the consultation was agreed, then the Police, Licensing and Public Realm Enforcement teams would provide more detailed evidence of the public nuisance related complaints received in 2012 from residents in the vicinity of Stanmore Broadway;

·                    most of the premises in the proposed EMRO zone currently had licenses until 1.00 am, and these would not be curtailed, and it was proposed that they be permitted to open until 2.00 am at the latest.  This would ensure that most licensed premises in the area would be vacated by 2.30 am at the latest;

·                    the area of the proposed EMRO zone had been identified on the basis of evidence gathered during the additional patrols in 2012 and included all the premises in the area of Stanmore Broadway which were likely to have contributed to the public nuisance issues; 

·                    officers had invited all the licensees in the proposed EMRO zone to provide suggestions as to how to better manage the public nuisance issue in the future, however, to date, none of the licensees had contacted the council with any proposals;  ...  view the full minutes text for item 105.