LICENSING NEWS 13Th October 2014
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LICENSING NEWS 13th October 2014 Your weekly guide to the valid licence applications received, granted and refused in the City of Westminster Standard contents • Announcements *change to contact centre* *new date for Licensing News* **New application form for TENs** • Contact information • Brief and informal summary of Licensing Sub Committee decisions from this week • Link to Licensing Sub-Committee agendas and formal decisions • Licensing Act applications granted • Licensing Act applications refused • Licensing Act applications withdrawn • Licensing Act applications received and pending within the consultation period • Gambling Act applications granted • Gambling Act applications received and pending within the consultation period • Other applications granted • SEV /Sex Establishment applications received and pending within the consultation period • Other applications received and pending within the consultation period (totals) • Licensing Act Temporary Event Notices received (repositioned within contents) • Licensing Court Appeals Full hearings list • Licensing Sub-Committee Hearings 1 ANNOUNCEMENTS CHANGE TO CONTACT CENTRE On 24th September the licensing contact centre moved to a new provider – there will be a period of bedding in with the new staff handling the calls, so please be patient and understand that they are trying to absorb a lot of information in order to provide the service. If you need any additional support during this period please email the relevant licensing team (contact details on next page) – we will strive to provide additional assistance to our customers and colleagues in the new contact centre over the coming months. We will also hoping to introducing some additional search functionality to our website to reduce the need for calls – watch this space! CHANGE TO DISTRIBUTION DAY FOR LICENSING NEWS Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the recent survey about the distribution day for Licensing News and its content. The overwhelming response was a positive reaction to it moving to a Monday, so future editions will now be published on Mondays. We have also made a couple of changes in line with suggestions to make it slightly quicker to access the applications online. NEW APPLICATION FORM FOR TENs Please Note With effect from 1st October, the Government updated the form for submitting Temporary Event Notices (TENS). The online forms have already been updated (by GOV.uk). You will not be able to use the old forms to apply online so please ensure you use the updated form otherwise you may have problems if you are giving minimal notice then find your notice invalid / rejected or incapable of uploading. For those submitting by post, you can still use the form from our website or you may email General Licensing and ask to be sent the updated form to use for persons wishing to apply by post (our website still has the old version on it though we hope that will be updated this week). ********************************************************** Please note that the distribution of Licensing News is via email only Contact [email protected] if you wish your email address to be added to the distribution list. 2 Westminster Training Courses Read on…. The Service Area is offering a range of other training courses displayed below: • BIIAB Level 2 Personal Licence Holder 27th November 2014 3rd December 2014 • BIIAB Level 2 Licensing Practitioner Alcohol 3rd November 2014 • BIIAB Level 2 Crime Scene Preservation 30th October 2014 • SAB Miller Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing (FREE) 31st October 2014 7th November 2014 19th November 2014 28th November 2014 5th December 2014 12th December 2014 19th December 2014 If you are interested in booking a place on this course, please contact the EHCT Technical Support team on 0207-641-6252 or via email at [email protected] Online booking: http://ehcb.westminster.gov.uk/ 3 CONTACT INFORMATION Residents/Interested Parties Under the Licensing Act 2003, the City Council will accept representations from interested parties that are sent in by electronic means. PLEASE USE OUR PUBLIC ACCESS WEBPAGE TO SEARCH FOR APPLICATIONS AND SUBMIT ANY REPRESENTATIONS: This page will give details of applications in progress and their status, and you can also look up existing licences http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online- applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=LicencingApplication If you register with Public Access, you can receive email alerts on properties or streets you are interested in. Use the link above to see what our on line system can do for you. If you need more info on how to use Public Access, please email [email protected] PLEASE NOTE – the email addresses for the licensing teams are as follows: • any correspondence relating to the Licensing Act 2003 (alcohol, regulated entertainment & late night refreshment) : [email protected] • any correspondence relating to Gambling & Lotteries: [email protected] • any correspondence relating to special treatments, marriage venues, sex establishments, animal licensing, fireworks: [email protected] • any correspondence relating to street trading: [email protected] Postal address for applications / representations / enquiries Licensing Applications Westminster City Council 4th Floor South 64 Victoria Street SW1E 6QP (Please include your email address for acknowledgement and speedy updates of developments/amendments to applications) 4 LICENSING SUB-COMMIITTEE – SUMMARY OF DECISIONS Licensing Sub-Committee –Thursday 9 October 2014 10.00am Park Chinois, 17 Berkeley Street, W1 & 33 Dover Street, W1 (West End Ward / not in stress area) – Application at 17 Berkeley Street for a fine dining restaurant and holding bar offering dinner and music/the performance of dance (e.g. Chinese ballet/ballroom) on the basement and ground floors. The application was for licensable activities until 01:30 Monday to Sunday at 17 Berkeley Street and the reduction in the capacity at the 33 Dover Street premises from 180 to 120 on the ground floor and a further 100 reduction as a result of the basement being removed from the licensable area. The Applicant offered to surrender the existing licence at 17 Berkeley Street which did not have a restaurant condition attached to it. During the hearing the Applicant also proposed to withdraw off-sales from the application and have licensable activities begin at midday on Sunday which is in keeping with the Council’s Core Hours policy. The Sub-Committee carefully considered residents’ concerns regarding 17 Berkeley Street, in particular the arrival and dispersal of customers with a potential capacity of 450. The Sub-Committee granted both applications, taking into account the overall proposals, the conditions and that Mr Yau’s premises Park Chinois would be a fine dining restaurant. A terminal hour of 01:30 for licensable activities was granted at 17 Berkeley Street Monday to Saturday. On Sunday it was decided the terminal hour would be midnight except for regulated entertainment which would conclude at 23:30. A number of conditions were attached to the 17 Berkeley Street licence including a SIA presence at the entrances of both premises from 20:00 hours until the premises closed and also that there would be no deliveries or collections of any kind between 23:00 and 07:30 the following day. Cirque Le Soir, Basement, 15-21 Ganton Street, W1 (West End Ward / West End Stress Area) – Identical applications were submitted by the primary and secondary licence holders at Cirque Le Soir. The applications involved extending the terminal hour for licensable activities on Thursdays from 01:00 to 03:00 and removing licensable activities on Tuesdays and Sundays. The existing terminal hour on Tuesdays and Sundays was 01:00 and midnight respectively. The Sub-Committee considered that the proposals, including the reduced capacities overall as a result of removing licensable activities on Tuesdays and Sundays, were a genuine exception to policy in the West End Stress Area and granted the applications. AM 2 PM, 122-124 Chippenham Road (Harrow Road Ward / not in stress area) – Application adjourned at the Applicant’s request. The Riding House Café, 43 Great Titchfield Street, W1 (West End Ward / not in stress area) – The premises operates as a brasserie on the ground floor with a private dining room in the basement. The application was to extend the terminal hours permitted for licensable activities until midnight Monday to Thursday, until 01:00 Friday to Saturday and until 23:30 on Sunday. The Riding House Café is not located in one of the Council’s designated stress areas so there was not policy presumption against the application. The Sub-Committee decided to grant the application as the conditions, including all those proposed by Environmental Health which had been agreed by the Applicant, would promote the licensing objectives. These included limiting the maximum number of smokers outside the premises to 10, doors and windows being closed after a specific hour which the Sub-Committee amended to 21:00 and preventing the movement of waste or recyclable materials from 23:00 to 08:00. There would be no takeaway of hot food or drink after 23:00 hours. UPDATED General link to Licensing Sub-committee agendas and decisions: http://westminster.moderngov.co.uk/ieDocHome.aspx?bcr=1 5 LICENSING ACT 2003 - APPLICATIONS GRANTED Detail by Ward for Applications Granted in Part or Full As At Monday 13 October 2014 (Applications