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Bloc South Further Submissions BLOC SOUTH FURTHER SUBMISSIONS 1. Wayne Shires Witness Statement 2. Wayne Shires Exhibit 1 – East BLOC Premises liCenCe WS/01 3. Wayne Shires Exhibit 2 – The BloC Group Presentation WS/02 4. Wayne Shires Exhibit 3 – Letters of support WS/03 5. Wayne Shires Exhibit 4 – Letter of support from WS/04 Jonathan Simpson 6. Wayne Shires Exhibit 5 – Letter of support from Lord WS/05 Brian PaddiCk 7. Wayne Shires Exhibit 6 – Companies House ExtraCt WS/06 8. Wayne Shires Exhibit 7 – The Guardian Newspaper WS/07 ArtiCles 9. Wayne Shires Exhibit 8 – Revised proposed Conditions WS/08 10. Wayne Shires Exhibit 9 – Dispersal policy WS/09 11. Report prepared by Adrian Studd STATEMENT OF WAYNE SHIRES Proposed Operator of Bloc South Introduction 1. With the permission of Lambeth Council, I hope to open and operate a new nightclub and community premises to be called “Bloc South” in the railway arches at 65 Albert Embankment in Vauxhall. The club will be dedicated to serve the LGBTQ community in Lambeth and further afield. I am of course aware of the chequered history of this premises when it previously housed Club 65. 2. Within this statement I will set out : a. The reasons behind this application and my relationship with the previous operators; b. What I hope to achieve for the good of the LGBTQ community in Lambeth; c. The Bloc South concept and the operating hours required to make the project commercially viable; d. The steps I will take to ensure the licensing objectives are promoted and addressing issues raised by those who have made representations objecting to this application. 3. Before doing so I will set out my own background and track record. I hope to satisfy the licensing sub-committee that I am worthy of being trusted on my word, as well as with the stewardship of this project. My reputation for delivering what I promise is all important to me, both personally and professionally. I have not embarked on 1 this application lightly and I would never jeopardise my reputation for this project or any other. 4. Whilst I acknowledge the understandable concerns referred to in the representations, naturally, I welcome the overwhelming expressions of support this licence application has attracted from individual residents of Lambeth, leading representatives of the local LGBTQ community, and other public figures concerned with improving Lambeth’s night-time economy in a safe and enjoyable way. My professional background and personal character 5. I have worked in the leisure industry for nearly 30 years, starting in the “WAG Club” in Soho. Then I worked as a manager and licensee at “Bar Industria” on Hanover Street, W1 before moving to “Café de Paris” until the early nineties. At the Astoria Group I operated my first gay venue, “Sub Station Soho”, and from here opened a sister club “Sub Station South” in Lambeth as operator and licensee. 6. Throughout the nineties I was involved in large scale LGBTQ park events including “Gay Pride” for nine years at Brockwell Park and later my own “Summer Rites” festivals, first in Kennington Park and then returning to Brockwell. 7. From 1998-2008 I was the owner and Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) of “Crash Club” in Vauxhall (which is now named “Union” and is next door to Club 65), as well as opening and operating the neighbouring club “Area” before selling both in 2010 and moving to East London. 2 8. In 2006 I was awarded a Police Borough Commander’s Award for community service for co-founding the Vauxhall Gay Business Forum (“VGBF”) through which I worked with Lambeth Council and the police to tackle the prevalence of the drug GHB in the LGBTQ community. 9. Since 2010 I have operated “East Bloc”, a nightclub in Shoreditch that is permitted to open until 06:00hrs at weekends and 04:00hrs midweek. I attach the Premises Licence as WS/01. In 2015, I opened “Bloc Bar”, a late night bar in Camden and successfully obtained a 03:00hrs weekend licence in Camden’s notoriously strict Special Policy/Cumulative Impact area on the basis of my proven track record and the benefits my premises can bring to the night-time economy and LGBTQ community in Camden. 10. In 2012 I re-launched the “Summer Rites” festival in Shoreditch Park and obtained a licence for 5,000 people to attend. The following year I took the event to Tobacco Dock in Wapping. 11. Given my work record, I hope it will be apparent that I have a great deal of experience in operating music venues, particularly gay nightclubs, which are situated in mixed commercial and residential areas. I have specific and extensive experience of operating nightclubs in Vauxhall. I am acutely aware of the control measures that are required to prevent nightclubs becoming the source of crime and disorder or public nuisance. My relationships with the responsible authorities in all the areas where I have operated have always been excellent. Significantly, 3 none of my premises have ever been subjected to a licence review whilst I have been the operator. 12. I attach a colour presentation relating to The Bloc Group as WS/02. 13. The licensing sub-committee will have seen that my character and reputation as an operator of nightclubs and contributor to LGBTQ community life has been attested to by a number of responsible individuals and public figures within the formal representations and support letters sent to the Council (or exhibited elsewhere) in response to this licence application. Those supporters include: Philip Normal (LGBTQ Officer for the Vauxhall Labour Party), Andrew Boff (Member of the London Assembly), Chris Amos (publisher of The Gay London Guide), and Peter Tatchell (the human rights campaigner). Those support letters that are not already included within the Agenda papers as formal representations are separately exhibited as WS/03. 14. Among the letters of support is one from Cllr Jonathan Simpson, a former Mayor of Camden and the current Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Labour Councillor for King’s Cross Ward. (dated 19.1.17 at WS/04). His remit covers Camden’s Night Time Economy. He is able to confirm that one of my other premises, the Bloc Bar: “…has been a very well run venue since it opened. As far as I am aware Bloc Bar has been managed well. You have an excellent relationship with the licensing team in the Metropolitan Police and have liaised well with the local community. I understand that there have been no complaints since the bar has been launched - which is impressive and testimony to how you have managed the venue. 4 I clearly cannot comment on the merits of any licensing application elsewhere - but from a local perspective I can confirm that you are doing well and are running good venues for our LGBT Community.” 15. Lord Brian Paddick, a former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police, Borough Commander for the London Borough of Lambeth and candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and 2012, has also written in support of me and my venues (letter of 23.1.17 at WS/05). Lord Paddick states: “I have known Wayne for about 15 years and I have always found him to be a reasonable, sensible and sound individual… I have attended his venues in the past and found them to be well run” 16. Lord Paddick also speaks of the benefits this application, if granted, can bring to the public safety and crime and disorder licensing objectives when he observes that: “The sub-committee will be aware of trends in the LGBTQ community in recent years including the closing of many LGBTQ venues in London in general and South London in particular. There has also been a move to arranging to meet people ‘on line’ with the inherent dangers associated with not meeting in a neutral location first. In my opinion, there is a real need for ‘safe spaces’ for members of the LGBTQ community to meet and socialise and I believe Wayne’s application is timely and desirable.” 17. In relation to my operation of East Bloc in Shoreditch, PS Guy Hicks, who is responsible for police licensing in the London Borough of Hackney has permitted me to quote from an email he has sent me in these terms: “I am happy for you to state (use my name in vain!) that you operate a well-run trouble free venue and I have had no cause to speak with you in the 5 years I have been the licensing Sergeant for the borough.” 18. I understand that PS David Smith of Lambeth Police has independently contacted PS Guy Hicks who has confirmed the same to him. 5 19. In the event that a workable premises licence is granted to permit Bloc South to open I intend to transfer the DPS positions at both East Bloc and Bloc Bar to senior managers so I can concentrate primarily on the smooth running of the new Bloc South. My involvement with this premises and the previous operators 20. I have already stated that my reputation is my professional life-blood. In light of this I hope the Council is prepared to accept my word that I am my own man. I am not, and never will, act as a “front” or “puppet” for any other person or financial interest as one or two representations have, regrettably, sought to intimate. I will not defer to Paulo Moreno or any other investor in my businesses when it comes to making operational decisions about my venues.
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