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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS

(if any) - receive

Decision:

There were no apologies for absence received.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence received.

2.

DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

 

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

Minutes:

No interests were disclosed at the meeting.

3.

CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT

The Chairman will announce details of the arrangements in case of fire or other events that might require the meeting room or building’s evacuation.

Minutes:

The Chairman advised Members and the public of action to be taken in the event of emergency evacuation of the Town Hall becoming necessary.

4.

REPORT OF THE CLERK pdf icon PDF 169 KB

Procedure for the hearing – Licensing Act 2003

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received and noted the procedure for the hearing.

5.

APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - SAPPHIRE ICE & LEISURE CENTRE, ROMFORD pdf icon PDF 6 MB

This application for a premises licenceis made by Sports and Leisure Management Ltd under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003

Decision:

PREMISES:

Sapphire Ice & Leisure Centre

Romford

 

DETAILS OF APPLICATION

 

The application for a premises licencewas made by Sports and Leisure Management Ltd under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.  The application was received by Havering’s Licensing Authority on 3rd January 2018.

 

APPLICANT

 

1.     Details of requested licensable activities

 

The application is to permit the provision of the following licensable activities:

 

Indoor sporting events, recorded music, performance of dance

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

05:30

23:30

 

Supply of alcohol (on premises)

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

11:00

23:00

 

Hours premises open to the public

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

05:30

23:45

 

The premises is located within Romford’s ring road which was subject to Havering’s licensing policy 2 further to cumulative impact, which states:

 

The Licensing Authority had adopted a special policy relating to cumulative impact in relation to:

 

·         Romford town centre within the ring road

·         St Andrews Ward

 

The policy creates a rebuttable presumption that applications for new premises licences, club premises certificates, or variation applications that would add to the existing cumulative impact, will normally be refused, unless the applicant can demonstrate why the operation of the premises involved will not add to the cumulative impact and not impact adversely on the promotion of the licensing objectives. The exception to this policy will be for applications for restaurants where alcohol is sold ancillary to a table meal and the terminal licensing hour is in line with the policy.

 

The application did not contain a rebuttal argument further to this policy and neither had such an argument been received.

 

2.     Promotion of the Licensing Objectives

 

The applicant acted in accordance with regulations 25 and 26 of The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005 relating to the advertising of the application.  The required public notice was installed in the 12th January 2018 edition of the Havering Yellow Advertiser.

 

The application indicated that ‘alcohol is to be sold in the ice rink only during events only’ and additionally, that ‘alcohol shall not be sold or supplied otherwise than to persons attending pre-booked events’.  Online advertising material on the premises’ website indicated that customers may ‘refuel and refresh at our two fully-licensed cafes’. 

 

After discussions with the Police, the applicant added the following three conditions to the operating scheduled further to the provision of CCTV:

 

i)             A CCTV system shall be installed and maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the Metropolitan Police Licensing Officer which shall include a plan identifying the position and number of cameras and which may only be changed with the agreement of the Metropolitan Police.

ii)            CCTV footage of evidential quality shall be recorded of all entrance and exit doors.  Customers must remove head wear on entry to the premises unless worn as part of religious observance to allow the recording of a clear head/shoulder image.

iii)           The CCTV system shall be fully operational during the hours licensable activities take place and footage shall be retained for a  ...  view the full decision text for item 5.

Minutes:

PREMISES:

Sapphire Ice & Leisure Centre

Romford

 

DETAILS OF APPLICATION

 

The application for a premises licencewas made by Sports and Leisure Management Ltd under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.  The application was received by Havering’s Licensing Authority on 3rd January 2018.

 

APPLICANT

 

1.     Details of requested licensable activities

 

The application is to permit the provision of the following licensable activities:

 

Indoor sporting events, recorded music, performance of dance

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

05:30

23:30

 

Supply of alcohol (on premises)

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

11:00

23:00

 

Hours premises open to the public

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

05:30

23:45

 

The premises is located within Romford’s ring road which was subject to Havering’s licensing policy 2 further to cumulative impact, which states:

 

The Licensing Authority had adopted a special policy relating to cumulative impact in relation to:

 

·         Romford town centre within the ring road

·         St Andrews Ward

 

The policy creates a rebuttable presumption that applications for new premises licences, club premises certificates, or variation applications that would add to the existing cumulative impact, will normally be refused, unless the applicant can demonstrate why the operation of the premises involved will not add to the cumulative impact and not impact adversely on the promotion of the licensing objectives. The exception to this policy will be for applications for restaurants where alcohol is sold ancillary to a table meal and the terminal licensing hour is in line with the policy.

 

The application did not contain a rebuttal argument further to this policy and neither had such an argument been received.

 

2.     Promotion of the Licensing Objectives

 

The applicant acted in accordance with regulations 25 and 26 of The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005 relating to the advertising of the application.  The required public notice was installed in the 12th January 2018 edition of the Havering Yellow Advertiser.

 

The application indicated that ‘alcohol is to be sold in the ice rink only during events only’ and additionally, that ‘alcohol shall not be sold or supplied otherwise than to persons attending pre-booked events’.  Online advertising material on the premises’ website indicated that customers may ‘refuel and refresh at our two fully-licensed cafes’. 

 

After discussions with the Police, the applicant added the following three conditions to the operating scheduled further to the provision of CCTV:

 

i)             A CCTV system shall be installed and maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the Metropolitan Police Licensing Officer which shall include a plan identifying the position and number of cameras and which may only be changed with the agreement of the Metropolitan Police.

ii)            CCTV footage of evidential quality shall be recorded of all entrance and exit doors.  Customers must remove head wear on entry to the premises unless worn as part of religious observance to allow the recording of a clear head/shoulder image.

iii)           The CCTV system shall be fully operational during the hours licensable activities take place and footage shall be retained for a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.