Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall. View directions

Contact: Taiwo Adeoye - 01708 433079  Email: taiwo.adeoye@onesource.co.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - NES CAFE 9 BILLET LANE, HORNCHURCH, RM11 1TS pdf icon PDF 4 MB

Decision:

Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Decision

 

 

PREMISES

Nes Cafe

9 Billet Lane

Hornchurch

RM11 1TS

 

DETAILS OF APPLICATION

 

The application for a premises license was made under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Act)

 

APPLICANT

Mr Oktay Senturk

9 Billet Lane

Hornchurch

RM11 1TS

 

1.     Details of requested licensable activities

 

The application is to permit:

 

 

On-supply of alcohol

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

11:00

22:30

 

 

The premises is located in St Andrews ward which was subject to a special policy further to cumulative impact.  Licensing Policy 2 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 to 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.

 

 

 

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 advertisements of the application.  The required public notice was installed in the 9 June 2017 edition of the Romford Recorder.

 

At the suggestion of the Licensing Authority it was put forward  that Premises Licence Annex 2, Conditions 1,3,4,5,6 could be removed; this in line with the section 182 Licensing Act guidance issued by the Government.  The applicant had agreed to this suggestion.

 

3.     Details of Representations

 

There was one representation against the application from an interested person. The representation was based on the grounds of Public Safety and the Prevention of public nuisance.

 

There was a representation against the application from a responsible authority;

Havering’s Licensing Authority.

 

4.     Determination of Application

 

Mr Paul Campbell, Havering Licensing Officer attended the hearing and reiterated his representation to the application. The Sub-Committee was informed that the application for a Premises Licence by the applicant had made no reference as to what type of venue it was intended to be and had failed to address fully in the operating schedule what would be done to promote the four licensing objectives.

 

The Licensing Officer indicated that the applicant had also failed to acknowledge that the venue was in a communitive impact area outlined in Havering's Statement of Licensing Policy and what measures would be put into place to make the application an exception to the policy.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that the representation as a Responsible Authority against the application under the licensing objectives were on the grounds of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder, Public Safety, Prevention of Public Nuisance and the Protection of  ...  view the full decision text for item 1.

Minutes:

 

 

PREMISES

Nes Cafe

9 Billet Lane

Hornchurch

RM11 1TS

 

DETAILS OF APPLICATION

 

The application for a premises license was made under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Act)

 

APPLICANT

Mr Oktay Senturk

9 Billet Lane

Hornchurch

RM11 1TS

 

1.     Details of requested licensable activities

 

The application is to permit:

 

 

On-supply of alcohol

Day

Start

Finish

Monday to Sunday

11:00

22:30

 

 

The premises is located in St Andrews ward which was subject to a special policy further to cumulative impact.  Licensing Policy 2 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 to 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.

 

 

 

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 advertisements of the application.  The required public notice was installed in the 9 June 2017 edition of the Romford Recorder.

 

At the suggestion of the Licensing Authority it was put forward  that Premises Licence Annex 2, Conditions 1,3,4,5,6 could be removed; this in line with the section 182 Licensing Act guidance issued by the Government.  The applicant had agreed to this suggestion.

 

3.     Details of Representations

 

There was one representation against the application from an interested person. The representation was based on the grounds of Public Safety and the Prevention of public nuisance.

 

There was a representation against the application from a responsible authority;

Havering’s Licensing Authority.

 

4.     Determination of Application

 

Mr Paul Campbell, Havering Licensing Officer attended the hearing and reiterated his representation to the application. The Sub-Committee was informed that the application for a Premises Licence by the applicant had made no reference as to what type of venue it was intended to be and had failed to address fully in the operating schedule what would be done to promote the four licensing objectives.

 

The Licensing Officer indicated that the applicant had also failed to acknowledge that the venue was in a communitive impact area outlined in Havering's Statement of Licensing Policy and what measures would be put into place to make the application an exception to the policy.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that the representation as a Responsible Authority against the application under the licensing objectives were on the grounds of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder, Public Safety, Prevention of Public Nuisance and the Protection of Children from Harm.

 

The Sub-Committee was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.