Agenda, decisions and minutes

This application for a new premises licence is made by Ms Lina Tsakmakis on behalf of TPL (Romford) Ltd under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 – The Prohibition Lounge, 17 Victoria Road, Romford, RM1 2JT.

Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Decision

PREMISES

Prohibition Lounge

17 Victoria Road,

Romford,

RM1 2JT

APPLICANT

Miss L Tsakmakis

17 Victoria Road,

Romford,

RM1 2JT

1.    Details of Application

Details of the application

Non-standard timings      

The applicant sought to open until 01:00 on New Years Eve for the licensable activities requested.

Comments and observations on the application

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 Yellow Advertiser on the 25 May 2016.

2.    Details of Representations

There were no representations against this application from interested persons.

There have been representations against this application from the following responsible authorities:-

Licensing Authority

Metropolitan Police

Planning Enforcement

Public Health

Details of representations

Valid representations may only address the following licensing objectives:

• The prevention of crime and disorder
• The prevention of public nuisance
• The protection of children from harm
• Public safety

The licensing authority’s representation covered all four of the licensing objectives.

The premises were located in one of Havering’s special policy areas in relation to cumulative impact. The application had not adequately provided reasoning to rebut the presumption of licensing policy 2 that such applications will normally be refused unless the applicant could demonstrate why the operation of the premises involved would not add to the cumulative impact and not impact adversely on the promotion of the licensing objectives. This had lead the licensing authority to have concerns further to the promotion of the licensing objectives. Additionally, the application appeared somewhat confused leading the licensing authority to suspect that the applicant did not have a thorough grasp of the demands placed upon premises licence holders further to the provision of licensable activity and the promotion of the licensing objectives.

The premises appeared to have been operating since September 2014 when the licensing authority received its first licence application. The first application was incomplete and given that it was submitted electronically was held pending submission of premises plans and DPS consent as well as clarification of a series of confusing elements within the application. Those documents were not supplied and clarification of the application was not provided and the application was refused four months later in January 2015.

A second application was submitted in September 2015. It also contained a series of confusing elements. Additionally, the second application was not accompanied by an application fee. After discussion with the licensing authority, the applicant declined to proceed with the application.

The third and current application was submitted in May 2016.  ...  view the full decision text for item 1.

Present at the meeting were Miss L Tsakmakis (applicant), Jeff Etherton (colleague of the applicant), Janine Etherton (colleague of the applicant), Oisin Daly (Licensing Officer Metropolitan Police), Belinda Goodwin (Licensing Officer Metropolitan Police), Sam Cadman (on behalf of the Havering Planning Authority), Paul Jones (Licensing Officer) and Paul Campbell (Licensing Officer).

Also present were the Council’s Legal Adviser and the Clerk to the Sub-Committee.

There were no disclosures of interest, and all decisions were taken with no votes against.

The Chairman reminded those present of the action to be taken in an emergency.

PREMISES

Prohibition Lounge

17 Victoria Road,

Romford,

RM1 2JT

APPLICANT

Miss L Tsakmakis

17 Victoria Road,

Romford,

RM1 2JT

1.    Details of Application

Details of the application

Non-standard timings      

The applicant sought to open until 01:00 on New Years Eve for the licensable activities requested.

Comments and observations on the application

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 Yellow Advertiser on the 25 May 2016.

2.    Details of Representations

There were no representations against this application from interested persons.

There have been representations against this application from the following responsible authorities:-

Licensing Authority

Metropolitan Police

Planning Enforcement

Public Health

Details of representations

Valid representations may only address the following licensing objectives:

• The prevention of crime and disorder
• The prevention of public nuisance
• The protection of children from harm
• Public safety

The licensing authority’s representation covered all four of the licensing objectives.

The premises were located in one of Havering’s special policy areas in relation to cumulative impact. The application had not adequately provided reasoning to rebut the presumption of licensing policy 2 that such applications will normally be refused unless the applicant could demonstrate why the operation of the premises involved would not add to the cumulative impact and not impact adversely on the promotion of the licensing objectives. This had lead the licensing authority to have concerns further to the promotion of the licensing objectives. Additionally, the application appeared somewhat confused leading the licensing authority to suspect that the applicant did not have a thorough grasp of the demands placed upon premises licence holders further to the provision of licensable activity and the promotion of the licensing objectives.

The premises appeared to have been operating since September 2014 when the licensing authority received its first licence application. The first application was incomplete and given that it was submitted electronically was held pending submission of premises plans and DPS consent as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.