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Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Interim Decision

PREMISES

Hot & Tasty Chicken

140 South Street

Romford

Essex

RM1 1TE

APPLICANT

Joyan Ltd

140 South Street

Romford

Essex

RM1 1TE

1.    Details of Application

The application to vary a premises licence had been made by Joyan Ltd under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003.

The current premises licence hours were:

2.    Details of Application

3.    Promotion of the Licensing Objectives

The applicant had 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 29 January 2016 edition of the Havering Yellow Advertiser.

The Sub-Committee noted from the Licensing Officer’s report that halfway through the consultation period the applicant had submitted an undated and signed document for consideration entitled ‘Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) Statement’ in which it was stated that ‘the applicant was seeking the restoration of the hours previously enjoyed prior to the Review bought against the previous owners’.  The CIZ Statement goes on to suggest that the extension to the hours of operation at the premises ‘would not add to negative cumulative impact but would in fact reduce it.’

All licensed premises in Havering were subjected to Havering’s new Licensing Policy which had come into force on 7 January 2016.  The area in which this premises was located resided is a designated Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ).  Licensing policy 2 addressed the CIZ thus:

Licensing Policy 2 

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

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

The application in section M had indicated that the existing conditions were to  ...  view the full decision text for item 3.

PREMISES

Hot & Tasty Chicken

140 South Street

Romford

Essex

RM1 1TE

APPLICANT

Joyan Ltd

140 South Street

Romford

Essex

RM1 1TE

1.    Details of Application

The application to vary a premises licence had been made by Joyan Ltd under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003.

The current premises licence hours were:

2.    Details of Application

3.    Promotion of the Licensing Objectives

The applicant had 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 29 January 2016 edition of the Havering Yellow Advertiser.

The Sub-Committee noted from the Licensing Officer’s report that halfway through the consultation period the applicant had submitted an undated and signed document for consideration entitled ‘Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) Statement’ in which it was stated that ‘the applicant was seeking the restoration of the hours previously enjoyed prior to the Review bought against the previous owners’.  The CIZ Statement goes on to suggest that the extension to the hours of operation at the premises ‘would not add to negative cumulative impact but would in fact reduce it.’

All licensed premises in Havering were subjected to Havering’s new Licensing Policy which had come into force on 7 January 2016.  The area in which this premises was located resided is a designated Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ).  Licensing policy 2 addressed the CIZ thus:

Licensing Policy 2 

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

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

The application in section M had indicated that the existing conditions were to remain in force and were considered to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.