Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

It was MOVED by Councillor Danielle Denton and SECONDED by Councillor Ian Parker and RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Margaret Bird as Chair of the meeting.

Disclosure of Interests Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that, in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act 2011, they are required to consider in advance of each meeting whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI), some other registrable interest (ORI) or a non-registrable interest (NRI) in relation to any matter on the agenda. If advice is needed, Members should contact the Monitoring Officer in good time before the meeting. If any Member or co-opted Member of the Council identifies a DPI or ORI which they have not already registered on the Council’s register of interests or which requires updating, they must urgently complete the disclosure form which can be obtained from Democratic Services at any time, copies of which will be available at the meeting for return to the Monitoring Officer.

Members and co-opted Members are required in general to disclose any relevant DPIs, ORIs or NRIs at the meeting –

• Where the matter relates to a DPI they may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not stay in the room unless granted a dispensation.
• Where the matter directly relates to the financial interest or wellbeing of an ORI they may not vote on the matter unless granted a dispensation.
• Where a Member or co-opted Member has an NRI which directly relates to or affects their or a relevant person’s financial interest or wellbeing, whether they can participate in any discussion or vote on the matter or stay in the room depends on the detailed rules in paragraphs 7 of Appendix B of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

The Chair will invite Members to make their disclosure of interests orally at the meeting and they will also be recorded in the minutes.

There were none.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no items of urgent business.

The Sub-Committee is asked to determine whether to grant the application for a premises licence at Unit 16, Addington Business Centre, Vulcan Way, New Addington, CR0 9UG.

The Chair outlined the procedures for the Licensing Hearing in line with the Licensing Act 2003 and the Council’s protocol.

The applicant’s representative, Rebecca Nalwanga, was present.

Parties who had submitted representations, Kirsty Pearce and Claire Mc Gee were also present.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing introduced the application to the Sub Committee.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that there were several responsible authorities such as the Police, the Council's trading standards team and the London Fire Brigade. There was another group, the legal term for which was ‘other persons’ and this included local residents, or somebody with a business interest in the vicinity of the application premises.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing informed the Sub Committee that responsible authorities and other persons had 28 days from when the application was received to assess the application, and if they thought that granting the application would compromise one or more of the four licensing objectives in the Licensing Act 2003, then they could make representations.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that the application sought the following licensable activities; the provision of regulated entertainment, in this case live music and recorded music from 11am until 2am; the provision of late night refreshment on Friday and Saturday from 11pm until 1.30am and the sale by retail of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing stated that the original application was for Sunday to Thursday at 11am until 11pm; Friday and Saturday 11am until 1.30am. The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that the applicant had since amended their application and no longer sought the sale of alcohol as a licensable activity from Monday to Thursday.

In response to a question from the Panel, the Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that the police had not made representations, they had liaised with the applicant and they had proposed some conditions which the applicant had agreed to.

The first objecting party, Kirsty Pearce, was given the opportunity to speak. Kirsty Pearce advised:

• The application was detrimental to the businesses around it.
• Vulcan way was described as an industrial centre, but the actual positioning of the venue was right next to thriving businesses such as an accountancy firm and an MOT centre.
• The positioning of the actual venue was unsafe for children.
• The premises was far away from any bus stops, so if the venue had events at weekends, there was limited access to public transport.
• There was a previous venue of the same nature on the site, although it was positioned slightly differently, still had many complaints about it.
• The Safer neighbourhood team should have investigated this matter further as they would have realised that the venue that was present beforehand, which was very similar, caused a lot of public nuisance noise issues.

The second objecting party, Clair Mc Gee, was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 39/24

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

This was not required.