Agenda and minutes

Councillor Nicholas Bennett JP was appointed Chairman for the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Sub Committee made the following decision taking into consideration

-  the four licensing objectives;

-  the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy 2016 – 2021;

-  guidance issued under the Licensing Act 2003;

-  written and oral representations from the Applicant;

-  written and oral representations from the Metropolitan Police;

-  written and oral representations from Local Residents;

-  written and oral representation from Cllr Wells on behalf of a local resident;

-  the Council’s Cumulative Impact Policy.

The Sub Committee decided to grant the application, amended as follows:

1. Live music on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 03:00,

2. Recorded music on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 03:00,

3. Late night refreshments on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 03:00,

4. Regulated Entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays from 09:00 to 03:00

5. Supply of alcohol on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 03:00,

6. Hours open to the public Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 03:30

Subject to the following additional conditions:

1.   On any night that that the premises trades beyond 2am, it shall have no fewer than 8 SIA registered door supervisors working at the venue, who shall remain on duty until 30 minutes after the venue closes.

2.   There shall be no off-sales from the venue, and no drinks may be taken outside by customers.

3.  The venue shall not offer cut price alcohol promotions.

4.  The upper and lower floors of the premises shall be closed sequentially, at least 30 minutes apart from each other.

5.  No customers under the age of 21 shall be admitted to the premises.

6.  Save for emergency egress, all exits after 2.30am shall be through the station park entrance.

7.  Following closure of the premises, all security staff shall be deployed to marshall the vicinity in high visibility jackets to promote a quiet and rapid dispersal of customers.

8.  Following close of the premises, it will remove any empty vessels from the station car park.

9.  The premises shall maintain a dedicated telephone line which residents can call at any time up to half an hour after closing time of the premises.

10.  The premises licence holder shall hold a meeting with the local community at least quarterly. Details of the meeting shall be provided to local residents’ association and shall be clearly displayed at both entrances to the premises.

Reasons for the decision:

The Bridge Bar is situated in an area to which a special policy of cumulative impact applies. Government guidance states that this creates a rebuttable presumption that applications for the grant or variation of premises licenses which are likely to add to the existing cumulative impact will normally be refused or subject to certain limitations unless the applicant can demonstrate in the operating schedule that there will be no negative cumulative impact on one or more of the licensing objectives.

The applicant was represented by Philip Kolvin QC. Mr Kolvin produced written submissions which accompanied the application. He explained the historical background of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

Application for a Premises Licence at Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation, Crystal Palace Park, SE20 8DT

 The Sub-Committee made the following decision having regard to:

-  the four licensing objectives;

-  the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy 2016 – 2021;

-  guidance issued under the Licensing Act 2003;

-  written and oral representations from the Applicant;

-  written and oral representations from the Metropolitan Police;

-  written and oral representations from the Public Health Nuisance Team.

The Sub-Committee decided to refuse the application.

Reasons for the Decision:

The applicant, Ms Josephine Williams-Brown put forward her representations. She explained that she had organised a family fun day event each year for the past 22 years and had held the event in Crystal Palace Park for the past 10 years without any problems. She submitted that she had never experienced any issues other than last year, which was caused as a result of an overspill of people from another event (Brixton Splash) which did not take place. As a result she was not prepared for the numbers of people that turned up at the entrance and did not anticipate the issues which arose as a consequence.

The applicant submitted that she had put in place the measures required by the responsible authorities to promote public safety, protection of children from harm, prevention of public nuisance and crime and disorder. She explained that the event had been held over the years as a family fun day event and they had always sought to make the event safe and enjoyable for all. 

The police objected to the application on the basis that the applicant omitted to provide a proper security plan and show how she would promote the licensing objectives, particularly crime and disorder and the protection of children from harm. The concern was that the event could attract more than 8000 members of the public. The police felt that ticket sales at the gate would not prevent members of the public turning up and trying to gain access when the event was full.

At the meeting the police submitted that due to the excessive number of people last year they had to seek assistance from the police in Central London. By 6pm there were so many people that the organisers were advised to let people in without charging for entry.

The applicant submitted that she had provided a copy of the Event Management Plan (EMP) to the Council. The EMP was circulated to members of the Sub-Committee. She explained that it included plans in relation to security and stewarding. She stated that they did not lose control of the situation last year but accepted that the event could have been better supervised. She stated that the upcoming event would have 50 security staff and 55 stewards.

The police asked the applicant whether she had received their suggested conditions, she replied yes and stated ‘‘I think I’ve done the things you have asked me to do’’.

Steve Phillips, the current chair of the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) wanted to know the maximum number of people attending the event. The applicant  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.