Agenda and minutes

Cllr Tunnicliffe was appointed as Chairman for the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

DECISION

1.   INTRODUCTION:

The Licensing Sub-Committee carefully considered the application for  a new premises licence at KENT HOUSE COFFEE AND FLOWERS BECKENHAM BR3 1JP

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

-  the four licensing objectives,

-  the Council’s current Statement of Licensing Policy

-  Guidance issued under the Licensing Act 2003;

The Secretary of State Guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 (As amended),

-  Written and oral representations by the Applicant, 

-  Written and oral representations by Local Resident (s),

-  Written representations by a Ward Councillor,

The decision of the Licensing Sub-Committee was as follows:

The Licensing Sub- Committee decided to Grant the premises licence as stated in the application bundle (agenda) and subject to the agreed conditions at the Hearing on the 1st August 2018.

2.   THE APPLICANT’S CASE:

The applicants introduced themselves as a mother and son team who jointly owned the premises, Jill and Luke NiggeMann. The Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) being Luke Alexander NiggeMann.

They had been in business for 5 months at the premises and had received good feedback from the residents and good reviews overall. They had noted some concerns  which they would attempt to address where possible. They would also like to include a dry cleaning drop off service and sale of flowers at the premises.

There had been no objections made by the police.

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The opening hours and licensing hours would vary as stated in paragraph 6 below.

3.   OBJECTIONS AND SUPPORT TO THE LICENCE:

There were written and oral representations from local residents and oral representation from three local residents at the hearing.

Letters of support are also in the application bundle. A support email (dated 31/7/2018) from a Ward Councillor was received by members of the licensing sub-committee prior to the hearing.

It was noted that there were no objections from the Metropolitan Police. 

4.  LOCAL RESIDENT’S REPRESENTATION:

The Hearing continued with questions and answers at various intervals. The points of discussion can be summarised as follows:

Residents raised their concerns regarding the possibility of an increase in noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour due to the sale of alcohol.  The fact that the above premises are located near a train station, and in close proximity to schools and a nursery and that young children may pass by on their way to or from school and possibly enter the premises. The opening times being from 12:00 noon, that the premises were located on a “blind spot”  and could not be seen by the police. No crossover as a consequence of recent roadworks, located at a turning point etc.

Some of the resident’s work on shift hours, and their sleep could be affected if there was noise emanating from the premises during those resident’s sleeping time.

Regarding a noise barrier between the application site and their residential homes, the applicant mentioned a possibility of providing a hedge to reduce any possible noise emanating from the above premises to the affected  ...  view the full minutes text for item 58.