Agenda and draft minutes

Councillor Alison Cornelius, seconded by Councillor Val Duschinsky, nominated Councillor John Hart to preside as Chairman for the evening.

RESOLVED that the meeting be adjourned for half an hour to allow the Licensing Officer representing the Relevant Authority to be in attendance.

The meeting reconvened at 1.15pm.  There was no absence of members.

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The Chairman explained the procedure that would be followed for the meeting.

The Committee considered the application for a new premises licence for Charlie Kaane Enterprises, 11 Kincross Gardens, London, N3 3DU, together with submissions from the Licensing Officer, the Applicant and public residents objecting to the decision.

RESOLVED that the parties be excluded from the meeting, together with the press and public, in accordance with regulation 14(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings and Regulations) 2005.

The Sub-committee deliberated in private session, together with HB Public Law and the LBB Governance Service.

The parties to the application were re-admitted to the meeting and the Chairman conveyed the decision of the Sub-Committee as follows:

“This is an application for a new Premises Licence made by Charlie Kaane Enterprises (hereinafter “the Applicant”) in respect of 11 Kinloss Gardens, London, N3 3DU (hereinafter “the Premises”).

The application is made pursuant to section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003. The Applicant applies for a licence to sell alcohol for consumption off the Premises only from 09.00hrs until 18.00hrs on Monday to Friday and from 09.00hrs to 00.00hrs on Saturday and Sunday. The Applicant also applies for the Premises to be open for these hours.

The Applicant has already agreed conditions to be inserted into the application with PC Wilcock of the Metropolitan Police. Those conditions are set out in the Licensing Officer’s report and for brevity are not repeated here.

There remains for consideration two outstanding representations from local residents. Those representations relate to the licensing objectives of public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm. The residents make, it is fair to say, identical representations which are:

1. The Premises is in a highly populated residential area with many children walking in the streets after school hours and particularly between 17.00hrs and 19.00hrs.
2. A number of security incidents have taken place at Finchley United Synagogue and any further threats should be reduced.
3. There are a kindergarten and a primary school within close vicinity of the Premises.   

Unfortunately, the two objectors did not attend. The Sub-Committee would have liked the opportunity to ask them questions about their representations.

The Applicant made oral representations that the business would be making and selling alcoholic iced tea at 5% abv. The Applicant explained that they had not yet begun making and selling the drink as they were waiting on the outcome of this application. The Applicant intends to sell the drink using an online platform and confirmed that the web page would require customers to confirm their age when first visiting and again when ordering.

The Applicant confirmed that he only sought to be licensed from Monday to Friday from 09.00hrs until 18.00hrs. References to wishing to be licensed on Saturday and Sunday were an error and a license was not sought for those days.

In response to questions the Applicant submitted that alcohol would not be consumed on the Premises by customers and that if a customer had got as far as attending the Premises to make an order they likely would have already tasted the drink.

The Applicant also confirmed that the Premises remained a family home and that no-one under the age of 18 years resided there. The Applicant confirmed that special occasions meant family events such as birthdays or anniversaries and that the only people that would consume alcohol at these events would be family and friends.

Having considered all of the written and oral representations of all the parties, the Sub-Committee discussed the matter and decided to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

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