Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that Councillor Claire Farrier be appointed Chair for this Licensing Sub-Committee meeting.

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The Chair explained the procedure that would be followed at the meeting.

The Sub-Committee considered an application for a Temporary Event Notice made under section 100 of the Licensing Act 2003 in relation to Serenity Suites, 158 Station Road, Edgware, HA8 7AW

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

The Sub-Committee deliberated in private session, accompanied by the Officer from HB Public Law and the Governance Officer.

DECISION OF THE LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE 17^TH JULY 2023

Serenity Suites, 158 Station Road, Edgware, HA8 7AW (“the Premises”)

This is an application for a standard Temporary Event Notice (“TEN”) made under section 100 of the Licensing Act 2003 in relation to Serenity Suites, 158 Station Road, Edgware, HA8 7AW (“the Premises”).

The TEN seeks to permit the sale by retail of alcohol, the supply of alcohol by or behalf of a club, or to the order of a member club, the provision of regulated entertainment and the provision of late-night refreshments for one party and one birthday party. This event is due to take place from 01:00 hours on Saturday 29^th July 2023 until 04:00 hours on Sunday 30^th July 2023. The Premises is currently licensed.

The hearing was conducted in person, and all three members of the Sub-Committee were in attendance throughout the same, and during private deliberations.

As part of the consultation process the Licensing Authority received one objection from the Metropolitan Police (“the Police”) regarding concerns that allowing the Premises to be used in accordance with the TEN would undermine the licensing objective of the prevention of public nuisance. Copies of the representation are set out in Annex 2, Agenda item 5a and Agenda item 5b of the agenda pack.

The options available to the Sub-Committee are to either approve or reject the TEN. The Sub-Committee are at liberty to impose conditions on the TEN due to the Premises having an existing premises licence.

In attendance was PC Wilcox on behalf of the Police and the Applicant, Mr Moafaq was not in attendance nor was there any representative as he was unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances. Mr Moafaq notified the Licensing Team via email on 14^th July 2023.

The Licensing Officer presented their report. The Sub-Committee asked the Licensing Officer regarding previous TEN’s applications, as to how many were applied for and was informed it was approximately twelve as there had been several events at the Premises.

The Sub-Committee also asked the Licensing Officer to provide clarification in respect of the application as to whether it was one or two events. The Licensing officer advised; it was two events over a two-day period. Further enquiries were made as to how many people would be attending the events and the Licensing Officer advised that there was a total of 135 attendees for both events.

The Licensing Officer clarified that the Premises is currently licensed, and it is held by Paiwand Events Limited and was previously known as Zareen Banqueting Suites and it has been renamed and is known as Serenity Suites.

The Sub-committee considered the application, the email received from Applicant dated 14^th July 2023. The Applicant’s email proposed that there would be a strict policy that any loading or unloading activities between the hours of 12am to 6am, they would ensure that vehicles would not be parked on the middle of road or on the pavements. The Applicant also proposed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

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