Agenda item

The licensing officer presented their report.  Members had no questions for the licensing officer.

The applicant addressed the sub-committee. 

The Metropolitan Police Service representative addressed the sub-committee.  Members had no questions for the metropolitan Police Service representative.

The licensing officer representing the council as a responsible authority addressed the sub-committee.  Members had questions for the licensing officer.

All parties were given five minutes for summing up.

The meeting went into closed session at 12.32pm.

The meeting resumed at 12.33pm.  The chair did not read out the decision as none of the parties were present..

RESOLVED:

That the application made by Distriandina UK Ltd, for a variation of the premises licence, granted under the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of the premises known as Distriandina, Unit 6 Farrell Court, Elephant Road, London SE17 1LB, is granted as follows:

That the conditions of the licence be modified as follows:

1.  Condition 791 on the current premises licence be amended to read:

1.1  That on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the premises will employ two (2) SIA  registered door supervisors, one of which will be female, from 21:00 hours until the  terminal hour or when the premises is closed to the public and all patrons have left.  At 23:00 hours on each of these nights the premises will employ an additional two (2) SIA registered door supervisors until the premises is closed to the public and all patrons have left.  They will be provided with and will use hand held metal detectors for the purposes of searching all patrons prior to entry.  A mechanical counting device will be used to ensure that the capacity of the premises is known at all times and that the accommodation limit is not exceeded.

2.  Condition 847 on the current premises licence be amended to read:

2.1  That an ID scanning system, to the reasonable satisfaction of the police, be installed and maintained at the premises. The system shall be capable of sharing information about banned customers with other venues, identify the hologram of an ID, read both passports and ID cards, able to identify fake or forged documents to a reasonable standard.  The system will be in operation at all times after 22:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday when the premises are in operation under the premises licence  and will be used to record the details of all persons entering the premises including staff, members of the public, performers and their assistants.  Entry to the premises will not be permitted without the production of the relevant ID document and or the other person’s details are already stored on the system and they are identified using a biometric identification system.

2.2  That all patrons that are inside the venue prior to 22:00 hours and wish to remain inside the premises beyond this time will have there is scanned as a condition to remain.

2.3  That at all times the premises is in operation under the premises licence, there will be at least one member of staff trained to a satisfactory standard able to operate the ID scan system and able to retrieve data from the system on request of the Police or other authorised officer.

2.4  That there shall be a maximum accommodation limit of 300 not including staff.

Reasons

The reasons for the decision are as follows:

The licensing sub-committee heard from Metropolitan Police Service representative in addition to the representative for licensing as a responsible authority the applicant who advised that they had conciliated their representations with the application based on conditions 1 and 2 (above).

The applicant further accepted an accommodation limit of 300, not including members of staff.

In light of the conciliated conditions and the condition offered by the applicant relating to accommodation, the licensing sub-committee were satisfied that all the relevant considerations and the four licensing objectives had been considered and that it was appropriate and proportionate to grant the application in these terms.

Appeal rights

The applicant may appeal against any decision to modify the conditions of the licence; and

Any person who made relevant representations in relation to the application who desire to contend that:

a)  That variation ought not to have been made; or

b)  That, when varying the licence, the licensing authority ought not to have modified the conditions of the licence, or ought to have modified them in a different way

may appeal against the decision

Any appeal must be made to the Magistrates’ Court for the area in which the premises are situated. Any appeal must be commenced by notice of appeal given by the appellant to the justices’ clerk for the Magistrates’ Court within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the appellant was notified by the licensing authority of the decision appealed against.