Agenda item

The meeting opened at 10.23am and adjourned until 10.40am to allow the licensing officer to check that all parties had withdrawn their objections to this item.

The licensing officer presented their report.  They advised that all parties had now withdrawn their objections.

The legal representative for the applicant briefly addressed the sub-committee.  Members had no questions for the applicant’s legal representative.

The ward councillor who had objected to the application, in support of local residents, briefly addressed the sub-committee and advised that they had withdrawn their objection.

The meeting adjourned at 10.52am for the sub-committee to consider its decision.

The meeting reconvened at 10.54am and the chair advised all parties of the decision.

RESOLVED:

That the application made by LCCM, The Music Box of 241 Union Street, London SE1 0LR for a premises licence to be granted under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of the premises known as 241 Union Street, London SE1 0LR be granted as follows:

Conditions

The operation of the premises under the licence shall be subject to relevant mandatory conditions, conditions derived from the operation schedule highlighted in Section M of the application form and the conditions agreed with the Metropolitan Police Service, Children’s Social Care and Trading Standards during the conciliation process.

Reasons

The reasons for the decision are as follows:

The licensing sub-committee heard from the legal representative for the applicant that they had agreed a suite of conditions with the responsible authorities to address concerns raised in relation to the application.

The licensing sub-committee heard that representations from other persons (local residents) had all been withdrawn prior to the meeting and Councillor Adele Morris withdrew her representation at the hearing.

The sub-committee were of the view that the relevant licensing objectives were sufficiently addressed by the conditions agreed between the responsible authorities and the applicant. Additionally, given that the representations from the responsible authorities had all been conciliated and the representations from the local residents and the ward councillor had been subsequently withdrawn, the sub-committee agreed that the licence be granted.

In reaching this decision the sub-committee had regard to all the relevant considerations and the four licensing objectives and considered that this decision was appropriate and proportionate.

Appeal rights

The applicant may appeal against any decision:

a)  To impose conditions on the licence

b)  To exclude a licensable activity or refuse to specify a person as premises supervisor.

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

a)  The licence ought not to be been granted; or

b)  That on granting the licence, the licensing authority ought to have imposed different or additional conditions to 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.