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Licensing Act 2003 - The Grand Union Public House, 26 Camberwell Grove, London SE5 8RE

Meeting of Licensing Sub-Committee, Monday 26 July 2010 10.00 am (Item 5.)
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Minutes:

The licensing officer presented her case. Members had questions for the licensing officer.

The applicant addressed the sub-committee. Members had questions for the applicant.

The local resident objectors addressed the sub-committee. Members had questions for the local residents.

Each party was given 5 minutes to sum up.

The sub-committee went into closed session at 11.20am. The meeting resumed at 11.50am and the decision was announced.

RESOLVED:

That the application by Adam Sarword for a variation of the Premises Licence issued under the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of Grand Union, 26 Camberwell Grove, London SE5 8RE is granted in part as follows:

Licensable Activity	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
New Activities
Films	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 23.00
Performance of Dance	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 23.00
Provision of facilities for making music	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 23.00
Provision of facilities for dancing	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 00.00	10.00 23.00
Reduced Activities
Live Music					10.00 23.00	10.00 23.00

Reasons

The reasons for the decision are, as follows: Having heard the representations from the applicant, interested parties and the ward councillor, the application to extend the opening hours is refused, as the sub-committee is not satisfied that the granting of the application will have no adverse cumulative impact in the saturation zone, and further consider that the granting of this application will have adverse impact on the prevention of nuisance objective in the Licensing Act.

The application to add further activities such as film, dance and making music is approved with such activities limited to existing opening hours. The application to reduce live music hours is granted as well.

Appeal Rights
The applicant or any interested parties may appeal against the decision. Any appeal must be made to the magistrate court for the petty sessions area in which the premises are situated. Any appeal must be commenced by notice of appeal given by the appellant to the justices’ chief executive 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.

The meeting closed at 11.55am.

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