Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee
Wednesday, 10 April 2019 7:00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Barking

Contact: Masuma Ahmed, Democratic Services Officer 

Items
No. Item

13.

Declaration of Members' Interests

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, Members are asked to declare any interest they may have in any matter which is to be considered at this meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

14.

Licensing Act 2003 - Ship and Shovel, Ripple Road Barking IG11 0SN: Application for Variation of Premises Licence pdf icon PDF 72 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Licensing Officer presented a report regarding an application for the variation of the premises licence held by Mr Jagtar Sandu in respect of the Ship & Shovel public house, Ripple Road, Barking. The premises were a purpose-built public house, facing onto the A13, east of the junction with Renwick Road.

 

The current premises licence authorised the premises to be open fromMonday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 04:00.  The Licensing activities of the sale of alcohol, the playing of live and recorded music and the performance of dance were permitted from the hours of 10.00 to 03.00 every day, and the provision of late-night refreshment was permitted from the hours of 23:00 to 03:00 every day.

 

The application sought to add the licensing activities of:

 

·  the provision of plays from Sunday to Thursday for the hours of 10:00 to 04:00 and Friday to Saturday from 10:00 to 04:30; and

·  the provision of anything similar to live music, recorded music or performances of dance from Sunday to Thursday, from 10:00 to 04:00 and Friday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 04:30.

 

It also sought permission to vary the hours for the sale of alcohol, the playing of live and recorded music and the performance of dance to 10:00 to 04:00 on Sunday to Thursday and 10:00 to 04:30 on Friday to Saturday. Permission was sought to carry out these licensing activities on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Easter and Bank Holidays during the hours of 10:00 – 05:30.  

 

Permission was also sought to vary the hours for the provision of late-night refreshment to 23:00 to 04:00 on Sunday to Thursday, 23:00 to 04:30 on

Friday to Saturday and 23:00 to 05:30 on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Easter and Bank Holidays.

 

Finally, the application sought permission to vary the opening hours to 10:00 to 04:00 on Sunday to Thursday, 10:00 to 05:00 on Friday to Saturday and 10:00 to 06:00 on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Easter and Bank Holidays.

 

The Licensing Officer stated that the Local Authority had made a representation in relation to the premises adopting a club I.D. scanner or equivalent as part of the conditions of entry to the premises after 21.00 on any day where SIA door supervisors were engaged. The Licensing Officer had, in the representation, asked for conditions to be included in the licence to make the use of such a machine enforceable and meaningful. On the basis that the applicant had agreed to this condition, the representation had been withdrawn.

 

PC Richard Clay had made representations against the application on behalf of the Metropolitan Police based on the licensing objectives of the prevention of crime and disorder, and public safety. PC Clay stated that there had been 12 recorded incidents relating to the venue over the past 12 months. In particular, in the last four weeks there had been serious assaults recorded on 29 December 2018 at 03:10, 20 January 2019 at 03:00 and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.