Agenda item
Application by Mark Davidson for a Temporary Event Notice on 5-6 April 2014 for 'Heritage Inn' (301 Cricklewood Broadway, London, NW2 6PG) pursuant to the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003
Decision:
That the application by Mr Mark Davidson for a Temporary Event Notice on 5-6 April 2014 for ‘Heritage Inn’ (302 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 6PG) pursuant to the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 be granted.
The Sub-Committee added the following conditions to those set out in the report and agreed by the applicant;
(i) Door security and parking attendant staff shall wear high visibility jackets at all times and be seen to be pro-active in their interaction with all patrons.
(ii) The parking attendants shall be out patrolling the streets between the hours of 5:30am and 6:30am on both days.
The Sub-Committee also added an informative to the applicant recommending that they shall arrange a meeting involving ward members, objectors and officers with a view to identifying measures that would address the issues that gave rise to residents’ complaints.
Minutes:
Yogini Patel, Regulatory Services Manager informed the Sub-Committee that the application was for a temporary event notice (TENs) for the provision of regulated entertainment, late night refreshment and the sale of alcohol from midnight hours on Saturday 5 April until 07:00 hours on Sunday 6 April and again from midnight hours on Sunday 6 April until 07:00 hours on Monday 7 April 2014. She added that about 499 people were expected to attend each event described as “Lovers Rock”.
PC Nicola McDonald was invited to make her representation and highlighted the following points:
· The Police’s objections to the applications were primarily concerns about the crime and disorder and nuisance objectives.
· The premises had come to the attention of the police with a high volume of complaints from local residents principally in relation to noise nuisance from the visitors to the premises especially at dispersal.
· This was observed after the last TEN on 23 February 2014 when several complaints were received from residents.
· The footage of the front of the premises submitted by Mr Davidson and followed by a subsequent casual visit confirmed several cars were parked in Gratton Terrace, resulting in chaos when customers were dispersing including general and vehicular nuisance
· The Police observed lack of leadership and management by door supervisors.
· Brent Police met with Mr & Mrs Davidson and an action plan to prevent recurrence of similar problems was compiled.
· In view of the closeness of this event and the timings Police were of the opinion that the action plan had not had sufficient time to bed in.
· The applicant had not provided any indication in the application for alternative measures to the action plan aimed at reducing the problems caused by Heritage Inn customers.
In response to members’ questions, PC McDonald clarified that the action plan required the applicant to ensure quiet and quick dispersal of customers managed by security staff in high visibility jackets and traffic management. She added that on a subsequent visit to the premises, the parking in Gratton Terrace was observed to be lighter and that the vehicles parked had been leafleted, although noise nuisance was still a problem.
The applicants were invited to make their presentations and highlighted the following points;
· They had complied with all four licensing objectives
· The only issue yet to be addressed was in relation to noise during dispersal of customers which they had tried to minimise
· Stewards were stationed in Gratton Terrace when customers were dispersing and a cctv footage recorded.
· Up to date reports to the Council had been kept.
· Following a meeting with Brent Police, satisfactory progress had been made on the agreed action plan.
· Leaflets advising customers to refrain from noise and leave quietly were being placed on vehicles parked in Gratton Terrace.
· Customer parking in Gratton Terrace only commenced when residents influenced Wickes to withdraw the parking facility for the customers.
During questioning of the applicants, the following points were clarified:
· CCTV footage showed that a marked improvement including the interaction of stewards in high visibility jackets with customers had been made.
· A recorded message advising customers to exit the premises quietly was constantly being played.
· Full acceptance of the conditions set by Safer Streets as set out in the report.
· Barnet Safer Neighbourhood Team had not complained about Heritage Inn.
· Would get a balance of security staff to overcome the observation that due to familiarity, existing staff were reluctant to challenge customers.
· Customers caught urinating in the streets had been banned.
PC Nicola McDonald, Metropolitan Police was invited to sum up and highlighted that the reasons the Police did not wish the application to go ahead was clear and expressed concern that allowing such an application before the agreed action plan had bed in and without alternative measures to achieve the action plan could only add to the problems being created by Heritage Inn.
In summing up, Mr and Mrs Davidson, the applicants stated that in addition to agreeing to the condition set by Safer Streets, they would abide by all recommendations and the action plan agreed with the Metropolitan Police.
The hearing was adjourned at 11.05am, and all parties left the room to enable the sub-committee to make its decision.
The hearing was reconvened at 11.15am and the sub-committee delivered its decision as detailed below.
That the application by Mr Mark Davidson for a Temporary Event Notice on 5-6 April 2014 for ‘Heritage Inn’ (302 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 6PG) pursuant to the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 be granted.
The Sub-Committee added the following conditions to those set out in the report and agreed by the applicant;
(i) Door security and parking attendant staff shall wear high visibility jackets at all times and be seen to be pro-active in their interaction with all patrons.
(ii) The parking attendants shall be out patrolling the streets between the hours of 5:30am and 6:30am on both days.
The Sub-Committee also added an informative to the applicants recommending that they shall arrange a meeting involving ward members, objectors and officers with a view to identifying measures that would address the issues that gave rise to residents’ complaints.
Supporting documents:
- TEN - Heritage Inn 5th April 2014-covering-report, item 2. PDF 46 KB
- Heritage-Application_, item 2. PDF 13 KB
- Heritage-Police_Rep, item 2. PDF 100 KB
- Heritage-EH_rep, item 2. PDF 61 KB