Agenda item
Application by Mr Mansuckh Shamji to extend the hours for the sale of alcohol, recorded music and dance at premises "Savannah Lounge", (4 Lancelot Parade, Lancelot Road, Wembley, HA0 2AJ) pursuant to the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.
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(ii) No entry or re- entry to the premises shall be permitted after 00.30 hours.
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Michael Sullivan Brent Licensing Police
MC Nicola McDonald Brent Licensing Police
Decision
That the application by Mr Mansuckh Shamji to extend the hours for the sale of alcohol, recorded music and dance at premises “Savannah Lounge” (4 Lancelot Parade, Lancelot Road, Wembley, HA0 2AJ) be granted subject to the following conditions additional to existing conditions:
(i) The smoking area at the front of the premises shall not be used after 23.00 hours, and the rear yard smoking area shall be limited to 5 people after 23.00 hours, and will be suitably supervised.
(ii) No entry or re- entry to the premises shall be permitted after 00.30 hours.
(iii) During late night lower ground floor (ie. basement) events, the Upper Ground floor (ie.street level) shall not be used in any capacity from 00.30 hours apart from to allow patrons to exit the premises.
(iv) Door supervisors of a sufficient number and gender mix, shall be employed from 2100 hours on any day when the premises are open for the sale of alcohol past midnight. In addition two stewards in high visibility clothing of a suitable gender mix, shall be employed from midnight on any day when the premises are open for the sale of alcohol past midnight, and will patrol the premises and street to advise patrons regarding noise and anti-social behaviour.
The full record of the Sub-Committee’s decision and the reasons are as set out in the decision letter, set out below.
The application
The Sub-Committee has given careful consideration to an application by Mr Vekaria under section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003, to vary the premises licence relating to Savannah Lounge 4 Lancelot Parade Lancelot Road Wembley HAO 2AJ. The application is to extend the hours for the sale of alcohol, recorded music and dance until 04:30hrs Thursday to Saturday, and the provision of live music and late night refreshment until 02:00hrs Thursday to Saturday. Also to increase capacity from 120 persons to 150 persons. The premises are currently licensed for regulated entertainment from 19:00 hrs to 01:30hrs, the sale of alcohol from 11:00hrs to 02:00hrs and late night refreshment from 23:00hrs to 00:00hrs and to remain open until 02:30hrs Monday to Sunday.
The hearing
PC Michael Sullivan represented the police.
The premises licence holder Mr Vekaria did not attend the hearing and was not represented.
The Representation received from the Noise team had been withdrawn after confirmation from Mr Vekaria that a noise limiter will be installed and he agreed to amend the operating schedule of his application accordingly.
We considered the representation made by a local resident in regard to loud music emanating from the premises.
A petition in support of the application signed by local residents had also been received.
PC Sullivan confirmed that the conditions of the variation application had been agreed directly with Mr Vekaria, that the request to increase the capacity from 120 to 150 persons was now withdrawn and that hereby he agreed to vary his application accordingly. The police also stated that temporary event notice applications had been made in the past and granted until 5.00am for this venue and that there had been no concerns despite the fact that Mr Vekaria has not had a great deal of experience in managing late night events. The police informed us that Mr Vekaria had assured them that he would have door security staff in place.
The police produced a list of conditions that Mr Vekaria had agreed (which would be written into the operating schedule of his application) and on that basis confirmed that they no longer objected to the application.
The decision
We agreed to grant the amended application to vary the premise licence.
We also agreed that the conditions, as set out below, are appropriate, necessary a proportionate and we therefore decided to add them to the licence. We have rearranged a couple of the Conditions to read more logically.
Condition 11 After 2300 hours outside smoking areas shall be limited to 5 persons and each shall be suitably supervised, be removed and replaced with the condition below
The smoking area at the front of the premises shall not be used after 23.00 hours, and the rear yard smoking area shall be limited to 5 people after 23.00 hours, and will be suitably supervised.
No entry or re- entry to the premises shall be permitted after 00.30 hours.
During late night lower ground floor (ie. basement) events, the Upper Ground floor (ie.street level) shall not be used in any capacity from 00.30 hours apart from to allow patrons to exit the premises.
Door supervisors of a sufficient number and gender mix, shall be employed from 2100 hours on any day when the premises are open for the sale of alcohol past midnight. In addition two stewards in high visibility clothing of a suitable gender mix, shall be employed from midnight on any day when the premises are open for the sale of alcohol past midnight, and will patrol the premises and street to advise patrons regarding noise and anti-social behaviour.
A register/log containing the names, badge number, where appropriate, dates & times of duty of security staff and stewards and any incidents that occur shall be kept and made available to the Police and Licensing Authority.
A noise limiter shall be installed on the premises.
All other existing conditions as detailed in the list produced by the police remain the same.
The effective date of this decision
This decision takes effect immediately. However, the premises cannot be used in accordance with this decision until the licence (or a certified copy) is kept at the premises and a summary of that licence (or a certified copy) is displayed at the premises. These documents will be issued by the Licensing Services as soon as possible.
Right of Appeal
Residents who made representations have a right of appeal to Brent Magistrates’ Court against this decision.
If you wish to appeal you must notify Brent Magistrates’ Court within a period of 21 days starting with the day on which the Council notified you of this decision
1 September
Supporting documents:
- 1 Savannah Lounge, Variation - 4 Lancelot Parade, Lancelot Road, Wembley HA0 2AJ, item 3. PDF 56 KB
- 2 Savannah Lounge Application, item 3. PDF 273 KB
- 3 Savannah Police Rep, item 3. PDF 136 KB
- 4 Savannah Residents Obj, item 3. PDF 21 KB
- 5 Savannah Petition, item 3. PDF 405 KB
- 6 Garlands Licence, item 3. PDF 571 KB
- 7 Savannah Lounge OS Map, item 3. PDF 840 KB
- MG11Tsavannah lounge witness, item 3. PDF 139 KB
- Pictures, item 3. PDF 96 KB