The Licensing Sub-Committee A of Islington Council met to discuss two applications for licensed premises in the borough. The meeting was scheduled for 6.30 pm on 20th February 2025 at the Town Hall on Upper Street. No decisions were made in the meeting, and this article describes only what was scheduled to be discussed, not what was actually discussed or decided.

Detroit Pizza, Rear Of, 134-137 Upper Street, N1 1QY

Detroit Pizza ¹ applied for a variation to its license to allow it to sell alcohol for consumption on and off the premises until 1am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and to add late night refreshment and recorded music to its license at the same times.

Five local residents submitted representations objecting to the application.

The application was previously scheduled to be decided on 21 January 2025, but the decision was adjourned.

Sandscape, 93 Stroud Green Road, N4 3PX

Sandscape, a new business, applied for a new license to allow it to:

• Sell alcohol on and off the premises from 6pm to 11pm from Sunday to Thursday, and from 6pm to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
• Provide late night refreshment from 11pm to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
• Open from 9am to 11pm from Sunday to Thursday, and from 9am to midnight on Friday and Saturday.

The applicant, Mr Mehmet Sabri Sezek, amended his original application following representations made by the Metropolitan Police.

Representations were also received from the Council's Community Safety team, and one local resident. The resident's representation focussed on the potential for the business to increase anti-social behaviour in the area, and noted that the applicant had described the premises as a children's play area. The Community Safety team's representation noted that For the past six-months, Tollington Ward (which includes the area around 93 Stroud Green Road), has recorded a significant increase in reports of ASB in relation to drug and alcohol misuse.

Mr Sezek subsequently wrote to the Community Safety Team and the local resident, explaining that the children's play area in the business would be closed at 5pm each day, after which time the premises would operate exclusively as a restaurant and bar. He also said that our revised operating hours have been carefully designed in consultation with the local police and are fully in line with the Islington Licensing Policy framework. Mr Sezek asked the representors to withdraw their representations.

The report pack does not include any response to Mr Sezek's letter from the representors.