The meeting was scheduled to discuss two applications for new licences for businesses. One was for the sale of alcohol, and the other was for serving hot food after 11pm.

World Organic & Wholefoods

The Licensing Sub-Committee were scheduled to consider an application for a new premises licence for World Organic & Wholefoods at 495-497 Hornsey Road.

The applicant was requesting permission to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises from 8am to 11pm, seven days a week. The application had been amended to this effect after representations from the Metropolitan Police.

Three residents objected to the application, and another resident supported it. The Metropolitan Police and the Council's Pollution Team withdrew their objections after the applicant agreed to certain conditions.

The sub-committee was scheduled to consider the application and representations in line with the Licensing Act 2003 and Islington Council’s Licensing Policy.

In making its decision the Sub-Committee also considered Licensing Policy 1, in that planning consent had not been obtained prior to making the application.

House of Doner

Councillors were also scheduled to consider an application for a new premises licence to serve hot food after 11pm from House of Doner at 88-89 Cowcross Street.

The applicant was requesting permission to serve hot food until midnight from Sunday to Wednesday, until 2am on Thursday and Friday, and until 2.30am on New Year's Day. They had initially sought permission to trade until 3am from Sunday to Wednesday and until 5am from Thursday to Saturday, but amended their application following representations made.

The application was opposed by the Licensing Authority, the Metropolitan Police, the Islington Community Safety Team, and six local residents.

The premises is currently unlicensed, Licensable activities and timings applied for: Late Night Refreshment: Sunday - Wednesday - 23:00 - 03:00, Thursday - Saturday - 23:00 - 05:00 [Framework hrs are Sun-Thurs 23:00 -00:00 and Fri-Sat 23:00-01:00]

Because the premises is in the Clerkenwell Cumulative Impact Area, the sub-committee was scheduled to consider the application in line with Licensing Policy 3, which states that:

there is a presumption of refusal unless the Sub-Committee is satisfied that there will be no adverse cumulative impact on the licensing objectives.

The sub-committee was scheduled to determine the application, taking into account all of the representations and the Council’s Licensing Policy.