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The decision
 
The Licensing Sub-Committee, in considering this decision
from the information presented to them within the report and at the
hearing today and having regard to the promotion of the licensing
objectives:
 
· 
The prevention of
crime and disorder
· 
Public
safety
· 
Prevention of public
nuisance
· 
The protection of
children from harm
 
The application to vary a premises licence has been
approved in accordance with the Council’s Statement of
Licensing and the proposed conditions set out in paragraph 8.1 of
the report, with the following amendments:
 
The following condition will be added to the premises
licence: 
 
The Premises Licence holder to instruct and pay at their
own cost for an independent expert mediator in conflict resolution,
for example the Civil Mediation Council or a similar organisation,
to seek to bring all parties together (the Premises Licence holder,
the management and staff of the premises, local residents and the
Licensing Authority) to find a way forward to resolve the issues
between the local residents and the management of the premises
within the next 3 months.
 
Reasons for the decision
 
The Application to vary this premises licence has been
approved to remove condition 46 from the premises licence as
members of the Licensing Sub-committee were satisfied that the
licensing objectives would not be undermined. 
 
The Sub-committee took into consideration that the
Responsible Authorities raised no objection to this Application to
remove condition 46 from the premises licence. The Sub-committee
noted the Temporary Events that had been acknowledged between 2022
- 2023.
 
The Sub-committee took into account that Other Persons
(local residents) objected to the Application and their concerns
about the venue. The Sub-committee noted that no crime reports had
been provided by the Police.
 
The Sub-committee has no jurisdiction over Planning issues.
However, what became apparent is that there are poor relations
between the venue and local residents and more needs to be done to
work harmoniously with neighbours.
 
The Sub-committee noted that condition 32 requires the
contact details of the Designated Premises Supervisor to be on
display for local residents or members of the public to make
contact with the premises if they have any concerns.
 
The Sub-committee felt that given that the Responsible
Authorities did not object to this Application they could not
continue to have condition 46 on the premises licence. However,
given the history of the premises they felt that a condition should
be added to the premises licence that the premises undertake
mediation at its own costs to try and resolve the concerns by local
residents. 
 
The Sub-committee would have liked the opportunity to speak
to Hande Sezgin and to hear from her regarding this
Application.
 
Having taken all of the above factors into consideration
the Sub-committee was satisfied that by granting this variation to
the premises licence, the licensing objectives would continue to be
promoted.
 
Public Informative
The Licence holder is encouraged to work with local
residents to reduce noise nuisance, and prevent any negative impact
in the area.