Here is a summary of the items scheduled for discussion by the Licensing Sub-Committee of Kensington and Chelsea Council on 22 July 2025. The main item for consideration was an application by Cadogan Estates Limited for a new premises licence for 1-6 Sloane Square. Several representations opposing the application were received and were also scheduled to be considered.

Application for Premises Licence - 1-6 Sloane Square

The Licensing Sub-Committee was scheduled to consider an application by Cadogan Estates Limited for a new premises licence for 1-6 Sloane Square, London, SW1X 8EE.

The application is for a restaurant with a bar and external seating, located on the ground and lower ground floors of the building, which were formerly used for retail and commercial purposes. The applicant is seeking permission to provide late night refreshments indoors and sell alcohol for consumption on and off the premises. The proposed hours are:

• Sale of alcohol: Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 02:00; Sunday, 09:00 to 23:00
• Late night refreshments (indoors): Monday to Saturday, 23:00 to 02:00
• Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 02:30; Sunday, 09:00 to 23:30

The application also includes non-standard timings for New Year's Eve and Sundays before bank holidays, extending until 02:00 for alcohol sales and late-night refreshments, and 02:30 for opening hours.

The designated premises supervisor is named as Mr Adam John McGinlay.

As part of the application, Cadogan Estates Limited volunteered a number of steps to promote the licensing objectives¹, including:

• Waiter/waitress service for alcohol, except in designated pink areas on the premises plans.
• Closing the premises to customers 30 minutes after the permitted hours for alcohol sales.
• Availability of substantial food and non-alcoholic beverages, including drinking water.
• Restriction of off-premises alcohol sales to part-consumed and resealed bottles.
• Maintaining a record of refused alcohol sales.
• Operating a 'Challenge 25' age verification policy² with specified forms of identification.
• Displaying a notice about the 'Challenge 25' policy.
• Maintaining a daily incident log.
• Operating CCTV with a trained staff member available to show footage to police or licensing authority officers.
• Storing CCTV recordings for a minimum of 31 days.
• Implementing a Dispersal and External Management Plan to prevent public nuisance, to be agreed with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Environmental Health Department, Licensing Authority, and the Metropolitan Police.
• Closing the external area to customers between 22:30 and 08:00, subject to pavement licence terms.
• Displaying notices requesting customers to respect local residents.
• Providing a dedicated telephone number for the duty manager for complaints.
• Ensuring no music or amplified sound causes nuisance to neighbouring dwellings.
• Preventing cooking smells/odours and plant noise from causing nuisance.
• Providing staff training on the Licensing Act 2003.
• Maintaining records of staff training.
• Restricting rubbish disposal and deliveries between 21:00 and 07:00.
• Organising an annual meeting for local residents and residents' associations to discuss the premises' operation.
• Sweeping and washing forecourts and pavements daily.
• Waiter/waitress service for alcohol in the external seating area, ceasing at 22:00, with the area cleared by 22:30.
• Prohibiting customers from taking drinks or glass containers onto the front external area between 22:30 and 08:00.

Representations

The licensing authority received eight representations opposing the application, which raised the following concerns:

• Opposition to the late licence until 02:00 due to the proximity to the residential Cliveden Place.
• Risk of disturbing residents' quiet enjoyment of their homes, particularly those in the 25 residential apartments above the premises and the 50 apartments opposite.
• Concerns about an increase in theft in the area due to the presence of outdoor seating late in the evening.
• Risk of anti-social behaviour and impaired judgement from intoxicated patrons due to the sale of alcohol until 02:00 six days a week.
• Doubts that signage requesting customers to leave quietly would be effective in preventing noise disturbance from patrons entering, leaving, and waiting for taxis.
• Concerns about increased parking demand and street-level noise.
• Potential disturbance to residents from increased deliveries to the premises.
• Disruption to residents' peace, rest, and wellbeing from refuse disposal and collections, particularly noise from glass, despite proposed time restrictions.
• Extended noise and disturbance due to the 'clearing up' allowance beyond licensing hours.

Residents made the following recommendations if the Licensing Sub-Committee were minded to grant the application:

• A terminal hour of 24:00.
• Provision of SIA security³ to manage patrons outside the premises and deter anti-social behaviour.
• Installation of double doors to reduce noise on exit.
• Restricting customer exit solely to the main entrance on Sloane Square.
• Imposing a limit on background music levels after 22:00.
• Requiring patrons waiting for taxis to remain inside the premises.
• Including 'No smoking' signs around the perimeter of the pavement.
• Restricting rubbish collection to no earlier than 07:00.
• Daily cleaning of pavements.

Other Information

No noise/nuisance complaints had been received in the preceding 24 months. No Temporary Events Notices had been submitted in the past 12 months.

The Planning Officer raised no objections, stating that there were no planning restrictions or conditions which the Sub Committee should be aware of.

The Public Reports Pack included extracts from the Secretary of State's Guidance and the authority's Statement of Licensing Policy, as well as a map of the area and a list of licensed premises in the vicinity.