Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

There were no declarations of interest.

It was confirmed that items marked Part I would be considered in public.

None.

Preliminary matters

The applicant and premises occupier, Mr Teyfik Cagin, brought a witness, Mr Ajaib Singh Puar, Chairman of the Hayes Town Business Forum in support of his application.  The Chairman noted that there had been no submissions from Mr Paur in the documents provided and clarified whether submissions had been submitted during the consultation period.

Steve Dormir, Licensing Officer at London Borough of Hillingdon confirmed that an email had been received from Mr Paur on 21 January 2017, which was out of the consultation period time frame. The closing date for the consultation period was 15 January 2017.

After taking legal advice, the Chairman explained that as the response was outside the consultation period time frame allowed by the Council, Mr Puar could not take part in any discussions at the meeting. 

Introduction by Licensing Officer

Mr Dormir introduced the report, photographs and addendum relating to an application for a temporary street trading licence for Hayes Food Centre 66 - 70 Coldharbour Lane, Hayes.  The application had been made by the premises occupier, Mr Cagin.

The applicant sought to license a shop front display projecting two metres from the shop front. The area would be used to display a selection of fruit and vegetables and the facility would operate for 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The application had been put before the Sub-Committee as it had received negative feedback. The applicant already held a licence to trade for up to two metres between 07:00 to 23:00.

The Sub Committee was invited to determine the application, and either grant, refuse, or amend the application as applied for.

Representation by Responsible Authorities

Mr Nathan Welch, Manager of the Anti Social Behaviour Investigations Team (ASBIT) addressed the Sub Licensing Committee. He explained that that ASBIT team objected to the renewal of the application as two fixed penalty notices had been served for exceeding the trading area. A fixed penalty notice was also served for failing to demonstrate a duty of care for controlling waste.

In his letter dated 13 January 2017 to the applicant and at the meeting, Mr Welch explained that the likelihood of public nuisance, for example noise and litter occurring would be significantly higher if a licence for 24 hour trading was granted. He explained that there were residential flats above the premises and the increase in customers attending the premises through the night would create disturbances. This would need to be dealt with the ASBIT's out of hours team.

Representation by the Applicant

Mr Sevhat Heval, the applicant's representative addressed the Sub Licensing Committee. In summary, he made the following points: 

·         The applicant had been trading for ten years and Mr Heval questioned the frequency of the penalties.

·         Since December 2016 licensing officers kept visiting the premises.

·         There was a petition which supported the application and the flat above the shop had no objections. However, the Chairman clarified that this petition was not relevant as it did not apply to street trading.

·         The most noise  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20.