Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Gilham and Cllr Allen. Cllr Yarrow and Cllr Gardner were substitutes.

There were no declarations of interest.

It was confirmed that items marked Part I would be considered in public, and items marked Part II would be considered in private.

None.

Introduction by Licensing Officer

Ian Meens, Licensing Officer at London Borough of Hillingdon, introduced the report relating to an application for the grant of a new Premises Licence in respect of the proposed premises, known as Village Cafe, situated at High Point Village, Hayes, UB3 4FL. The application had been made by the premises occupier, Mr Heval Sevhat.

The premises were a ground level lock-up shop consisting of two units in a relatively new build site. The applicant was one of the first to occupy a ground-floor unit that developers designed and incorporated into the site for business use. There is an outside area available for use that was part of a much larger central square built into the design. The application sought to license the area of the shop which had been operated as a café for about a month.

The new application sought to licence a café, being a food-led operation with the ability to serve alcohol, and provide hot food or drink, with alcohol being seen as secondary and complimentary, but not regulated as such. The proposed times for the sale of alcohol were between 10:00 and 22:30 from Sunday to Thursday, and between 10:00 and 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, and the application also proposed late night refreshment could be served between 23:00 and 00:00 from Thursday to Saturday.

It was noted that there was an addendum for the application, based on a submission from the applicant via e-mail, dated 24 August 2016. This outlined a plan of the area immediately outside the café building to demonstrate the area the applicant has available to use for outside seating. The addendum also included a minor adjustment reducing the original times requested for serving alcohol and opening, with the premises closing no later than 23:00. The Committee heard that this change in times was significant to the license application for late night refreshment, as this was only applicable when served between 23:00 and 05:00.

From the original application, the premises appears to be the shop alone, but addition of the seating area outside in the addendum and the change to opening hours should be taken into account when defining the area for the sale and consumption of alcohol and the application for late night refreshment.

The application had been put before the Sub-Committee due to the receipt of a number of representations that were made in relation to the application. There were five representations in total, all from local residents who live in the blocks of flats above or opposite the café, who stated concerns in relation to the application.

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

Representation by the Applicant

Mr Sevhat addressed the Sub-Committee, and confirmed that he had been in the area for 13 years and previously ran the Hevalo Cafe on the High Street, and provided sandwiches to the civic centre. 

The applicant stated that the representations were based on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.