Statement of Licensing Policy (2008) WCC - Westminster City Council

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Strategy1.1 The council has wide experience in regulating entertainment. Licensed entertainmentin Westminster contributes to London’s appeal to tourists and visitors as a vibrantcity. The scale, the diversity and the concentration of entertainment in the West Endare unique. The City of Westminster has more licensed premises than any other localauthority in Britain; 2941. These include nearly 500 pubs, bars and wine bars and over1000 restaurants licensed to serve alcohol, 39 theatres and 136 night clubs and dancevenues. The entertainment industry brings cultural and fi nancial benefi ts to the city.The council believes that good management of its vibrant entertainment industry andof the street environment within which it operates is essential to the continued successof central London and attracting a wide range of people who want to come here towork, to visit and to live.1.2 This Statement of Licensing Policy, approved for publication by the council on 7thNovember 2007 (see Appendix 1), has been drawn up to set out how the council as aLicensing Authority promotes the licensing objectives in the Licensing Act 2003.The licensing objectives:• prevention of crime and disorder• public safety• prevention of public nuisance• protection of children from harm.Section 4(2) of the Licensing Act 20031.3 The Licensing Authority must have regard to these licensing objectives in carrying outits licensing functions under the Licensing Act 2003. They embody concerns that thecouncil acknowledged in exercising its licensing powers under previous legislation. Ithas had regard to the revised Guidance issued by the Secretary of State in June 2007 1in drawing up this Statement of Licensing Policy. If the council acting as the LicensingAuthority departs from this Guidance, it will give reasons as suggested in Paragraph1.7 of revised Guidance. It will always consider the circumstances of each application.It may make exceptions to its own policies where it is appropriate to do so in order topromote the licensing objectives and it will give reasons for doing this.121 Guidance under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 issued by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport.Referred to as revised Guidance in this document
1.4 The policies are intended to strike a reasonable balance between different andsometimes competing aims. The introduction to revised Guidance identifi es theimportance of a range of aims including: widening the choice and appeal of licensedpremises, and the development of culture and the protection of local residents. Thecouncil has shaped its policies very much in line with these aims. It gives high priorityto the development of greater diversity in the types of entertainment and culturalactivity on offer and in the age groups attracted to them, and also to its long standingpolicies of increasing the resident population of the city and ensuring that it enjoysa good quality of life. By doing this it furthers the licensing objectives of preventionof crime and disorder and public nuisance. The council wishes to discouragedrunkenness and to encourage the provision of more seating in premises which servealcohol for people to sit and enjoy a drink and order food by table service, in place ofopen bar space which caters for high volume vertical drinking as referred to in revisedGuidance (paragraph 10.41-10.43). It is a key feature of the Statement of LicensingPolicy that its policies are intended to encourage change in the composition ofWestminster’s night-time economy so it is more widely based and less dominated byalcohol led premises, and thus promote the licensing objectives.1.5 The council, acting as the Licensing Authority, has discretion on whether to grantapplications for licences (see Appendix 2) and to impose conditions on granting andreviewing licences, only when representations relevant to the licensing objectivesare made by “interested parties” (local residents and businesses) or by “responsibleauthorities“ (see Glossary). Where no relevant representations are received it is theduty of the Licensing Authority to grant a licence subject to conditions consistent withthe operating schedule and the mandatory conditions under the Licensing Act 2003.See revised Guidance (paragraph 1.14). This Licensing Policy generally refl ects thecouncil’s understanding of the concerns of these responsible authorities at the timethis revised Licensing Policy was drawn up. However the responsible authorities arenot bound by this Statement and can make any representations, if concerned overthe effect of the grant of the application on the licensing objectives. The council canadvise potential applicants if activities require licences. Further information can beaccessed on the council’s websitewww.westminster.gov.uk/Business/businessandstreettradinglicences/licensingact13
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that Westminster remains a highly s
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