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

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might have held separate licences for its restaurants, staff facilities, and off-salesareas. The number of premises licensed to sell alcohol in November 2007 was 2811,and of these, 2456 can sell alcohol for consumption on the premises (most of thesecan also sell alcohol for consumption off the premises). There are 350 licenses forthe sale of alcohol only for consumption off the premises. There are 2529 premiseswith licences allowing them to offer some type of regulated entertainment; 489 havefacilities for dancing and 542 for making music; 776 premises are licensed for livemusic performances. There are 2390 premises licensed to sell hot food or drink after23:00.9. Westminster’s 38 theatres have a combined capacity to hold nearly 41,000 people.Over three-quarters of all central London theatres are in Westminster amounting toover a third of all the theatres in London. There has been little overall change in thenumber of theatres since 1990.10. There are some 15 cinemas operating in Westminster with some 60 screens. Thereare 11 cinemas in the West End Stress Area, one in each of the other Stress Areasand two outside the Stress Areas. There has been relatively little overall change in theoverall number of cinemas in Westminster but there have been a few closures.11. There are 20 premises with casinos licences operating in Westminster (one operatesas poker rooms). One casino licence has been granted by the Licensing Justicessince 2004. Five further applications have been refused licences by the licensingmagistrates since 2004 despite the premises having been granted planningpermission for casino use by the council.Current pressures and impacts12. The growth of the entertainment industry brings positive benefi ts to Westminster butthere are associated pressures and impacts related to public nuisance, public safetyand crime and disorder. Many of the streets in Soho have night time pedestrian fl owsof over 40,000 people a night, with fl ows of 7,000 an hour recorded in a night timeactivity survey. Leicester Square, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Soho have substantiallyhigher pedestrian fl ows at night than in the daytime. Edgware Road, Jermyn Street,Queensway, and Piccadilly 18 have night time pedestrian fl ows comparable to theirdaytime fl ows.13. The number of people recorded as coming into the West End by underground trainon a Saturday night after 20:00 is over 34,000; over twice the number on an averageweekday13218 City of Westminster, 2002 Daytime and Night Time Pedestrian Flowcount Surveys (PMRS)
14. A recent witness statement of Acting Chief Inspector Scott 19 states that he is“Aware that between 250,000 and 500,000 revellers frequently attend venues withinMayfair and Soho on Thursday Friday and Saturday Nights.” He states that from hisexperience that “This Station (West End Central) regularly runs out of offi cers to attendemergency calls between the hours of 1 am and 4 am due to the demand generatedby intoxicated people leaving premises with extended liquor licences.” 20The capacity of the transport system to serve late nightactivity15. Customers from the whole of London and much of the South East come into the WestEnd attracted by the many specialised, large, and high quality venues that operate lateinto the night. The underground and rail networks carry in over a million people a daywho come to work, shop or to visit Westminster for other reasons. 21 These rail serviceseasily carry in those coming to enjoy a night out but they do not operate late enoughto carry them all home again. The last trains on London Underground leave the centreof Westminster between 00:25 and 00:35. 22 The last suburban and mainline trainsgenerally leave at a similar time.16. London benefi ts from one of the largest networks of buses anywhere in the world. Anumber of routes run for 24 hours, and many locations, including town centres andthe West End, are served by buses throughout the night. In 2003/04 there were 27million night bus passenger trips, an increase of 82 per cent on 2000/01. The densityof routes and the frequency of service are greatly reduced by the time it reaches theouter suburbs. Although greatly improved in recent years, the night bus service is stillunable to cope with the numbers of people that leave premises after 00:30. There aresome 330 premises in Westminster capable of holding 156,000 people that close afterthe underground stops running. 2317. Westminster has somewhat different problems to that identifi ed in revised Guidance 24found in many towns where taxi ranks become the focus of friction. Despite recentincreases in the night tariff, taxis are reluctant to take fares late at night. The numberof taxis and licensed minicabs, which are able and willing to take late night revellershome is inadequate to meet demand. Unlicensed and otherwise illegal minicabs arejoined by rickshaws/ped-cabs, which come into the narrow streets in the heart of theWest End to seek and pick up passengers. This is accompanied by widespread illegaltouting. They frequently clog up the streets leading to the sounding of horns, making itdiffi cult for the police and other emergency service vehicles to get through.19 Witness statement of Acting Inspector David Scott November 200720 Figures on people exiting WestEnd from tube stations November 2007 from Tfl21 Annual Business Inquiry, 200522 Tfl first and last latest tube timetabled for Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Victoria, Northern and Central lines23 WCC Licensing Service Public Entertainment database24 RevisedGuidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, paragraph 13.40133
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LICENSING POLICYSTATEMENT OF LICENS
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4This Statement of Licensing Policy
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ForewordIt is nearly three years si
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ForewordThe Licensing Act 2003 radi
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Strategy1.1 The council has wide ex
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