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

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4. The Report “A Good Night Out” was published in 1998 by the Central WestminsterPolice Community Consultative Group, 37 dealing with the consequences of thelarge increase in the numbers of licensed premises in Soho and Covent Garden.This drew attention to a wide range of matters including anti-social behaviour,noise and vibration, street refuse, street fouling, and air quality. The report maderecommendations to the council about actions it should take to deal with theseproblems. Businesses in Edgware Road petitioned the council in 1999 expressingsimilar concerns about declining conditions in that area. The council received apetition, also in 1999, signed by over 600 local residents expressing concern about thedecline in the amenity of the centre of the city arising from the increasing numbers ofentertainment uses.5. In response to these various concerns the council published a report in 1999 sentto some 800 individuals and organisations and held a seminar to which some 150were invited seeking views on the policy options open to the authority in regulatingentertainment uses in the city. The options included designating ‘quiet enclaves’ inparts of the West End; identifying ‘entertainment routes where such uses should beconcentrated; identifying ‘saturation’ areas where additional entertainment capacitywould be strictly controlled; greater use of conditions limiting usage of entertainmentpremises.6. In the early part of 1999, the council carried out informal consultation on the UnitaryDevelopment Plan. This covered many of the issues referred to in (4) above.7. Two Soho residents’ groups published a report 38 in 2000 about licensing reform,drawing further attention to the extent of noise nuisance; street fouling; threats topublic safety; anti-social, dangerous and criminal behaviour in the street; and changesto the character of the parts of Central London, which had led to a major deteriorationin amenity conditions in the area.8. Relevant council committees considered the outcomes of the ‘Good Night Out’consultation and the replacement UDP consultation on several occasions in the fi rsthalf of 2000. Arising from these meetings the council agreed new interim developmentcontrol policies for Planning and a new Licensing Policy. 39 The policies agreedincluded Stress Areas covering areas where ‘saturation’ with entertainment uses/licences had been reached.15037 Central Westminster Community Consultative Committee 1998 ‘A Good Night Out’38 Soho Society and Meard and Dean Street Residents Association 2000 ‘Nessun Dorma’39 City of Westminster 2000 Entertainment and Night Café Licensing Policy Guidelines
9. The publication in October 2001 of a consultant’s report 40 commissioned by thecouncil, and advising on recent structural changes which had taken place in theentertainment industry locally, reviewing policy and practice in other large cities, andadvising on likely future trends in Westminster.10. At its meeting in October 2001, the council’s Cabinet reconsidered the Stress Areasfor planning purposes. The Stress Area boundaries were modifi ed in the form ofextensions and reductions in size better refl ecting up to date local circumstances.These boundaries were then modifi ed for Licensing purposes on 21 January 2002.11. The inspector at the Unitary Development Plan local plan inquiry agreed that therewas a clear and present problem of disorder in the Stress Areas and that unrestrictedgrowth of entertainment uses in them is a threat to the tourist, artistic and culturalstanding of London because of fear caused by disorder. He recommended thedevelopment of criteria based policies to take into account the characteristics ofpremises. He did not recommend any changes to the Stress Area boundaries.40 Town Centres Ltd, 2001 ‘West End Entertainment Impact Study’151
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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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1.6 This Statement of Licensing Pol
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1.16 Under the LDF, the council wil
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affect residents even at some dista
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Adult entertainmentIt is not possib
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