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

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Core hours when customers are on the premises(see also paragraph (i) of Policy HRS1)• For premises for the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premisesFriday and Saturday10:00 to midnightSundays immediately prior to Bank Holidays Midday to midnightOther Sundays Midday to 22:30Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 23:30• For premises for the supply of alcohol for consumption off the premisesMonday to Saturday 08:00 to 23:00Sundays 10:00 to 22:30• For premises for the provision of other licensable activities:Friday and Saturday09:00 to midnightSundays immediately prior to Bank Holidays 09:00 to midnightOther Sundays 09:00 to 22:30Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 23.30Reasons for Policy HRS12.3.3 Westminster has the greatest concentration of licensed premises in the UnitedKingdom; many currently operate late into the night. There is extensive late nightopening and a range of closing hours throughout the night. Appendix 13 providesdetails on the hours of operation of licensed premises across the city. There are wellover 300 premises in Westminster with existing licences, which allow the premises tooperate after midnight. These premises retained these hours through the process ofconversion of licences during the transition period and continue to provide a variety oflater operating times. Appendix 12 illustrates the pressures late at night - the limitedcapacity of the transport system to serve the extent of late night activity, the extentof crime and disorder and the opportunities for crime, issues of public nuisance andthe need for a “window of opportunity” for the city to be cleaned. In the particularcircumstances of Westminster with its already extensive late opening, the councilwelcomes the inclusion in Annex D part 4 of revised Guidance of the Ministerialassurances on the primacy of the licensing objectives.38“The hours during which the premises are permitted to be open to the public orto members and their guests can be restricted by the conditions of a premises
licence or a club premises certifi cate for the prevention of public nuisance. Butthis must be balanced by the potential impact on disorder which may resultfrom arbitrarily fi xed closing times. However, there is no general presumption infavour of lengthening licensing hours and the four licensing objectives shouldbe paramount considerations at all times.”The council does not accept that in the circumstances of Westminster the granting ofgenerally longer hours would result in a reduction in crime and disorder and publicnuisance. The Licensing Authority recognises that some degree of longer hours withregard to the sale of alcohol in pubs and bars will have some effect on people leavingsimultaneously as described in revised Guidance Paragraph 13.40. It is preparedgenerally to grant premises licences for hours that will provide for longer hours at theend of the week but that still enable people to travel home relatively easily by tubeand train while retaining opportunities for residents to have an additional respite onSunday. It may be that this additional time for the sale of alcohol will satisfy a numberof customers who wish to travel home reasonably conveniently by public transportwho otherwise would go on to premises with very much later hours. Hours later thanthese core hours will be considered on their merits in relation to other policies in theStatement of Licensing Policy. The council wishes to see a more diverse range andvariety of entertainment available later at night and will allow for greater fl exibility tothose premises that add to a more varied offer of entertainment and cultural activity.The council wishes to encourage a wider range of people to frequent the West Endboth so that they can enjoy what it has to offer and because a wider range of agegroups should act to curb anti-social behaviour. In doing this it will further the licensingobjectives of prevention of crime and disorder and public nuisance.2.3.4 The consideration of hours of operation will be in the context of the particularcircumstances of each application and the licensing objectives of preventingcrime and disorder and public nuisance. The hours at which noise may occur anddisturbance of residents’ rest, relaxation and sleep will be of particular concern. Ingeneral, the conditions will be framed to ensure that closing hours on nights whenresidents have to get up for work the next morning are earlier than when it is less likelythat they will have to do so.2.3.5 Activity associated with late night licensed premises may have an impact on thelocal environment and may cause public nuisance. The effect of noise is greater laterat night when ambient noise levels are lower and residents are at home relaxing orwishing to sleep. The Licensing Authority in considering the imposition of conditionswill focus on the most sensitive periods. For example, music noise from premisesusually occurs from mid-evening until either late evening or early morning, during39
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Adult entertainmentIt is not possib
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Appendix 1. Consultation1. Consulta
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MATTER TO BE FULL LICENSING SUB OFF
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a public nuisance. The council cann
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that Westminster remains a highly s
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Violent Crimes Reports where locati
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