Agenda and decisions

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Decision of the Licensing Sub-Committee (“Committee”)

1 August 2024

Present at Hearing:-

Committee:              Councillor Janet Evans (Chair)

                                Councillor Dori Schmetterling

                                Councillor Linda Wade

Officers:                  Paul Phelan (Licensing)

                                Lindsey Le Masurier (Legal)

                                Holly Weaver (Governance)

                                Jerome Treherne (Governance)

                                Tommy Hamner (Governance)

Applicant:                Fergus Vaux (Operations Manager)

The Innovative Brewing Company Limited, Office 1, First Floor,

531-533 King’s Road, London, SW10 0TZ

(“the Premises”)

The Committee has considered an application for a grant of a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of the above Premises.

The Committee has considered the committee papers and the submissions made by all of the parties, both orally and in writing.

In reaching its determination, the Committee has had regard to the relevant legislation, the Secretary of State’s Guidance (“Guidance”) and the Licensing Authority’s Statement of Licensing Policy (“SLP”).

In summary, the Committee has determined, after taking into account all of the individual circumstances of this case and the promotion of the four licensing objectives:-

1.    To grant permission for the sale by retail of alcohol off the Premises:- 

        Monday to Friday                      from 09:00 to 18:00

2.    The licence is subject to the following conditions proposed by the Applicant (some of which were amended by the Committee with the Applicant’s agreement), namely:-

2.1   No members of public will be allowed on the Premises.

2.2      A Challenge 25 age verification scheme will operate at the Premises whereby any person who appears to be under 25 years of age, and unknown to the staff member or delivery driver as a person over 18 years of age, shall not be sold or supplied alcohol unless they provide identification to prove they are over 18 years of age. Acceptable forms of identification will be a valid passport, a valid photo ID driving license or a valid proof of age scheme card with the PASS approved hologram. Appropriate signage advertising the operation of the Challenge 25 scheme must be displayed on the website.

3.    The licence is subject to the following conditions imposed by the Committee (all of which were agreed by the Applicant at the hearing), namely:-

3.1      All sales of alcohol shall be in sealed containers only.

3.2      All alcohol kept at the Premises shall be stored in a lockable room.

3.3      All staff involved in the sale or supply of alcohol will receive training in relation to their responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003. Refresher training shall be carried out at least every twelve months.

3.4      Signed and dated training records shall be kept on the Premises (or otherwise be accessible at the Premises) for a minimum of 12 months from the last date of entry and made immediately available for inspection to police, trading standards or licensing authority staff upon reasonable request.

3.5      All off-sales of alcohol shall at all times be via a pre-ordered delivery service arranged and kept within the control of the Premises Licence Holder (for the avoidance of doubt, customers will not be permitted  ...  view the full decision text for item 1.