The Sub Committee are asked to appoint a Chair for the duration of the hearing.

Councillor K Singh proposed that Councillor Knowles be Chair for the duration of the sub-committee. This was seconded by Councillor Brar.

AGREED: That Councillor Knowles be elected Chair for the duration of the meeting.

The Sub Committee shall receive any apologies for absence .

No apologies for absence were received.

The Sub Committee are asked to declare any interests that they may have.

No declarations of interest were made.

All attendees at the hearing are to note the procedures of the Sub Committee.

All parties present noted the procedures of the sub-committee.

The Sub Committee are to consider an application for a new premises license under the Licensing Act 2003 for Incognito Holdco Limited, 13 High Street, Windsor, Sl4 1LD.

Craig Hawkings, Reporting Officer for the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, introduced the report to the Sub-Committee and outlined a hearing had needed to be convened. This was following the receival of an objection to the closing timings of the premises. He stated that no representations had been made by any responsible authorities, including that of Thames Valley Police and conditions had been agreed between the RBWM Trading Standards team and the applicant, therefore no formal representation had been made by them either. He then added that the proposed operating hours of the premises fell within RBWM’s framework hours.

Councillor Knowles, the Chair, asked for clarification that the building itself had already been a licensed premises in the past and if so, was it broadly in line with the application for a premises license that was being sought now. Craig Hawkings confirmed this and said that the only reason there was a need for a new license, was due to the previous one having elapsed. The new requested license was also less than wat was previously seen at the premises too, with there being no desire for late night entertainment and instead just the serving of alcohol and food.

The applicants had no questions of the Reporting Officer, as they had various discussions prior to the meeting being convened. The Chair therefore invited them to put their case forward to the Sub-Committee.

Robert Sutherland, Applicant’s Representative, said that when choosing the location, the applicant had various meetings with entities such as Thames Valley Police and the Local Authority, to make sure that the location fit the brand of Incognito and therefore made it a viable investment for the business. The brand operated currently in 3 other locations, Winchester, Richmond and Kingston. The other 3 premises operated with both food and alcohol currently, with a focus more being on alcohol. However, the focus at this particular site would be on developing the food side of things.

Alongside the authorities, the applicant had also met with various neighbours to the premises. They were supportive of it, which was further suggested by the sub-committee only having received one objection. The applicant’s Kingston premises operated currently within a very residential area, with persons being very complementary of the operation there. The applicant then outlined some of the working processes that the premises will use, such as staggered booking times. There would likely be no more than 15-20 customers at the premises at any one time, which would assist in dispersal times.

Councillor Brar asked how many issues or complaints there had been during the time that the premises had been running. Robert Sutherland replied by clarifying that the premises in question was not yet open, so there were no past issues. Nick Robinson, Applicant, said that there had never been a single noise complaint or issue at any of their other 3 sites. He went on further to say that they had implemented factors to minimise complaints such as not allowing bookings over 6  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.