Miss Hati
Premises Management
Westminster City Council
Westminster City Hall
10th Floor East
64 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QP
Telephone 0207 641 3921
Email xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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Date: 9 June 2015
Dear Miss Hati
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. You asked to be provided
with the following information:
Dear Westminster City Council,
Could you please provide the following information.
1. What was the official reason for revoking the licence for Madame Jojo's?
2. After the incident in 24.10.2014 , was the new managing and security staff
approved by the Westminster Council?
3. What are the future plans for the establishment (8-10 Brewer Street, Soho,
London W1F 0SE) ?
Response
1. What was the official reason for revoking the licence for Madame Jojo's?
The Sub-Committee, having carefully considered all the evidence, decided it was
necessary to revoke the premises licences for Madame JoJo’s. Members had noted
that serious assaults with injury had taken place in the early hours of 24 October.
On the evening concerned it had appeared to the Sub-Committee from the CCTV
evidence that those connected with the premises were prepared for trouble.
Baseball bats had been kept on an overhead shelf and when the incidents took place
it appeared to be an organised assault on the individual concerned. The Police were
not called initially and it was not clear whether they would have been had an
innocent individual not been injured. There had been grossly inadequate first aid
available to the individual from Madame JoJo’s and appropriate first aid had to be
sought from an adjacent premises. Interested Parties supported the Police on the
revocation of the licence to send a clear message to the premises in Soho that this
type of incident would not be tolerated. In conclusion the Sub-Committee felt that the
incident that had occurred was extremely serious and that the Licensee’s new
management action plan, new management strategy and the employment of the new
DPS were not sufficient to address the gravity of this serious breach and the only
appropriate action was to revoke the licence.
2. After the incident in 24.10.2014 , was the new managing and security staff
approved by the Westminster Council?
The Sub-Committee felt that the incident that had occurred was extremely serious
and that the Licensee’s new management action plan, new management strategy
and the employment of the new DPS were not sufficient to address the gravity of
this serious breach.
3. What are the future plans for the establishment (8-10 Brewer Street, Soho,
London W1F 0SE) ?
Planning permission has been granted for the demolition and redevelopment of Nos.
6-10 Walkers Court, 27 Peter Street and 6 Brewer Street, alterations and extensions
to Nos. 1-4 Walkers Court, and Nos. 4, 8, and 10 Brewer Street to provide buildings
of basement, ground and up to four upper floors; erection of a single storey
extension to existing bridge link across southern end of Walkers Court and a double
height glazed bridge link across northern end of Walker's Court ; all in connection
with a mixed use scheme comprising offices (Class B1), retail (Class A1), theatre/
live performance venue (Sui Generis), restaurant (Class A3), nightclub (Sui Generis)
and six residential studio flats ( Class C3).
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