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Licensing Sub-Committee
Tuesday, 13th October 2026 at 7:00pm

 
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We're now we're now live so
ready winner. You are council
Fisher. Thank you. Thank you.
Welcome to the meeting of the
licencing subcommittee, which
has been held as a remote
It was originally a meeting
Okay. Thank you. Hold on one second. I think I'm attending instead of Councillor Hopkins.
meeting of meeting of about
out in the agenda pack. So with councillors.
Okay, Councillor Kirsten Botting.
Councillor Samantha Lewis from First Town Ward.
Thank you. And now the officers.
Guy Bishop, legal advisor to the licencing subcommittee.
Julie Hopkins, licencing officer.
Thank you. And now the applicants.
Applicant, Kristina Garebodzichyan.
Applicant, Artur Briskalov, managing director of the DALA.
Thank you.
Are there any apologies for absence or declarations of interest for any items on the agenda?
Thank you.
of the report provides the full timings for the activities applied for. The application was
advertised as required under the legislation with a site notice at the premises and with a newspaper
advert. This resulted in the receipt of one representation from another person objecting
to the application. Appendix A to the report lays out the conditions arising from the applicant's
operating schedule including those agreed with the Metropolitan Police, the Council's Noise and
conditions of the licence if it is granted.
Appendix B to the report lays out the proposed hours for the application.
Councillors, the options that are open to you tonight when deciding this new
application include granting the application as requested or modifying the
conditions of the licence, alter or omit conditions or add new, or reject the
whole or part of the application.
Councillors, I've laid out the brief facts of the application, but I'll be happy to
answer any questions you may have. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Does the subcommittee have any questions for the licencing officer?
I can see no questions from the subcommittee. Are there any other questions of clarification
on anything that has been stated? As a reminder, the applicant will have a chance to address the
subcommittee, and this should only be where you would like clarification on something stated
by the speaker. I can see no request for questions of clarification.
I'll now invite the applicant, Mr. Briskalov and Ms. Karabada -Zatyn to address the subcommittee
and you will have five minutes to speak after which questions may be asked to you.
Okay, good evening chair and the members of subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity
to speak today. We appreciate the concerns raised by the resident and recognise the importance of
protecting the surrounding community. However, we believe these concerns should be considered
in the context of how Do and the Lab actually operates.
I would like to briefly explain our business,
the reason behind our application,
and how we have addressed the relevant licencing objectives.
First, a little background about Do and the Lab.
Do and the Lab is an established arts and crafts business
that has been operating for approximately three years.
Our premises at Battersea Exchange
represent our third location.
Our customers attend structured creative workshops to paint,
make things, socialise, and unwind
in a calm and welcoming environment.
We are not proposing to operate a pub, bar or nightclub.
Our application is intended to complement our existing activities by allowing alcoholic refreshments to be offered to adult customers.
Turning to the concerns regarding the protection of children, we recognise that our premises are located near residential properties and educational establishments.
However, alcohol would remain ancillary to our creative activities, without changing the primary purpose of the studio.
During the consultation process, trading standards requested safeguards relating to age verification and staff training.
We agreed to implement Challenge 25, appropriate age verification procedures, regular staff training and record keeping.
Following these amendments, trading standards withdrew their representation.
The second concern relates to noise and disturbance.
We appreciate the importance of maintaining a peaceful environment for neighbouring residents.
Our workshops are structured activities where customers are generally seated and focused on their creative projects, rather than attending primarily to consume alcohol.
Environmental services requested additional measures to minimise potential disturbance.
We agreed to display notices at the access reminding customers not to loiter outside, consume alcohol, alcohol will not be permitted outside of the premises.
Following these amendments, the Noise and Noisense team withdrew their representation.
The third concern relates to antisocial behaviour and crime prevention.
We recognise that introducing alcohol creates additional responsibilities.
The Metropolitan Police requested safeguards relating to CCTV, incident records and refusal
logs.
We agreed to these measures and have already invested in CCTV infrastructure and recording
equipment.
Following these amendments, the Metropolitan Police withdrew their representation.
I would also like to address the requested operating hours.
Evening workshops represent the majority of our customer activity.
Many guests attend after work, whether for a date night, a birthday celebration, or simply to enjoy a creative experience with friends.
Our requested hours reflect this established pattern of demand and provide flexibility for evening workshops and private bookings.
They do not represent an intention to operate an alcohol -led venue until 11 p .m. every evening.
alcohol would remain an additional element of our existing creative experiences.
Finally, I would like to return to the purpose of today's hearing.
We fully respect the residents' right to raise concerns.
At the same time, we believe it is important to distinguish between general concerns about licenced premises and the specific nature of the vendor lab.
We have engaged constructively with all three responsible authorities, agreed to their requested safeguards, and all three subsequently withdrew their representations.
We believe our experience, the nature of our business and the agreed conditions provide appropriate safeguards for the surrounding community.
For this reasons, we respectfully ask the subcommittee to grant the premises licence as applied for, subject to the conditions already agreed.
Thank you for your time. We would be happy to answer any of your questions.
Thank you very much. Does the subcommittee have questions for the applicants?
Can I just ask a question just about your business? You say you have two other locations. What's the pattern of business? I mean, you say you're mainly in the evenings, but do you have say some lunchtime sessions?
We have the only venue. So by meaning that this is our third location, which means it's our third venue that we moved in. So that's the only premises that we have currently.
Okay.
I just had a question on how the business operates at the moment. So I can see you set up a painting set class at the moment, but obviously you're not licenced at the moment. How does that operate?
So we offer soft drinks and juices for people in terms of obviously we have people who come in as
obviously children, as adults, those who want to sip like a juice or a soft drink or water
or sparkling water and obviously come in and draw. Okay so I saw a review online said
refer to Lambrosco being served, which is obviously an alcoholic drink. Is that not correct?
I believe it was.
I think it might be a BYOB. So people who come for paint and sip session, obviously they either can bring their own beverage, obviously we're BYOB open,
those who can win their own drink as well as they can obviously consume soft drinks, juices, and waters.
Okay, so I mean the reviews said they were offered one glass of warm lamb brisket.
That's why I was slightly confused. Okay, it is confusing. Yeah, the review seems to be
misleading because we do not offer any alcohol, but that's hence why we apply for the licence.
Thank you. I just have one other question.
This is on page seven of the application in
appendix A. Is the idea that
where alcohol can be purchased separately for consumption on the premises, that
would only be available to those who are actually attending
for a workshop or some other activity?
Yeah, so we do not offer just for people, let's say like from the street to come and drink,
to use this venue as a restaurant or as a bar. So it's only for the people that have purchased
the ticket to come and draw or make something with their hands. That's when we would offer them an
alcoholic drink. We do not promote, that's not the, in the business plan, that's not nature of
business to advertise just alcohol sales. So alcohol sale would come only if people
come as participants on a specific workshop.
Okay, thank you.
So just final question from me, which was on the operating house. I appreciate you've already
referred to it in your representations, but the proposal is for Apple to be sold from 10 a .m.
which matches the opening hours from 10 a .m.
I mean, it does seem quite lengthy
from 10 a .m. to 11 p .m. serving alcohol.
Is there any,
I appreciate you want to have the flexibility,
but is there anything sort of you would say to that point?
Yeah, I guess I thought a lot about this question.
I thought it might come up.
It's just in terms of fairness, to be honest,
So if a morning class starts at 10 a .m.
and the same class starts at 6 p .m.,
we want to treat our customers similarly,
irrespective of the time when they book the ticket,
just on the grounds of fairness.
Thank you.
Are there any other questions
from members of the subcommittee?
So I can see no questions from the subcommittee.
Are there any other questions of clarification on anything that's been stated?
As a reminder, this should only be where you'd like clarification on something stated by
the speaker.
Okay.
Yeah. Um. So there's been the
objective is not present. Um. I
think the subcommittee can
still ask questions on the
objections that correct, Miss
So are there any other questions from the councillors?
I just have one, sorry, the objector who wrote in sort of said that they were concerned about children living in the same building using the same entrance or something like that.
Can you tell us a bit about how people go into your premises, what you're doing to mitigate that from those residents?
Yeah, so we actually have a separate entrance. So the entrance that is used by the business is not shared with the residents.
There is a separate two entrances, in fact, that are used to access the flats.
The premises we're in currently, it used to be a residential gym that was repurposed for a commercial unit.
So there is no mingling of our clients with the residents of the building.
I just had a question, I suppose slightly more of a point clarification on the representation, which was
I'm actually trying to find the quite in it.
And there was a point about that the building
was not designed for licenced premises,
but as I understand it's a commercial unit
on the ground floor with residential bath, right?
So, okay.
If I might add to this point before we took this unit,
solicitors were engaged on the landlord side
and on our side and they checked the permitted use of the premise before we essentially went
into a contracting agreement. So despite the fact it was a residential gym later it was
sold to the landlord who repurposed it as a commercial unit.
Thank you.
Um, Mr. Bishop? Yeah, just to add to that, obviously planning
matters aren't for you. You're looking at operational things. The other thing is that,
yes, they can have somebody come in and bring their own drink in. And that would be a sale
as required by the licencing act itself. Thank you, Mr. Bishop.
minutes and we'll repeat our
our application and address the concerns raised today.
We fully recognise the importance of protecting children, preventing noise and disturbance,
and maintaining a safe environment for the surrounding community.
However, we respectfully ask the Committee to consider our application in the context of the business we actually operate.
Dandelab is an established arts and crafts studio, not an alcohol -led venue.
Our application is intended to enhance our existing creative experiences, not change their nature.
Throughout the consultation process, we have worked constructively with the Metropolitan Police,
the
recommendations. We have
accepted the safeguards
requested by each authority and
all three subsequently through
their presentation. We believe
this demonstrates both our
commitment to responsible
operation and our willingness to
address legitimate concerns. We
respect the residents right to
object. However, we believe the
concerns raised have been
appropriately addressed through
the nature of our operation and
the conditions already agreed.
Our requested hours reflect
established evening demand for
workshops and we believe they are appropriate for the business we operate. We therefore respectfully
ask the subcommittee to grant the premises licence as applied for, subject to the conditions already
agreed with the responsible authorities. Thank you. Thank you, that now concludes this part of
the meeting. The decision, reasons and any legal guidance given during the subcommittee's discussion
has informed their decision will be confirmed in writing, together with information about any
rights of appeal within five working days. Members of the
licencing subcommittee, the Democratic Services Officer and
Legal Advisor, we will now join the separate confidential
meeting room to make the decision. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for your time.
Bye bye.