Meteor Meze & Grill Restaurant had previously applied to Havering Council for a temporary events notice to allow a wedding celebration to take place at the end of August.
The application, submitted on July 28, included the sale of alcohol and the provision of entertainment until 4am for one night.
But both the Metropolitan Police and Havering Council objected to the plans, raising concerns about “noise disturbance” and “crime and disorder”.
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George Pater, public protection officer for Havering Council, said in an email to Meteor that the proposed celebration presented a “high likelihood of causing a statutory nuisance”, especially given that there were “no clear measures in place to mitigate noise impacts”.
In a police representation, PC Chris Stockman of the East Area licensing team noted that the restaurant is close to a retirement housing complex.
PC Stockman said that the loud noise of wedding guests at 4am could therefore impact the elderly residents’ “quality of life”.
He added: “Police have concerns that a venue operating until 4am supplying alcohol to guests for nine hours will result in increased intoxication potentially resulting in disturbances and crime and disorder.
“This will in turn cause the safety of the public to be at risk because of violent crime and the injuries associated with such offences.”
A licensing sub-committee meeting was due to be held on Friday (August 8) to discuss the events notice and any objections.
However, Meteor said it will now not be going ahead with the events notice application as there is “too much involved just for one celebration”.
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Astrit Kurtaj, director at Meteor, told the Recorder: “The police and the public protection officer said that there would be more noise [because of the celebration].
“And as that is what they have indicated, we won’t be going ahead with it.
“The reason we wanted to put an application through is because we wanted to follow all the protocols.”
It is unclear if Havering Council will now cancel the licensing meeting, but it is still showing on the council’s calendar for this Friday.
