Via Chris Young on Facebook (thanks Chris): Ok, some more concerns from the application itself: Only one of the 8 medical incidents (including the four deaths) has been linked to drugs supplied inside fabric. The rest seem to have found them outside the club and taken them prior to entering, with the first incident having sourced their MDMA as far away as bedfordshire. I can't really comment on the 12 drug related offences seeing as there's not much info on them. Because of this, the Met want: 1) an ID scanning system to be installed and operated at all hours of operation. 2)Drug dogs outside for at least 50% of operation hours and anyone identified refused entry 3)CCCTV installed covering full exterior of premises. Recordings kept for minimum of 31 days and copies to be made available to an Authorised Officer or a Police Officer within 24 hours free of charge. There will always be a member of staff on duty who can operate it to allow officers to view recordings and if required provide a copy of images immediately free of charge 4)No patron to be admitted to the premises without thorough search of their person and bag. Also worth noting an Inspector for Met south area notes that "a recent operation near fabric resulted in more than 20 police cautions for drugs. While not directly linked to the venue, this indicated a drugs problem in the general area" and also that "the police are very keen to work in partnership...to resolve issues in the community. That said however the police have and enforcement role..." Fabric's legal team replied their initial concerns surrounding Public Liability insurances, the use of a dog on land not controlled by clients, human rights issues and availability and reliability of resources. Subsequently they: 1) reject a call for last entry of 3 am as they feel this would not be a relevant measure with the issues highlighted 2)Accept the introduction of Club Scan as condition of entry (guessing this is the id scanning system) 3)Reject a reduction of operating hours as "the issues raised, whilst being tragic, do not reflect crime and or disorder at the premises" 4)Accept deployment of drug dogs at the premises as long as all potential legal issues are covered. 5)Accept 100% search regime 6)Reject raising of minimum entry age to 21. The Met's legal team write back to express their considerable disappointment and a long back and forth legalese discussion ensues that I don't really want to dedicate time to translating all of. Fabric's legal team do draw attention to the positive role that it has within the community in pages 35-40, also outlining the the Met have not always reciprocated fabric's attempts to keep drugs out of the venue (read this bit if nothing else). Also worth stating that on page 65, Fabric's legal team state "we are somewhat surprised that there appeared to be no audit trail of the drugs that are seized from our client's premises and taken away periodically by the Met" If you haven't yet, you can see the PLRA here: http://democracy.islington.gov.uk/documents/s2936/Fabric.pdf