From: Paul Jones

Sent: 06 September 2012 08:18

To: Paul Campbell

Subject: FW: Station Lane Hornchurch

Categories: sub committee

Paul

FYI

Paul

Paul Jones  |  Licensing Officer

London Borough of Havering  |  Public Protection

Mercury House, Mercury Gardens, Romford, RM1 3SL

t: 01708 432692

From: CouncillorJohn Wood
Sent: 05 September 2012 17:05
To: Paul Jones
Cc: CouncillorJohn Mylod
Subject: Station Lane Hornchurch

Formal Objection to the new licence application for Station Lane Hornchurch

At present there are already  two existing off licences and several other establishments within a  close proximity to where this new application is being made and we do have a saturation policy in place in Hornchurch. In  St Andrews Ward we already have  32 licensed premises to sell alcohol off sales , and that saturation policy does in fact state that  unless there are exceptional circumstances why this application should be granted then  this application should be refused.  As there are already two off licences within a short distance of this new application as ward councillors we strongly object to yet another licence premises in our Hornchurch Town Centre.

There have already been a number of physical assaults recorded in the town centre and linked to other licensed premises and this application will only serve to aggravate our concerns surrounding the sale of alcohol in Hornchurch Town Centre.  This is potentially a very volatile situation in an area where  both police and residents are becoming more and more concerned .    The town centre late at night encourages and attracts a significant amount of young people who do tend to buy large amounts of cheap alcohol from off licences to consume before moving onto other licenced premises that are much more expensive and these proposed premises are on the direct route from Hornchurch Station where a number of revellers flock to Hornchurch at nightime from outside  of Havering .. There is a high number of licensed premises that are now open to a very late hour and having consumed large amounts of alcohol it poses a real threat to the community and surrounding shops in particular.

The new application does have a residential elderly complex  very close to it and we are concerned that all residents who live nearby will be adversly affected from particularly young people who will congregate to pre load with alcohol before coming into Hornchurch  if this application is granted.

As ward councillors for St Andrews we both strongly object to any licence being granted to these premises on the above grounds and recommend that this cttee refuses this application .

Councillor John Wood                                                                 Councillor John Mylod

Councillor for ST Andrews Ward                                         Councillor for St Andrews Ward

Cllr John Wood

Councillor for St Andrews Ward

London Borough of Havering

Town Hall, Main Road, Romford RM1 3BD

t: 01708 432037