This application to review a premises licence is made by Mr Oisin Daly, Public Protection Officer for the London Borough of Havering, under section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003. 

Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Decision

PREMISES

The Drinks Seller

59 Chippenham Road Romford

RM3 8HL

APPLICANT

Mr Oisin Daly

Public Protection Officer for the London Borough of Havering

Details of the application

The application to review a premises licence is made by Mr Oisin Daly, Public Protection Officer for the London Borough of Havering, under section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003.  The application was received by Havering’s Licensing Authority on 26th February 2026.

Summary

During the section 51 review application’s consultation period the Police and the Home Office Immigration Service provided representations supporting Mr Daly’s application.

Determination of application to review a premises licence

1.         The Licensing Sub-Committee considered an application for a review of the premises licence for The Drinks Seller situated at 59 Chippenham Road, Romford, RM3 8HL

2.         The review application was submitted by a member of the Council’s Licensing team, Mr Oisin Daly. The application followed the licensing authority’s receipt of an email from Mr Salih Maden (the premises licence holder at that time) in which Mr Maden advised that he had ceased operating the premises at some point in 2025. A response email seeking clarification was sent to the licence holder but it received no response. As a result, a compliance visit was made on 26th February 2026 by Mr Daly to seek to establish whether Mr Maden was still in control at the premises. Based upon his findings during this visit Mr Daly submitted this application to review the licence.  Mr Daly’s findings included witnessing a staff member, who apparently had no knowledge of the licensing regime, selling alcohol in the presence of Mr Daly immediately after being told to cease trading.  That same staff member    stated Mr Maden had left the business and provided details of the new owner: Mr Hakimzada. The issues were exacerbated by the fact the premises is situated in a cumulative impact area.

3.         The review application was supported by the Metropolitan Police who stated that the Police have real concerns with the operation of the premises licence in that Mr Maden had left the business around early 2025 and no transfer application was made to the Licensing Authority.  The premises, on balance, had been supplying alcohol without Mr Maden being present or overseeing the licence. The Police also echoed the serious concerns raised by the council’s licensing team in respect of the staff member openly selling alcohol after being told not to so by Mr Daly. In addition, the staff member positively confirmed that Mr Hakimzada is operating the premises and not Mr Maden. The Police added that, in their view, Mr Hakimzada is not fit to operate the licence given he had previously had  a premises licence, which was situated in Ealing, suspended and eventually revoked after it was found he continued to provide licensable activity during the period of suspension.

4.         The review application was supported by the Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement Team.  The aforementioned employee had provided to Mr Daly a contact number  ...  view the full decision text for item 5.