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

Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Decision

PREMISES

Diamond Food & Wine (New Road Food & Wine)

135-137

New Road

Rainham

RM13 8ES

APPLICANT

Licensing Team Public Protection Officer for Havering Borough

Details of the application

The application for a review of a premises licence is made under section 53A of the Licensing Act 2003 by Licensing Team Public Protection Officer for Havering Borough.  The application was received by Havering’s Licensing Authority on 4th March 2026.

On 27th February 2026 Licensing Officer Mr. Jones attended the premises along with immigration officials. During the visit two individuals were found to be employed at the premises who did not have the relevant right to work in the UK. In addition, safety standards were found to be lacking. Further investigation found a lack of supervision and concerns around the management standards of the licence holder and the apparent absence of the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS).

Summary

During the application’s consultation period the Licensing Authority received a representation, namely the Home Office (Immigration Enforcement) on behalf of the Secretary of State.

The purpose of this hearing is to decide what steps the licensing sub-committee considers appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives and to decide whether the interim licence suspension ceases to have effect altogether or becomes the subject of any steps which it considers are appropriate when making its determination on the review.  The steps the licensing authority can take are:

•           the modification of the conditions of the premises licence;

•           the exclusion of a licensable activity from the scope of the licence;

•           the removal of the designated premises supervisor from the licence;

•           the suspension of the licence for a period not exceeding 3 months; and

•           the revocation of the licence.

Determination of application to review of the premises licence

1.    The Licensing Sub-Committee considered an application for a review of the premises licence for ‘Diamond Food & Wine (New Road Food & Wine)’ situated at 135-137, New Road, Rainham, RM13 8ES.

2. The review application was submitted by the Council’s Licensing team and supported by the Home Office. The application was made following a visit by the Council’s Licensing Team Public Protection Officer Paul Jones with officers from the Home Office on the 27th February 2026 where two individuals were found to be working at the premises in breach of their immigration terms.

3. The Licensing Sub-Committee were cognisant that in deciding in which powers to invoke in the review process, the expectation of Licensing Sub-Committee is that it should so far as possible seek to establish the cause or causes of the concerns that the representations identify. Therefore, any remedial action taken should generally be directed at these causes and should always be no more than an appropriate and proportionate response to address the causes of concern that instigated the review.

4. The Licensing Sub-Committee were cognisant of the powers available to them being taking no action, issue a warning, add, remove, or modify license conditions, suspend the licence or revoke  ...  view the full decision text for item 5.