Agenda and minutes

Application for a premises licence made by Tesco Stores Limited in respect of 76 South Street, Romford, RM1 1RX.

PREMISES

Tesco Stores Ltd.,

76 South Street,

Romford,

RM1 1RX

DETAILS OF APPLICATION

Application for a premises licence under section 17 the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Act”).

APPLICANT

Tesco Stores Ltd.,

Tesco House,

Delamare Road,

Cheshunt,

Waltham Cross,

Herts. EN8 9SL

1.         Details of the application

The premises are a single unit terrace shop with the shop area on the ground floor and offices or flats above.

(amended prior to the hearing to 09:00hrs to 22:00 hrs on Sunday to Thursday and 09:00hrs to 20:00hrs Friday and Saturday.)

At the hearing the applicants agreed to further amend the hours to 09:00hrs to 20:00hrs Monday to Sunday.

Seasonal variations & Non-standard timings

No seasonal variation or non standard timing was applied for in this application.

2.         Promotion of the Licensing Objectives

The applicant completed the operating schedule, which formed part of the application to promote the four licensing objectives.

The applicant acted in accordance with premises licence regulations 25 and 26 relating to the advertising of the application. The required newspaper advertisement was installed in the Yellow Advertiser on Wednesday 7^th March 2012. Public notices were displayed on the premises.

3.         Details of Representations

Valid representations may only address the four licensing objectives

• The prevention of crime and disorder;
• The prevention of public nuisance;
• The protection of children from harm; and
• Public Safety.

There were forty eight (48) valid written representations against this application from interested parties. Nine of the representations were individual responses with thirty-nine being a set letter on which the individual had placed their address and signed.

The representative, Mr Hopkins, of a group of those who had submitted representations asked why others had been declared invalid. The Licensing Officer advised that he had made the decision to deem representations invalid when the representation did not include a name and/or an address, or where the objector came from outside the vicinity. Where more than one objection was received from a business address the first representation was accepted, and the rest deemed invalid. The Chairman sought legal advice and informed the representative that he accepted the view of the Licensing Officer. Mr Hopkins accepted this decision.

The thirty nine standard responses stated that the application would undermine all four licensing objectives and add to the cumulative impact caused by the number of licensed premises in Romford Town Centre. Specifically in respect of the Prevention of Crime and Disorder, they stated that the granting of the licence to Tesco’s would lead to more instances of drunken people misbehaving and loitering in the street, people urinating in public causing criminal damage to shop windows, to cars and other vehicles parked in the area, violence and assault including street fighting and general anti-social behaviour

The objective of Prevention of Public Disorder would be adversely affected by more noise being caused to businesses and residents, shouting, swearing and boisterousness, more litter including cans and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.