This application for a premises licence is made by Tharsan Sivasaravanamuthu under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Decision

PREMISES

Rasa Food & Wine

20 Station Lane, Hornchurch,

RM12 6JN

APPLICANT

Mr Tharsan Sivasaravanamuthu

Details of requested licensable activities

This application for a premises licence is made by Mr Tharsan Sivasaravanamuthu under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003. The application was received by Havering’s Licensing Authority on 6 November 2025.

The application seeks to permit the following licensable activity:

The application is to authorise off-sales of alcohol from Monday to Sunday with hours of 08:00-23:00.

The applicant acted in accordance with regulations 25 and 26 of The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005 relating to the advertising of the application.

The required public notice was installed in the 14th November 2025 edition of the Romford Recorder

There were 10 representations made against the application by interested parties, all local residents. By the time of the hearing one resident withdrew their representation.

There were no representations from responsible authorities.

Application for a new premises licence

In reaching its decision the Sub-Committee has carefully considered the application, the representations made by the applicant and the 10 representations received from local residents on the grounds of Crime and Disorder, the Prevention of Public Nuisance, Protection of Children from harm and Public Safety.  It has been noted that none of the residents attended the hearing in person.

The Licensing Sub-Committee has taken into consideration the council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, the Public Sector Equality Duty, the Home Office guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003, the Duties under the Crime and Disorder Act 1988 and the rights set out in the Human Rights Act 1998. 

The Sub-Committee has concluded that the application should be granted with the proposed conditions offered by the applicant with amendments and additional one additional condition as follows:

·         Condition 10 under ‘The prevention of crime and disorder to be replaced with:

‘No spirits should be sold in bottles of less than 35cl (centilitres)’

  Cigarette Litter Control

1.            The licence holder shall ensure the area immediately outside the premises is kept free of litter, including cigarette ends, at all times the premises are open to the public and at closing.

2.            For the purposes of this condition, “area immediately outside the premises” means the shop frontage and any recessed doorway, extending along the building line and up to 5 metres from the main entrance(s), where public smoking associated with the premises reasonably occurs.

3.            A litter pick and sweep of the defined area shall be carried out:

·       On opening,

·       On closing.

4.            The premises shall provide and maintain at least one wall mounted or freestanding cigarette disposal unit adjacent to the entrance, positioned so as not to obstruct the highway, and emptied daily (or more frequently as required.

And, for the following reasons:

1.            It was noted that the applicant had engaged with the authorities when making the application given that the premises is within a Cumulative Impact Zone.  The Sub-Committee were impressed with the very  ...  view the full decision text for item 5.