Licensing Sub-Committee - Monday 16 February 2026, 7:00pm - Wandsworth Council Webcasting

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Good evening and welcome to this meeting.
The violence and subcommittee which will be held as a remote meeting, a hybrid meeting.
Sorry, this meeting is being webcast, so please bear with us if there are any technical issues.
My name is Councillor McLeod and I'll be chairing the meeting.
I will now invite the other members of the subcommittee to introduce themselves.
One moment.
Councillor Marshall.
Evening, Chair.
Councillor Guy Holmfries from Southfields in Putney.
Thank you both.
So, before we begin, are there any apologies for absence or declarations of interest for
any of the items on the agenda?
Okay, so there are three applications on the agenda tonight.
We will consider all applications before withdrawing to a private decision -making room.
Attendees for the applications which relate to items later in the agenda are asked to
remain muted for the duration of the previous applications and will be advised when we are
ready to proceed to the next.
I would also like to take this opportunity as chair to exercise my discretion to reorder
the agenda slightly so that we hear the application for mobile and laptop repair centre second
and the application for Entoka Chaya last due to some material that was disclosed as
It's part of a hearing for Enotica, which may require the removal of the press and public
in order to be discussed.
Is it agreed by members of the subcommittee that I reorder in that way?
Thank you.
Okay, so we will now consider the application for a new premises licence in respect of the
premises known as Schien Polish Delicatessen application.
and I now invite the licencing officer to introduce the application.
Thank you very much, Chair.
Just to clarify, and I'll ask Mr Panchal, who is here representing the limited company,
that the company is called Shein Polish Delicatessen Limited, so they're the applicant company,
but the premise is to be known as Putney Polish Delicatessen, and I'll ask Mr Panchal to confirm
that in his intro.
Thank you.
So Shein Polish Delicatessen Limited have applied for a new premises licence to allow
are the sale of alcohol by retail for consumption off the premises only.
And the hours they're asking for are 8 AM till 8 PM Monday to Sunday.

4 Sheen Polish Delicatessen, 379 Upper Richmond Road, London, SW15 5QJ (Paper No. 26-38)

I would like to apologise at this moment for an error in our application pack which was published online.
Unfortunately, there was some corruption at the document and it took out all the information from the application.
But what I can confirm is all the licence for activities and
times mentioned in the application form were mentioned in the report and it is as they
have applied 8 a .m. to 8 p .m. Monday to Sunday.
And the proposed DPS is Mr. Glynkovitsky.
Sorry if I've mispronounced your name there.
And I know you're here present today, sir.
Thank you.
So just to confirm, the premises plan was attached at page 43 of the report pack and
the proposed conditions are attached at appendix A of the report pack, which is pages 7 to
9.
The premises location plan and photographs were also included within the PAC at pages 42 and 44.
And I can confirm the application was advertised as required by the Licencing Act.
There is one relevant representation against this application and a copy of this representation is produced at pages 41 to 42 of the PAC.
The resident has concerns with this application on the grounds of public nuisance, crime disorder, and the protection of children from harm.
They have raised concerns in relation to the potential increase in the number of people loitering outside the premises and
residential entrance and from bottles and general rubbish, which may be left outside the premise.
I can confirm that no other representations were received from responsible authorities.
Today's subcommittee must take such the following steps that they consider appropriate for the promotion of the licencing objectives.
You may grant the application, modify the conditions proposed in the agenda, or
reject the whole or part of the application. This is the application as I understand it,
Chair. I'm happy to answer any questions you have of me, and if not, that's all from me.
Thank you. Thank you very much. I look at the subcommittee
now. Any questions at this stage for the officer? Clarify my understanding from what I've read
Currently the premises do not sell any alcohol?
Correct, that is correct.
So this is an application for?
A new application.
A completely new application.
Yes.
As far as we understand it, the premises operates as a Polish delicatessen and at the moment
selling sandwiches, coffees, vegetables, fruits, but nothing, no alcohol at present.
I see, okay.
And what's set out in the application is the requirements for meeting the four criteria
and the measures that the applicant is proposing to introduce to ensure this criteria met are
a verbatim repetition of the criteria set out.
Correct.
Correct.
Yes.
Thank you.
Council.
It is also important for you to remember that the premises can trade selling food and drink
that's non -alcoholic as well, from 8 in the morning until 11 p .m. at night in any event,
even without a licence.
Thank you.
Any further questions from the committee?
In that case, I'd now like to invite the applicant.
I believe it's Mr. Panchai is representing the applicant.
Welcome.
I invite you now, Mr Panchai, to, you've got about five minutes, I invite you to explain
why this application has been applied for and maybe address some of the concerns of
the representative.
Sorry, Chair, if you're inviting me, I'm not representing this case, I'm representing
the
about five minutes if you could explain why you want that why wouldn't this
yeah good evening chair and members of this committee I'll say my my name is
Bartosz Glinkowski and I am the owner of of Shin Polish Delicatessen known as
Patny Polish Delicatessen at 379 Upper Richmond Road thank you for
opportunity to address you the premises is a small food led
Polish delicatessen selling specialist grocery and food products.
The application before you is for the off -sell of alcohol only,
with alcohol intended to be ancillary to food sales and not main focus of the business.
The proposed hours of supply of alcohol are 8 AM to 8 PM.
I would like to be very clear that I'm not seeking to extend the shop's opening hours.
since taking the premises back in March last year.
The shop initially was closed at 6 p .m.
Now is closed at 7 p .m.
And that is where the hours will remain.
I have agreed in full to all condition proposed
by the Metropolitan Police,
and there is no police objection to the application.
I have also engaged directly and constructively
with the resident who made the representation.
I listened carefully to their concerns
and discussed specific practical measures
to manage customer behaviour
and protect residential amenity.
This include staff monitoring,
the frontage of the premises,
intervening if customers linger,
opts through gasses,
displaying clear signage,
asking customers to respect neighbours
and ensuring that no alcohol is consumed outside the premises.
Unfortunately, despite the engagement, we are unable to reach agreement
and therefore we contend the sub -community to determine this matter.
In addition, I just want to add that I've been running the liquor testing
on the same street literally from a mile from this shop for over 12 years
with the licence without any objections during my running of the business. I am committed to
promoting the licence objectives, operating responsibly and being a good neighbour. I'm
also open to any reasonable and proportionate condition to subcommittee considering
theirs appropriate. Yeah, I think that's it from me.
Thank you very much.
That's appreciated.
Over to the subcommittee.
Any questions?
Councillor Humphries.
Thank you, Chair.
Evening, Mr. Kinkoffrey.
Welcome to the committee.
I just had a couple of questions.
So you want to serve alcohol from 8 o 'clock in the morning.
Do you think there's a demand at that time of day for licensable products?
I don't know if this is a man is just what he was is a general I was I mean we open from 5 .30 in the morning.
And 8 .30 8 o 'clock in the morning sometimes people they do tend to do the shopping before they go to work.
And hence this is the time proposed. I'm not expecting them to drink that alcohol at that time in the morning.
Okay, well thank you, that's reassuring.
And just to be further reassured, I'm assuming that the product you'll be selling will be
Polish beers and vodkas and things like that, all those delicious stuff that your home country
produces.
But there are, what shall we say, a relatively premium price point as well.
I just wanted to be clear on that, because the concern sometimes from the committee is
that people are going to be selling very cheap alcohol,
which is obviously going to attract a certain kind of key
on so which we wouldn't necessarily want to see in the area.
And I'm sure the residents, as you've mentioned,
wouldn't want to see that either,
but just it's more for confirmation
rather than anything else.
Although they're premium products in a sense.
Aren't they?
Yeah, definitely premium products.
We are running a delicatessen.
It's not off -licence if that makes sense.
So we will be selling mainly premium products.
in the shop, like we're doing in the other shop as well.
Thank you, that's very reassuring.
And just to address another point that you made in your statement,
so I was pleased to hear that you've been in dialogue with the residents
who have concerns about that thing, that's always a positive sign.
It's unfortunate, we'll hear from her in a minute,
it's unfortunate you weren't able to come to a total agreement,
but I would encourage you in the future to maintain that dialogue,
and I think that will be helpful to be reassured for everybody, ourselves and residents, that that
door is open as it were literally for dialogue to happen if people do have genuine concerns afterwards.
Yeah well definitely yes as I was saying I've got this mention I always
I've been a good neighbour in different shop and I want to be a good neighbour in this shop you know
it's I always try to promote the local residents and local businesses so yeah definitely.
Q Mr. Klinkowski, I understand obviously that people gathering outside your premises are
outside your premises, so therefore outside your control.
But I do understand also that the prime source of the objection or comment about this is
specifically around people gathering outside your premises.
And I just wonder if you would be able to offer an opinion as to how you would characterise
the tendency of people to gather outside your premises and what you would hypothesise as to be
the reasons for them to tend to congregate there? Well, to be honest, I didn't really notice there's
such a big gathering outside. There's a small table outside of the shop which belongs to me
and people do tend to have their coffee there and then eat something. I forfeit that obviously
In terms of the licencing, it's off -cell only, so there will be clear signage of not drinking outside.
I mean, on my side, obviously, I don't really have much influence on the pavement. However, from what I've got control,
I will be actively trying to control that gathering, if there will be some.
As I say, I didn't really say that many.
Thank you. Can I just get maybe a bit more of an idea about the changes this is likely to make.
First off, what's behind your, what's behind this application?
Why are you applying to serve alcohol between those, the delicatessen that's running?
What makes you think there's a need for this?
Because as a running a delicatessen, it's basically just to make the various options for the customers.
As I said, I've been running this particular business since March.
obviously I can't run without the alcohol. The alcohol is just additional to the offer I give to
the customers, simple as that. It's like going to the supermarket and then you would rather
buy everything in the same place. So yeah that's just only it's only ancillary to the actual
the food business around already. I understand okay and it's specifically a Polish
Well, alcohol, yeah.
It will be specifically, yeah, mainly specific Polish products, yeah, because we are Polish
delicatessen, yeah.
Of course.
Okay.
And so are you expecting then, because I suppose the fear, if I were a neighbour, the bit I'd
be worried about is people getting cans of whatever and sitting, you know, leaving your
area, so not your responsibility you'd argue, but leaving, you know, sitting down with their
mates and reminiscing and drinking Polish beer. Is that, how are you imagining this
off -licence working? How are you seeing, how are you thinking people are going to interact
with you?
I think it would be exactly the same as it was in the other shop. It's basically doing
the shopping and going, taking them home and considering that at home. I don't really see
any other reason, any other way.
Because I say we don't really have, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just
going to confirm I will not applying for inside and sell
varcoes, offside of alcohol.
And I think that's, that's my intention.
I want them to buy them, buy the beer with bread and bit of
ham, take it home and have it at home.
Yeah, wonderful.
I guess I'm, and thank you, if it seems I'm being, I'm just
trying to get you to confirm that the model isn't people going, oh great I've
got some beer let me sit in here and chat with my mates. It's people doing
their shopping and taking it home with them to consume the alcohol. There will
be clear signage, no alcohol on the table. There will be clear signage and if there will be, either me or the staff will ask them to leave.
Wonderful, thank you. Okay and I want to echo Councillor Humphrey's comments
I think it's really commendable that you've reached out to the resident and it is a shame
that you've not managed to reach agreement but I think it's a very good thing and I'm
really happy when I see licence holders doing that sort of thing.
What sort of avenues are there for residents or neighbours?
Let's say we grant you this licence and it starts working and there are issues in the
area.
How easy is it to get hold of you?
What avenues are there for residents to flag up concerns with you?
Well, the resident upstairs, I think, because we know each other,
I think she's got my number, even though I will pass my number straight away after the meeting.
And obviously, I'm happy to disclose my number on the window
if there's any problems with anything, really.
Yeah, I'm always happy to raise any concerns.
If I'm not there, the staff will be always in contact with me.
Great. That's great for me. Thank you.
I'm going to look around now to... Is that a question, Hambriss? No?
Any legal points? No? Okay. Thank you.
Thank you for your time. If you sit around, we will come back to you.
We're going to go to the residents now.
So if I can ask, I don't know if I have a name here, do I?
Oh, sorry.
Ms. Stena, are you there?
Yes, I can see you.
Yes, I'm here.
Hi there.
Welcome.
And again, I say thank you for giving your time up
and coming to be here.
It's really appreciated.
Um, if if you would you be able to explain what your what your concerns are about this
application and you've got about five minutes, but it's a good chance for you to really explain
to us why you know why you're concerned about this.
Yes.
So my main concern is that well, right now we have a problem.
the problem is already that there are a lot of people gathering outside my front door,
which is quite intimidating when my children are sometimes afraid to come home,
they finish school, I am still at work. There were occasions that my daughter was calling me to say
that she's scared to come home because there are some men standing outside. And she was
just walking around, going to Tesco and waiting for these people to go away. It's very difficult
to stop people from gathering outside my front door because my entrance is right next to
the entrance of the shop. I understand that Bartek is another shop not far away from here,
but the residential entrance is from the back of the property, not from the front.
And most of the flats here in the parade have entrance from the back, not from the front.
However, the design is as it is.
And as a result, yes, it is.
There are people standing. It feels intimidating.
It doesn't...
I actually heard from my friends who are adults
that they also find it intimidating when they see people standing and you don't know these
people. I find it intimidating when they come and say, people move. It's not like they are
rude, but it still feels, I don't feel comfortable looking for my key in my backpack when there
is a person standing right next to me who I don't know. And my worry is that the existing
problem will become bigger. It certainly will not. I expect more people to visit the shop and gather
outside, certainly not less. So this is my prime worry. Also, well, the language that,
unfortunately we can hear the conversations and because I am Polish as well and my children
understand Polish, they speak Polish, so they understand everything. So some of the conversations
are, well, I would prefer them not to hear. So it is, nobody has control over what people
say that, well, they can have whatever conversation that they want. But the fact that I, well,
I and my children hear it when we are inside the flat. It's not ideal.
So, yeah, this is, I am actually at home now so I can show everybody what is the design,
how close is the entrance to the shop, to my entrance.
And I don't really think that this problem can be eliminated.
And this is not, I wish Bartek all the best and I don't really want to, this is not personal
at all.
But the fact is that there is already a problem and cell of alcohol will only make this problem
bigger.
Thank you.
I understand your points.
I look at the subcommittee.
Questions before I...
I'd just like to ask the same question to you, Ms. Steneh, that I asked to Mr. Klinkofsky.
Obviously, his answer was that he didn't feel that there were large numbers of people gathering
outside the property, and you feel that there are.
But I also asked him what he felt was the rationale.
Why would people choose to hang around outside this particular shop?
And I wonder whether you've, you know, the behaviour is something that you've observed
where you can shed some light.
Obviously, you have no control, but I'm just asking for your opinion as to why people choose
to hang around outside this particular shop and your door.
I think it's because of the design, because the entrance to the shop and to my flat is
slightly, well, it is not on the pavement, so it is slightly deeper. So there is a sheltered area
where people can actually stand without blocking the pavement, but they are still outside. So all
other shops, well, when you enter the shop, you enter the shop directly from the pavement, except
for the Polish shop and at night flat. There is this little area where there is a, well,
there is roofing, so when it's raining, it's quite, yeah, it makes sense to stand over
there.
And actually, it doesn't happen very often, but I suppose that Bartik can see it more
than me. There are some bottles of beer left by the door. And I don't it's not like I hear
people drinking, but there are occasions when I see empty bottles and because that the shop
opens early in the morning. Well, by the time I leave it, well, everything is clean, but
I am sure that he can see that. Yeah, some bottles are being left. I'm looking at a photograph
of it, now I can see a table with a couple of, looks like wicker work chairs on either
side next to that, and then I can see what looks like your door with a sort of pale green
panel and a glass panel to the right.
Is that your door?
A glass panel at the top and a solid panel?
To the right hand side as you're looking at it.
I can see a door.
If I'm standing outside...
Is there number 379A?
Three... seven...
There should be the...
Yeah, the glass door is my door.
Yes, okay. So, but I get the impression.
I just... so, could you just clarify a little bit?
I mean, when people are gathering out there,
are these predominantly Polish people?
Yes, yes.
And are they gathering there to drink?
Well, I suppose that they meet each other in the shop and well, now it's a bit cold and the weather is not very nice, but I would say that until October it was happening every single day, with exceptions only on Sunday and Saturday.
And is there a particular time of day when it's most likely to happen?
Early morning and to be honest I think that well every morning it was every single day without exception
because builders were just going to work so they were just buying some breakfast
and then they were standing and chatting for some time and that was actually exactly the same time
when my children are getting ready for school and you know they need to leave
because there is no other. We have only one entrance, we don't have a back door.
And when they are coming back from school, well because I finished work at five,
technically I finished work at five, but normally I am at home at six at six thirty.
Sometimes I can see people standing in front of my door, but my impression is that my children
can see people more often because during warmer months my daughter was calling me quite often
to say that she's scared to come home and I just don't really want my children to feel intimidated
or unsure whether they can come home or not. And also when I am at work I don't really want them to
you know, feel that they cannot leave because that's also the thing that my daughter has
karate on Wednesdays and once she was laid because she was scared to leave home because
she could see, well there is a glass door so she can see people standing outside and
And she just feels, yeah, she's only 14.
She, well, the presence of people that she doesn't know
is intimidating, not actually to the child,
but even to adults.
I don't like it myself, but I would just open the door
and she was just waiting until, you know,
these people just went away because she just was scared.
So I don't really want my children to feel like this.
And yeah, this is the reason.
We cannot change the design.
So I understand why people want to gather
in that particular spot, because it makes sense.
They're not blocking the pavement,
and they know that they don't really have any bad intention,
but it is affecting the, you know,
My comfort, the comfort of my children, our feelings, well, we don't feel as secure as
we should.
Thank you.
Councillor?
Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Ms Stelow.
It's helpful to hear from you directly to understand.
We understand you've got a young family and concerns are obviously something that we don't
want to see.
I'm just wondering if Mr. Klinkofsky referred to having some dialogue with you and if you
could just give us perhaps your side of that conversation because he said it didn't seem
to end up in a satisfactory resolution.
But did you find some reassurance on that at all?
Was it helpful?
Just maybe get your take on that, those conversations or that conversation.
There was not really, well, we spoke about it once after I submitted my representation and
I explained to Bartek my reasons, he explained to me his reasons and because, well,
we have different, well, his objective is obviously to get more customers and
but it is in conflict with my interest
because it affects my flat.
I understand, yeah, I understand that that makes sense.
I told Bartek that there is a smell from, well, because he started cooking food and
the smell is going upstairs. So there is unresolved problem. So for that reason, I don't really
feel like if something happens, the problem would be quickly resolved because we have
another problem. It was reported. It was reported multiple times, and the problem is still not
resolved. So I don't have much faith that if something, if another thing happened, that
that thing could be addressed straight away.
Okay, thank you.
Yes, it's a separate issue if you'll forgive me, but -
Yeah, yeah, that's a separate issue,
but that's just the example that,
why I don't feel convinced that the problems,
that in the future problems would be resolved
if something happens.
Yeah, I understand where you're coming from.
I think, again, perhaps maybe for your reassurance,
I don't know if you've read the paper
and the proposed conditions and such like
that the applicant's saying he'll do.
But one, because this is happening already now,
before they've got an alcohol licence,
so obviously I can understand why you're concerned,
it might increase, but one of the conditions,
as a result of if we were to grant the licence,
is that the applicant will have to control
that outside space more specifically.
It says in the conditions that he'll have to
not let people linger, make people move on.
So in a sense, that will empower him somewhat
to take some action about it,
because it is difficult if people are gathering
outside sometimes to feel you have any sway to move them on.
And I notice there's bookmakers next door as well, so we can't obviously all be completely
convinced that all those people are necessarily just coming from the shop downstairs.
There are other factors that are outside of his control, but I don't know if it's at all
reassuring, but there are powers that will be given to the applicant under this licence
to make sure that they have some sway over not letting those people gather.
Well, the thing is that Bartek is not always there. He's actually quite, I would say rarely.
I don't see him during the day. But when I come back from work, there is a girl who's
well, I can't see this tiny girl telling men to move away. She I mean, that's a I just
can't see it happening. That tiny girl who's smaller than my daughter would be just telling
adult men to, you know, to move away and they would respect what she's studying. And so,
and to be honest, I don't even want this kind of situation to happen. I just want my children
to come home whenever they want. They fear school. I don't want them to hang around and
go to Tesco and wait for people to move or for someone to, you know, take action. And
so they feel a bit more comfortable.
So I just can't see a reason why we should, you know, the problem exists now.
So if it exists, why would we make it bigger?
Thank you.
And we are understanding and we can feel your concern.
I mean, I guess first I'll carry on from Councillor Humphrey's point that in a weird way, and
I know it might seem counter -intuitive, that if we were to grant this licence, it actually,
one of the things that isn't in place now that would be in place if we were granted
the licence, is that we can put in stipulations about how we make sure people clear away from
area which weirdly would give him more power than he's actually got at the moment which
would hopefully make sure that the – because we can see the picture in the front of your
property and the front of his shop are next to each other.
I can totally understand your point.
Would – I mean, does that point – does the idea of him actually being now able, legally
able to say, look, you know, you're buying your stuff if you can, you know, clear away
from my area.
it's one of the things I need to do if I'm allowed to even sell you beer does that or
whatever the alcohol is. Does that give you any reassurance at all or not really?
No, not really because well, he's not there all the time. And like I said, there is no
reason why you said that he would have power but there is no reason nothing stopping him
from telling customers to, you know, not together outside. But there is a table and chairs of
people are clearly encouraged to stay and, you know, to hang around and chat. So let
me say to people are encouraged rather than discouraged from.
I understand. Yeah, I understand your point.
Um, I also wanted to add that no others. There is a test colleague along parade and there
is another shop that is also selling alcohol, but interest residential part is from the
back. They don't have a promises that so alcohol don't have residential entrance. I understand.
I understand.
Yeah, I understand.
Okay, thank you.
So, and just to, because obviously what we'd like is for everyone to be happy with the
results that we come up with.
But it's, you know, there's obviously a disagreement here that feels quite interactive because
it sounds like what you're saying is any extra business is a problem, would be a problem
for you.
because any extra business he gets, whether it's well managed or not,
is going to be difficult for you because he'll up his business
and therefore you're suggesting there will be more people outside your house.
It's about any extra business, but it's also about the type of people.
So, like I said, the builders are not saying that they are dangerous,
but sometimes the language they use is not exactly the nicest.
It's not something that I want my children to hear.
We understand.
So it's about the type of clientele that it would attract.
Thank you.
No, we understand.
Thank you very much.
I think we've got a really good measure of why you're against this application.
But I look at the subcommittee for any further questions.
No.
Okay.
And so, again, I thank you for your time.
it really is appreciated because you coming and giving us information allows us to do
our job better and make better decisions for all residents. So that's very much appreciated.
I now I'm going to invite the applicants to thank you now I'm going to invite the applicants
to come back. Oh, she goes first. Oh, excuse me. Ah, all right. I misunderstood. Okay.
Sorry, okay.
As a continuation of this, Ms. Edyeta, excuse me, I think, oh, Spana, excuse me.
I know that this will seem weird now, but can you, just in a couple of sentences, sum
up what your objection is still to this application, just for us that it's a way of you rounding
up the issues that you've brought up so far for us to consider. Just a couple of sentences
and then we can move on. Thank you.
So the main objection is that there are people that because of the design of the building,
it attracts people to actually gather outside the interests, my interests and interests
the shop. This problem exists and it will be difficult to eliminate this problem, but
I cannot see a reason why this problem should escalate. The type of customers, I can imagine
that there will be builders coming to buy alcohol. The language they use quite often
It's not exactly the nicest.
So given that my children already
feel intimidated by their presence,
not only my children, but I also heard comments from adults
that it just feels intimidating.
Basically, it would make the situation worse.
there is already quite a lot of rubbish outside.
So before Bartek was getting, well, putting it outside the shop next to my door,
now I can see that he moved and he's putting it behind the container for clothes,
which is still, I don't think that is ideal because it's still a public space.
Um, well, I am pretty sure that people would be gathering in that in that little corner
because it's it's shaded. It's a it's a sheltered. It's a doesn't block the pavement so people
can just stand there and basically hide a little bit and drink. I understand. Thank
you. Yeah, I think you. Yeah, I think we we we understand that. I think you've made your
point really clearly so that's appreciated. Thank you. I wanted to now
invite the applicant to sum up. Mr. Glinkowski, you've heard obviously
from one of your neighbours about their concerns but I'll give you
60 seconds just to sum up why you think we should grant this
application and how you'd respond to that resident.
Thank you.
Okay, thank you, Chair and members of the subcommittee.
One second, I would like to reiterate
that this is a small food -led delicatessen,
and not an alcohol -led premises.
And an alcohol sells off, so only,
and intended to complement the food purchases
rather than drive food full.
The proposed alcohol hours again is 8 a .m. to 8 p .m.
and again, confirm that I am not seeking
to extend the shop's opening hours,
which currently ends at 7 p .m. in the evening.
There is no place objection to application
and all police recommended conditions
have been accepted in full.
As we explained, I have also engaged with data
in good faith and offer specific measures to manage customer behaviour and minimise any
potential impact on residents, including staff monitoring, signage and ensuring no alcohol
is consumed outside the premises which belongs to me. I'm committed to operating the premises
responsibly, promoting the all four licencing objectives and remain willing to accept any
reasonable and proportionate condition to subcommittee feel appropriate.
Thank you for your time and thank you for the consideration.
Thank you, that's very much appreciated.
A glance around the room, no further questions.
Okay, thank you.
That now concludes this part of the meeting.
The decision, the reasons, any legal guidance given during the subcommittee's discussion
that has informed their decision will be confirmed in writing, together with information about
any rights of appeal within five working days.
I want to thank both you and your neighbour for spending time to come here tonight to
talk to us.
That's appreciated.
Thank you.
Are we allowed to leave now?
You certainly are, yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Sorry, I should have said that.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Good night.
Good night.
We will now consider a second application for a new premises licence in respect of a
premises known as Mobile Laptop and Repair Centre.

6 Mobile Laptop and Repair Centre, 7-11 St John's Hill, London, SW11 1TN (Paper No 26-40)

I now invite the licencing officer to introduce the application.
Thank you very much.
Can I just before I make the mistake again confirm that Sirinda Panchal is here representing
the applicant for this licence application?
Yes, I am.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Mr. Panjal.
Thank you.
So Junction Gadget Limited has applied for a new premises licence to allow the sale of
retail of alcohol for consumption off the premises only once again from 8 a .m. until
11 p .m. Sunday to Thursday and 8 a .m. until 2 p .m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
A copy of the application form, plans and proposed conditions were attached at pages
157 to 178 of the report pack.
The premises location plan and photographs of the premises have also been included at page 177 and 179.
The application I can confirm was advertised as required by the Licencing Act.
There have been three relevant representations against this application, from the Metropolitan Police Authority,
the Environmental Health Authority, and Wandsworth Community Safety Officer.
All parties have concerns under the four licencing objectives.
Metropolitan Police have concerns that granting the licence would undermine the prevention of crime and disorder.
They state that permitting the alcohol sales at this premises would likely contribute to the already elevated levels of violent crime, sexual offences, and antisocial behaviour in the area.
The Environmental Health Services Officer states that the premises are situated within an area covered by the council's cumulative impact policy.
And that granting the licence would be inconsistent with the authorities duty to promote the licencing objectives.
The Wandsworth safety officer states on the same grounds the licence would contribute to existing problems,
including street drinking, rough sleeping, and antisocial behaviour.
I can confirm there were no other representations received.
So today the subcommittee must take such the following steps as they consider appropriate for the promotion of the licencing objectives.
You may grant the application, modify the conditions proposed in the agenda, or reject the whole or part of the application.
This is the application as I understand it, Chair.
I'm happy to answer any questions you may have of the application, but if not, that's
all from me.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Over to Subkansa.
Any points of clarification for the officer?
Thank you.
Okay.
So in that case, I now invite the applicant, Mr. Panchai.
I am sorry for calling you prematurely, but I now invite you to address the subcommittee.
Yes, explain to us why this application has been sought.
Thank you very much, Chair.
I would have loved to do the first one also.
Thank you very much.
Chair, just a few amendments before I start presenting my case.
Just to let you know that the trading standards have withdrawn their concerns and there is an Appendix A, which we have agreed the conditions with. Am I right in...?
Yes, that's right. That was included in the report, sir. Thank you.
I'd also like to put some amendments to the hours of the premises.
As we've seen, we've reduced the hours, amended the hours Sunday to Thursday 10 a .m. to 10
o 'clock and Friday and Saturday 10 a .m. to 11 o 'clock, so we reduced those hours.
We would like to amend those hours when you are considering your application.
Sorry, can I just confirm that with you Mr Panchal that you are amending it to 10am to
10pm Sunday to Thursday and 10am to 11pm Friday and Saturday?
That's correct.
Correct, okay thank you.
Okay, I was going to say, go ahead but you were just about to weren't you?
Okay, thank you very much, Chair.
A quick information to you that this premises has been operating since 2017 and this premises
has been selling a product which is for the children from harm which they are looking
into it and they have never breached or never had a problem during that period from 2017
till today.
The same person has applied for these premises through us.
It's called Junction Gadget Limited.
Premisee is also known as Mobile and Laptop Repair Centre.
He is capable, the DPS is capable, responsible capital, strong knowledge and experience of
managing retail businesses, fully aware of the legal responsibility attached to holding
a premises licence.
We seek, our client seeks to sell alcohol, majority of it, on a delivery basis rather
than on footfall.
At present, they have a contract with Uber, Eats and Deliveroo and that is why they have
a delivery platform with them.
They have orders or demands from these people regarding alcohol, but since there is no alcohol
licence at the moment, we have applied for this licence now.
The licence, the delivery will only be delivered to the individual who placed the order. The
delivery driver must cheque and record the recipient's photo ID. The driver will also
confirm the delivery code generated by the app to ensure the order is being handed to
the correct customer. No handovers will occur without both the valid ID and matching delivery
code.
Chair, we are also going to make sure that all delivery drivers used to wire these verified
are registered, background checked and identifiable through their respective companies like the
Uber and Deliveroo, ensuring the traceable chain of responsibility from the premises
to the end customer. The applicant is willing to reduce the hours as I have just amended
the hours. I will come back to how the four licencing objectives would be promoted when
it's a prevention of crime in a comprehensive CCTV system will be installed covering the
all entry and exit points, the counter area and the alcolet storage section.
Footage will be retained for at least 31 days and when available to the police for authorised
officers upon request. Alcohol will be kept in a storeroom out of public reach to prevent theft
or unauthorised excess not visible. The majority of alcohol shall be stored in the store because
it is going to be on a delivery basis. There will be very less alcohol displayed in the
counter. All transactions will be traceable through online sales records and delivery
uploads ensuring accountability. All the staff will receive training on crime prevention,
handling refusals and reporting suspicious activity.
Regarding protection of children from harm, alcohol detail will only be made following
strict age verification cheques at the door.
Delivery drives have been instructed not to hand over alcohol if the recipient appears
under a intoxicated or unable to provide valid ID.
The DPS will maintain records of staff and driver training, including refusal incidents
and delivery refusals which will be available for inspection.
Sorry to interrupt you.
I can see you are in full flow.
You have come towards the end of your five minutes.
We can see we have the information that you are reading out in terms of the conditions
that you are applying.
Could you just sum up now just in a couple of sentences maybe about more meta than that.
Why is this being requested?
What I have presented to you today in a very quick manner is to say how robustly the four
licencing objectives are going to be promoted.
Our majority business in these premises will be more towards the delivery basis rather
than the local public.
On the other hand, why we are asking to grant is the premises have been there since 2017
and has had no breaches or had never failed in any underage sales or has not had any problems
at the premises.
That is why I feel that the licence be granted today.
Thank you very much.
That is really appreciated.
subcommittee. Questions? Councillor Humphries.
Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr Panchal. That's helpful. A couple of just questions for clarification
at first. Did you say that the business delivers already to people? Is it already a delivery
service? I'm just curious as to what you deliver at present, if that is the case.
It delivers groceries to the local area since 2017.
Thank you, that makes it clear.
The name is somewhat misleading then, if it is Mobile Laptop Repair Centre.
It has obviously broadened out substantially since that title was created.
And just for clarification again, you're not asking for just to have a delivery service,
if you get the licence that you're applying for, it will be for people to be able to walk in off
the street and purchase alcohol as well, is that correct? Well, we would like to, but we are happy
to have a condition to say we will only do deliveries only, because our main aim at the
So we are happy to if there was a condition put up by the committee today to say there will be only
deliveries take place rather than rather than footfall. We're happy to do that
Is mr. Lyle the actual owner of the premises
I mean he may be in a better position to answer this
So I apologise if I'm asking the wrong person, but just following on from mr.
Councillor Humphrey's question.
Have you any idea roughly what percentage
of the turnover of the businesses from delivery services?
Hi, sorry, is that me?
Is it I'm on?
Hello?
Yes, feel free to answer, Mr. Lal.
Yes, so we do sell products on deliverable platform
and as we are a small business to support the business we would like to
add alcohol to the list in deliver a platform as you know our rent is going
up very soon from 45k to 55k I'm sorry could I just go I'm sorry mr. allowed to
cut you off if I could just cause time you know is a bit pressing over a
specific question what percentage of your turnover comes from delivery
services? At this stage it's only 20%. Thank you and thank you for stepping in
there. Mr. Manchar I've got a couple of questions actually if that's okay.
Thank you. So first off you said that there's, you suggested that
there's a demand for alcohol from your customers. How is that demand being
expressed because if you're people sending you notes saying we'd like you
to sell alcohol how do you know there's a demand?
Sorry sir, sorry chair, as I said the demand the demand is from Uber, Eats and Deliveroo
because Uber, Eats and Deliveroo receive the orders from the general public
that we are we are delivering on regular basis the weights and the groceries the
20 % that so they do tend to ask us that we what we doing alcohol or
So we said we will apply for a licence and look into that matter if it is going to increase our business.
So just to be clear, you're saying that Uber Eats are asked?
Because I'm not heard, this seems odd to me. You either reply if you don't sell alcohol, then no one can ask you for alcohol.
So how are you? Ah, okay. Mr. Lal, please.
Okay, so we have a software company who is between us and the Delivero platform.
So there is a company called Devo. Now they are the company who are representing us on a platform,
online platforms. So it's been recommended by the company who sell our products online and we are
obviously just, you know, we are only giving up to the drivers. But the software company has
recommended to add alcohol to the list. Obviously we have no intentions to sell it on the shop at
moment. You know, so we are happy with the condition for delivery only alcohol.
Thank you. That is actually really helpful. And just to again to clarify the point that
Councillor Humphrey's made, the name of the business is just a hangover.
What goes on in your shop? Is it laptops? Is it mobiles? I'm just trying to understand.
Okay, so originally we started just over 10 years ago for mobile and laptop repairs.
But the name has always been same.
But since then, we have started selling some soft drinks,
chewing gums in the shop,
which have added to the shop to increase the sales.
Then we are selling vape liquids, vape juice.
The new vapes which are rechargeable,
they're all available on Deliveroo platform.
Even the soft drinks like Lucuzette, Red Bull, Water,
the chewing gum is available on the delivery platform as well.
So by adding alcohol on the delivery will increase the sales and supports us as a small business.
Thank you, that's helpful.
So I guess I just, to further clarify this question, were you to get this licence, would it be possible for me.
I mean, I'll declare an interest here.
I've used your shop.
I went in there and got my screen replaced on my mobile phone.
It was a very efficient service, thank you.
But would it be possible for me to walk into your shop and say I would like a four pack of Stella Artois, please
And walk out with it
No, it will not be possible
Because we will only keep it on delivery only premise
Thing so it will not be displayed outside the storage wall
So there will be no alcohol visible to anyone walking into the shop
So they will not see that we are selling alcohol
It will be only backside where when we get the delivery order, it will be dispatched
from the back straight to the driver.
There will be no visibility of alcohol or no one will be able to buy on the counter.
Thank you.
That's very helpful.
Thank you, Mr. Lough for helping to clarify some of these things.
But you will have seen the representations made by responsible authorities over this
issue and the fact that there is concern that in the general area there's an impact on residents
and other businesses seen from the amount of places that are already selling these kind
of things.
How would you address that issue and try and reassure us that adding another outlet for
alcohol is going to do anything to improve that situation?
Sorry, is that me answering the question?
You could choose folks whoever you want to but an answer would be nice. So with us we are not open as
long as any other off -licence shop or Sainsbury's or Tesco's or Morrison. We have a limited hours
which we want to support our business so we're not a chain business we are a local independent shop
and I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be granted I mean there is a you know you can we
we are happy to put this delivery only condition.
That's how we agreed now with the management here.
But we're not enough licence.
We will not have a big range of alcohol as everybody else.
We're just supporting our business
to increase small amount of sale.
So we will have a limited range
just on a deliverable platform.
We're not like any big supermarket
keeping everything in stock.
Thank you. Thank you. Now, I've no further questions. Yeah, now I go to I'm not sure
who I'm going to actually. Oh, I'm going to the police. Okay. I now invite Belinda Luazzu
to explain why they're opposing this application. Thank you, Chair. Good evening, Chair. Good
My name is Belinda Louisu. I'm a police licencing officer that covers the borough of Wandsworth
and I had objected to the application for a new premises licence for this premises.
The premises is opposite Clapham Junction train station and this area experiences high levels of
disorder and anti -social behaviour. Between June and September 2025, the Lavender Ward
recorded over 670 crimes. These included violence and social behaviour and significant levels
of shoplifting. I believe that introducing another off -licence in this location is very
likely to increase street drinking, theft and other crimes associated with it.
The premises itself, I was aware it's a mobile and laptop repair shop and I believe the proposal
to sell alcohol was to generate additional profit but with several other off -licences
nearby, I just think adding another one would intensify the existing problems in the area.
And as you're aware, the premises location falls within the Clapham Junction Commulative
Impact Zone. And under this policy, the presumption is to refuse new or flaccid applications.
and the FDA can demonstrate that they won't add to the existing issues. Just in regards
to the research carried out, the evidence is that the capital instruction has 600 criminal
offences in a single year, 828 incidents of ASB and that counts for 31 % of all street
drinking hotspots in the borough. So I do think that granting this licence would clearly
contribute to the CIZ. Just in regards to the proposed licencing plan, I noted when
I spoke to the licencing agent Mr. Kapor that he'd mentioned a small fridge of
alcohol but looking on the plan it seems to be quite a lot of alcohol. I don't know if you've got the plans to hand. There's obviously alcohol and soft drink,
fridge, there's the wine selection and the spirits. So it does seem more than a small fridge.
So I just wondered if I could talk faster about the applicant.
I'm sorry, I'm not sure who was cutting in there. We will come back to the applicant
after this is, sorry, carrying on, Ms. Luise. Thank you. And yeah, so I think the high levels
of crime, ASB. I mean this is the first time that I've been informed that there was an
amendment to the hours and that it was only going to be deliveries only. I think the current
hours at the minute are only till 8 .30 Monday to Friday I believe. And yeah I just wanted
to cheque as well, I'll address the applicant with that, about the groceries. I just wanted
to cheque what groceries are being delivered. But respectfully, I'd ask the licences I've
committed to refuse the application. Thank you.
Thank you. That's before we go to something I just want to put into your thinking. I'm
not sure if you heard the applicant there suggest that they would be happy for it to
be delivery only service. Do you think this might have an impact on some of the concerns
that you're mentioning about the area if they're only delivering then maybe it doesn't add to that
or how does that sound? I'm thinking what's this you know the location of deliveries I think would
probably be my first question and the type of alcohol that you're looking at delivering
the ABV is there any reduction in the ABV or type of alcohol?
I think that is the question really from me.
Oh, I see.
Okay.
Okay.
Thank you.
We will obviously come back and sorry I can tell the applicant sit to come in and respond
to those, but we will gather questions and responses to you first before going back to
the applicant.
Colleagues.
I just wanted to clarify your understanding of the operation here.
I mean, Councillor Humphries, just to draw my attention to the map of the premises showing
the layout of the fridge and things like that, which appears to be the word alcohol appears
just to the right of the entrance.
So I assume that the people entering the shop would see alcohol in a fridge immediately
to the right as they came in.
That's your understanding?
Yes, Councillor, that's my understanding.
That's your understanding.
and therefore that will be purchased by people in the area for consumption in the area contributing
to the street crime which is prevalent in the area?
Yes, that's correct.
That's your assumption.
Just checking the basis on which you're making your objection.
Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for that.
I think we now go to, do I have any other representatives?
Oh, sorry, excuse me.
Thank you.
I now, sorry, I don't have this in my notes.
I now, that's okay, that's my fault.
Sorry, I'm sorry, I now go to Rodney B. Walker, excuse me.
Thank you, thank you, Chair.
I'm obviously here representing the noise team and I've made a representation based
on grounds of public nuisance.
This is a cumulative impact zone that this application is in and that's fundamentally
the reason why I've put the representation in.
The zone has been established as an area of high risk.
It's already established that there's more than enough alcohol sales in the area.
Obviously, Blinder's already quite well stated.
the crime concerns and obviously noise follows on from that,
the antisocial behaviour and public nuisance.
And yeah, I don't really like to come here
and just say it's policy,
but the policy is very clear on this one
and so we've added our objection.
Obviously there was no indication
that this would be for delivery only.
That could have been entered into a discussion
at any point during this consultation.
That might have changed the opinion of the noise team, but clearly the application has
made, with the premise of selling alcohol, to passers -by and to footfall, and that's
the reason for the objection.
Obviously, if there were conditions that altered that, I think my concerns may well be addressed.
That's really helped, thank you.
Can I then hypothetically put that to you?
if this were delivery only,
does that change your concerns about noise?
Yes, because those purchases would be
to a registered address without,
probably outside of the cumulative impact zone,
or if it was inside the cumulative impact zone,
well anyone would still be able to make those orders
from another retailer.
So I would have no concerns,
but it would need to be carefully conditioned
to ensure that there was no suggestion of public sale and no, obviously the police may
have other objections as to how that alcohol is advertised and signposted within the premises.
But if it's effectively a dark store, as you used that sort of term, simply serving take -away
items, I would have no concerns.
Thank you, that's really helpful.
Count of time, please.
Thank you, Mr. Muehl, that's helpful.
One thing that strikes me that may be a consequence of if it were to be delivery only is it would
be an increase in the number of delivery vehicles and bikes in an hour.
Would that be a concern for the noise team?
Is this going to be increased if we're talking about till 10 o 'clock at night?
They already obviously operating a takeaway trade service.
We're not aware of any complaints.
Unfortunately, it is the nature of the beast at the moment that pretty much every premises
tries to do this, the sort of deliveries, the hours aren't particularly excessive and
in fact I think they've already amended those slightly. So at face value there wouldn't
be any immediate concerns from the noise team for those deliveries.
Thank you, that's really helpful. Any more questions? Thank you. Alright and we have
There's one more representative,
which is Mr. Parnavellas from Community Safety.
Hello there.
Can you explain your feelings about this application?
Yes, so my comments mirror Belinda's really,
and also the sergeant and the Safer Neighbourhood team,
but from a council community safety perspective,
a lot of resource goes into the Clapham Junction area,
trying to address antisocial behaviour
and crime problem solving.
So for context, we have a alleyway right next to this shop
where we have seen drug dealing
and street drinking and other issues.
Luckily, this has been secured recently,
but we've had the need to instal a deployable CCTV camera
around the corner on Severus and Eckstein roads because of persistent fly tipping,
drugs and street drinking.
And I don't see any compelling reason for an additional sales point for alcohol.
And nor do I see any additional demand that requires that.
Obviously, we've heard tonight that it's actually for
a delivery service, which does change things somewhat.
But as it stands in the application we were alerted to,
I am in objection for the licence to be granted.
And I think if it were as it states in the application,
the premises were to sell alcohol, you know, it's a mobile and laptop repair centre.
What is the need to purchase alcohol whilst having your phone tablet repaired?
So, yeah, I'm not convinced there's a required need.
And like I said, a lot of resource and time goes
into trying to address a lot of issues that we have.
We have complaints from residents, members,
and a general feeling from the public of being unsafe
in the area, particularly late at night
and attending the station.
So we've even put up a safe space on a Friday in conjunction with the police to address
matters of violence against women and girls.
And I think an additional alcohol licence contradicts a lot of those efforts on top
of the fact it's in the controlled zone.
Thank you.
That's that's really helpful.
Before I go to my colleagues, I'll put the same question to you.
I know you mentioned that, you know, a delivery service may have made you think differently.
If that were a restriction on this, if there were no, you know, direct sales, all the sales
were delivery, would that change how you feel about this application?
Yes, if there were no visible signs that alcohol was for sale at that premises, then absolutely.
And as the applicant has stated, it would be strictly monitored in terms of ID and stuff like that.
I mean, we do have issues in terms of delivery drivers where accounts are rented out.
So we have no idea who's actually delivering food and grocery items.
And therefore, how much can we expect that they will perform due diligence at the door when they are delivering these items?
and that's a whole other issue that we get a lot of complaints about. So it would change
my perspective, but it could bring with it additional issues.
Thank you, that's really helpful. Colleagues, any questions?
Councillor Humphries. Thank you, Mr Parnavales, that's helpful.
I think your last comment is particularly telling that there has to be an element of
does the knot that however much the applicant tries to do his things and professes he will
do his bit at his end, once it gets to a third party, it's very difficult to control that.
And as I say, the issues can understandably evolve from that, which the recipient at the
other end and things like that, it's going to be very hard to put any kind of reasonable
enforcement on that that would be meaningful to make it a safe transaction.
question.
Can you, sorry Mr. Panavales, can you hear?
Sorry, it went quiet, I can hear you again now.
Yes, I didn't hear the last point.
I'm so sorry, Councillor Humphries.
So can you, if you could, as a question this time,
would you help?
My colleagues are mocking me, but yes,
I was attempting to ask you a question
to sort of reinforce the point you made yourself just now
that with the third party being involved
on the delivery service, would it not be very hard
to control how that transaction goes all the way through
to the legal recipients at the other end
rather than being something else?
And I think that's a concern we must bear in mind.
Absolutely, yeah. I mean, we, you know, as soon as we farm out a service, it goes to
an additional layer of complexity to try to police. And we, like I said, we've had a lot
of complaints and issues about the delivery drivers. And when we try to address those,
it's very difficult to get through to the likes of Deliveroo and Uber, such as their
business model where you know the the drivers are not full -time employees so
they themselves almost purposely put distance themselves from those employees
making it so hard to regulate and and for councils to address when we get
complaints. That's awful thank you. Further questions? No thank you.
And thank you, Mr. Parnavellas.
So now I want to go back to the applicant, I believe.
No?
They're last.
Ah, gosh, yes.
OK.
Of course, that makes sense.
So I mean, I know that each of the representatives
has, I think, given a really clear idea of where they stand.
But I'm going to go to each of you now for almost a two
sentence summing up of your position. I wanted to start with you, Belinda.
Thank you, Chair. I mean, this is the first time that I've, you know, had the information
about the delivery side of alcohol. But again, given the location, yes, I hear that the applicant
wants to do deliveries only, however it's from what I understand it will probably
likely be within that CRZ area so I still think it would have an impact.
Thank you. So I'd like to maintain my objection to the applications. Thank you.
Thank you.
And Rob, yeah.
Yeah, I mean, I was brief to start with, and I'm just going to reiterate the cumulative
impact zone.
The application shouldn't be granted as it was applied for.
It's regrettable that they didn't talk to us beforehand, but yeah, I think quite clear
from the noise perspective.
Thank you very much.
Mr Parnavales.
Yes, I maintain my objection.
I don't see any good reason to grant this licence.
Thank you very much.
Okay, so now I'm going to go back to the applicants.
This really is just I know that it's just a one minute summing up.
Hello, Mr Panchai.
This is a one minute summing up of your case and if you can
yeah, just just try to address some of the
some of the
Maybe two or three minutes because there were a few there were there were there were a few you know
You're addressing a number of people I guess
So yes, why why should we grant this and how would you answer those concerns?
Yes, Chair. We have decided, as we've said earlier in our application, I'm going to go
quickly and rush up, that we will now be doing deliveries only. Now, with deliveries only,
Chair, and we've explained how deliveries will take place, and we will take a certain
care to make sure full licencing objectives are robustly promoted when deliveries happen.
we will have no footfall at the premises that will avoid any matters of breaches or where the
cumulative impact comes into process. The other thing, Chair, is if you look at the conditions
that we have agreed in Section 1, Appendix 1, we have clearly stated that we will be reducing the,
There will be no like single cans of beers, lagers or ciders, anything above 6 % also will
not be served during our deliveries.
And no spirit shall be sold in bottles of less than 20cl or 200cl.
So we are taking care and we are making sure that the cumulative impact is not affected
during the process of our course of doing the matter.
I also request the Committee to look at Section 1 .18, which has been introduced recently in
the Section guidance when making licencing decision. All licencing authorities should
consider the need to promote growth and deliver economic benefits, and this is an economic
benefit to the premises, having looked at the rates and rents going up, so the survival
of the premises. You also heard from the noise sector that yes, they do support the application
if they were deliveries only. And we do apologise that we should have put our application in
the manner required, but we are now totally a delivery application at this very moment.
So, we feel that the licence be granted.
Thank you, that is really helpful.
There is no more from the room.
Can I just ask one question?
It is to the applicant and following your amendment to the application today, are you
proposing to make an amendment to the plan?
Because currently it is laid out as if you are going to be an off licence, which as a
delivery unit, you may not want to have your alcohol on display as you've said, but it's
a question to you, would you be proposing to change that plan?
Yes, we would be proposing to change the plan and there will be no alcohol displayed at
the premises as our applicant has just said. All the alcohol will be in the store at the
back. There will be no display of alcohol on the premises. It will strictly be deliveries
only.
Okay, thank you. Well, subject to the decision, that will have to be reflected. Thank you.
Just to follow on from the licencing officer there, Mr Pantale, could you also confirm
that there would not be any signage or advertising on the premises advertising the fact that
alcohol is available?
Yes, there will be more signs put up on the premises to say alcohol is available because
there will be no alcohol on display, hence there will be no point of putting any signs
which would make people forced to ask what alcohol you've got or are you selling it.
So that will avoid from people asking us or looking at it that there are any alcohol displayed.
Sorry, I've got a further question following on from your amendment. Is the alcohol going
to be stored at this premises or is it going to be stored elsewhere?
No, it will be stored in the premises at the back, where you see on the diagram, there's
a store at the back.
Yes, yeah, at the back of the public area.
Yeah, it's not a very big store.
Well, yes, I have that exact follow -on question.
If I just look at the areas that are labelled alcohol, wine, and spirits, and try to fit
those into your store area, I'd have some difficulty.
I appreciate this is probably just a conceptual diagram, but I wonder how you're going to
be able to store the wine and spirits that you're proposing to sell?
We will, yeah, we will be, as my applicant has said to me, that he will be visiting the
cash and carry as and when required according to the deliveries required. And there will
be less storage, to be honest, on the premises in the store, which will reduce the storage
because it will be on a daily basis when orders are coming in.
Okay, thank you very much, sir.
Okay, we're good. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. That now concludes this part of the meeting,
the decisions, the reasons, any legal guidance given during the subcommittee's decision that
has informed the decision will be confirmed in writing together with information about
rights of appeal within five working days. Thank you everybody that's attended this.
I enjoy your evenings. The members of the Licencing Subcommittee,
oh no, we're going to move on to a third part of the agenda. So thank you, thank you everyone.
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.

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Thank you, Chair. Thank you.
Okay. Hello there. So I now move under section 100A4 of the Local Government Act 1972, members
of the press and public be excluded for the remainder of the meeting due to the likely
disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraph 1, part 1 of schedule 12A of
the act, information relating to any individual could be disclosed to the, if they were present.
I'm not sure what that means. And it's considered that...
It's people observing.
Right. Oh, I see. And it's considered in all circumstances the public interest in maintaining
the exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Is that agreed?
Agreed.
Thank you.