Your World of Legal Intelligence
 United Kingdom | +44 (0) 20 7284 8080

North West London shop denies allegations it's been selling alcohol without a licence

Document Cited in Related
Vincent
Published date10 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
The Nisa local on Harrow Road in Wembley has applied for a licence to sell alcohol and remain open from 6am to midnight between Monday and Friday, and until 1am from Thursday to Sunday. The shop falls within one of the borough’s Cumulative Impact Zones CIZ -areas where licences are strictly controlled to limit any problems -which presumes a licence that increases the sale of alcohol will be refused

The application has been met with fierce opposition from some local residents who have accused the shop of already selling alcohol before the licence has been approved, which has helped fuel issues with street drinking and littering.

In an objection submitted against the application, one resident said the shop, which used to be a Budgens before becoming a Nisa Local, ‘has been a problem for many years’. They complained about having issues with people drinking in the street and then throwing the empty bottles and cans over their fence for more than ten years.

They said: “Nothing has changed. The problem continues to this day. The only time it died down was in the period between closure of Budgens and its reopening as Nisa. Over the same period it has been increasingly commonplace for small groups of drinkers to gather behind the shop premises both in the car park area and on the road in The Boltons.”

Another stated: “This shop is selling alcohol to regular customers currently whilst they have a licence application pending, i.e. when they are not licensed to serve alcohol. There are lots of alcohol tins left discarded on the pavement and the neighbouring streets [...]. This [then] encourages further flytipping.”

This allegation has been denied by the applicant, Minesh, who responded: “We assure you we [have] never sold...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT