Agenda item
Application by Tesco Stores Limited for a premises licence for 'Tesco 721-733 Harrow Road, Sudbury HA0 2LL' pursuant to the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003
Decision:
That the application by Tesco Stores Limited for a premises licence for 'Tesco 721-733 Harrow Road, Sudbury HA0 2LL' be approved subject to all the agreed conditions.. (The prevention of crime and disorder, Public Safety, the prevention of public nuisance, the protection of children from harm)
Minutes:
The Senior Regulatory Services Manager introduced the application by Tesco Stores Limited for a premises licence for 'Tesco 721-733 Harrow Road, Sudbury HA0 2LL' for the supply of alcohol. Relevant representations were received from Sudbury Town Residents Association (STRA).
Jeremy Bark, representing Tesco Stores Ltd was invited to make his representation. He felt that the representation from STRA was a means of opening a dialogue with the store and to draw the Council’s attention to on-going issues occurring in the high street. He explained that the store would be of the ‘express’ variety, consisting of less than 3000 square feet and customers would typically buy goods for two days with alcohol sales equating to approximately 7-8% of total sales, 95% of which were purchased with other goods. Additionally the store would operate Tesco best practice policies and procedures with regard to alcohol sales including; robust training; challenge 25 and enabling staff to refuse the sale of alcohol to customers believed to be less than 25 years old or under exceptional circumstances. It was confirmed that the store kept spirits behind the counter and the lines of alcohol were specifically selected for the express stores, and did not include any beers, ales or ciders other 5.5%.
The Chair of STRA was invited to speak and he informed the Committee that he felt reassured by the policies and procedures in which Tesco operated by. He confirmed that the STRA were here to see what Tesco’s could do for them as residents of Sudbury and were pleased to see that they did not intend to sell alcohol for 24 hours a day unlike similar premises in the area. They highlighted on-going concerns of anti-social behaviour in the area and hoped that Tesco would set high standards for nearby companies to follow.
During questions of the applicant it was clarified that the store would operate several self-service tills which would require a till supervisor to enter a customer’s date of birth when purchasing alcohol.
The applicant summarised that he felt all parties were in agreement and that the application should be granted in line with the agreed Police conditions.
The meeting was adjourned at 8.30 whilst the panel made their decision and reconvened at 8.32 for all parties to be informed of the decision.
RESOLVED:-
That the application by Tesco Stores Limited for a premises licence for 'Tesco 721-733 Harrow Road, Sudbury HA0 2LL' be approved subject to all the agreed conditions of various parties.
Supporting documents:
- tesco-report, item 4. PDF 45 KB
- tesco-application, item 4. PDF 760 KB
- tesco-map, item 4. PDF 1 MB
- tesco-dps-consent, item 4. PDF 20 KB
- tesco-firefighting-eqipment, item 4. PDF 90 KB
- tesco-floor-plan, item 4. PDF 265 KB
- tesco-police-withdrawal, item 4. PDF 90 KB
- tesco-interested-party-representation, item 4. PDF 123 KB