John Fareham and John Abbott report that the application to open a betting shop on Bricknell Avenue was approved by the Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee.
The legal framework under which licensing applications are considered is still that which was passed by the previous Labour Government in 2003 and was still in place when the Coalition Government took office in 2010. This creates a more prescriptive framework in favour of the passing of such applications than applies to applications for pub or off-licence premises. Various parties including a local head-teacher wrote in to object but under the rules – and over John’s strenuous objections as a member of the sub-committee – they were ruled not to be applicable under the legal framework. The application was passed with a rider that the shop be allowed to open at once and not have to wait for the usual time to allow for the appeals.
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