Goddard Avenue convenience store

John Fareham and John Abbott are working to ensure that, when Goddard News reopens as a convenience store, the hours during which they sell alcohol remain consistent with the existing licence. At present, the opening hours are 8.00 am to 11.00 pm from Monday to Saturday and 12.00 pm to 10.30 pm on Sundays. As yet, no application has been received from the prospective operators of the convenience store to vary these licensing hours. We have therefore arranged with the officers for an enforcement officer to go down to the premises as soon as they are open for business in order to confirm that they are indeed operating within the licensing hours currently applying. We will also check whether the changes we understand are being made to the building’s internal structure require planning permission, and if so, whether they have been granted it.