Application for Londis Off-Licence next to Charter East Entrance

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There is an application for a Londis store to operate as an off-licence, selling alcohol, vapes, cigarettes and fast food takeaway next to the Charter East entrance. The proposed operating hours are daily until 1:00 AM.

 

For more details on the application, please visit:

 

https://app.southwark.gov.uk/premises/applied/886415

 

Views to be shared with Southwark Council by July 22nd via email at:

[email protected]

[Angelina]

presumably the only thing they would sell to the school children is fast food

 

[KalamityKel]

Bog standard application 🤷‍♀️

[Penguin68]

9 minutes ago, Angelina said:

presumably the only thing they would sell to the school children is fast food

The drink will be for the teachers, in my experience 

[Sally Eva]

controls on fast food sales near secondary schools

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/rules-fast-food-takeaways-london-schools-b1125255.html

 

[KalamityKel]

Londis isnt a take away or fast food outlet. Its simply another convenience store.

[ianr]

If you look at the application linked to in the OP, you'll see it's a Licensing Act 2003 one, in this case for the purposes of sale by retail of alcohol and for the provision of late night refreshment: "TAKEAWAY COFFEE/ HOT SNACKS 2300-0100".

IF the shop counts as a Hot Food Takeaway, then section P48 of the Southwark Plan

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-09/Southwark Plan 2022 reduced 1.pdf ,

which appears to be the latest one linked to on Southwark's site, will I presume be applied in any  planning application (Is there one?). It says:

"New hot food takeaways will only be permitted where: .....

3. The proposed location is further than 400 metres from any existing or proposed primary or secondary school’s boundary; ....."

It incorporates  policy laid down in the National Planning Policy Framework, and thence the London Plan. 

Over the years KFC, and others, have taken a  number of appeals against local planning authority decisions on Takeaways to the Planning Inspectorate.  Some have been allowed.  KFCs 'commentary on evidence contained in London Plan Topic Paper: Hot Food Takeaways', https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/nlp_ad_91.pdf may be of interest to some. I'm guessing it's referring to https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/london_plan_topic_paper_on_hot_food_takeaways.pdf of 2018, but haven't yet checked.

 

Edited 16 hours ago by ianr

[Robert Williams]

I thought the most they sell in terms of hot food at londis is like pastries and sausage rolls and for hot drinks its like costa coffee but its always a convenience store. Doesn’t look too bad in my opinion considering that shop has been closed down ever since i moved here

Edited 8 hours ago by Robert Williams