This meeting was scheduled to be about whether to review the license of a shop in Woolwich. The documents from the meeting show that Councillors were scheduled to consider whether to add seven extra conditions to the license of a shop.

Greenwich Convenience Store, 100 Woolwich Road, SE10 0LE

The sub-committee was scheduled to review an application made by Ian Andrews, the Head of Trading Standards at Greenwich Council, to review the licence of Greenwich Convenience Store, 100 Woolwich Road, London SE10 0LE.

The application, submitted on behalf of Royal Greenwich Trading Standards, requested the addition of seven conditions to Greenwich Convenience Store's licence relating to the licensing objectives for the protection of children from harm, and the prevention of crime and disorder.

The application to review the licence was made following an incident in which the shop sold a nicotine-based vaping product to a person under the age of 18 on 9 February 2024.

The review seeks the addition of seven conditions to Annex 2 of the premises licence, details of which are contained within Appendix A – although RBG Trading Standards are aware that other options are open to the Sub-Committee.

The grounds for review are more fully described within the body of the review application but are driven by an incident on 9 February 2024 when a nicotine-based age-restricted Vape product was sold to a person under the age of 18.

• Licensing Sub-Committee Hearing Report, page 2.

The seven conditions that were requested to be added to the store's license are:

1. All customers who appear under the age of 25 must be asked to prove their age when buying alcohol.
2. All staff must be trained on the law surrounding the sale of alcohol.
3. A 'refusals log' must be kept at the premises recording all refused sales of alcohol, and noting the details of each refusal.
4. Posters warning about the dangers of underage drinking, and reminding staff to 'Challenge 25' must be displayed in the shop.
5. All alcoholic drinks sold must be labelled with the name of the premises.
6. The shop must install and maintain a CCTV system that covers all public areas of the shop.
7. A member of staff must be on the premises at all times to operate the CCTV.

The report notes that there have been no noise complaints associated with the premises. It also lists several other licensed premises in the immediate vicinity:

• Centre Point Food & Wine, 76 Woolwich Road, SE10 0LE
• Charcoal Meze House, 42 Woolwich Road, SE10 0JU
• Castellanos Pizza, 139 Woolwich Road, SE10 0RJ
• SKP Supermarket, 125-127 Woolwich Road, SE10 0RA
• Angerstein Hotel, 108 Woolwich Road, SE10 0LE

The report pack for the meeting contains the following quote from the Council's Statement of Licensing Policy.

The Royal Borough recognises the widespread problem with compliance of the law regarding the sale of alcohol to those under the age of 18. The Royal Borough shares the Government’s concern over the consumption of alcohol by children.

• Licensing Sub-Committee Hearing Report, page 10.

No members of the public or responsible authorities made representations about the application.