The Licensing Sub-Committee A is scheduled to convene to consider a request to vary the premises licence for The Ship Public House, located at 205 Plumstead Common Road. The application seeks to remove a condition preventing patrons from taking drinks outside and to add off-sales of alcohol as a licensable activity. Councillors Jit Ranabhat, Cathy Dowse and Ann-Marie Cousins are scheduled to attend.

Variation of Premises Licence for The Ship Public House

The sub-committee is scheduled to review an application by Mr Prakash ('Tom') Patel, on behalf of The Ship Bar & Restaurant Ltd, to vary the premises licence for The Ship Public House. The application includes the following proposals:

• Removal of existing Condition 9 from Annex 2 of the premises licence, which states:

Patrons shall not be permitted to take drinks or glass containers outside the premises. This includes any patron who temporarily leaves the premises to smoke.

• Addition of off-sales of alcohol as a licensable activity.

According to the report pack, a similar application was refused by the sub-committee on 16 September 2025, and this decision is currently being appealed. The applicant is offering a number of conditions, including:

• The external area shall be cleared of patrons by 21:00 hours (9:00pm) every day.
• There shall be no more than forty-five (45) patrons in the external area at any one time.
• There shall be an acoustic lobby located immediately inside the main entrance to the premises.
• The external area shall be monitored for noise levels and numbers in attendance whenever it is in use and licensable activities are carried on from the premises.
• The placing of refuse and recycling into receptacles outside the premises shall only take place between 08:00 and 23:00 hours on any day.
• There shall be no deliveries to the premises before 07:00 or after 23:00 hours on any day.
• There shall be no speakers located in any external areas at the premises at any time.
• The premises shall have an operational Noise Management Plan duly approved by an officer of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Community Protection Team.

The Greenwich Police Licensing (Metropolitan Police) and RBG Public Health have requested the following conditions:

• Only polycarbonate glassware shall be permitted in the front courtyard area, up to the boundary of the premises.
• Off-sales of alcohol shall be restricted to the front courtyard at all times.

The report pack notes that The Ship is located within the Plumstead Common Road Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ). The Royal Borough of Greenwich Licensing Policy states that the council will refuse applications for new licences or variations in cumulative impact zones where relevant representations are received, unless the applicant can demonstrate that the grant or variation will not add to the cumulative impact experienced¹. Representations have been received from PC Sam Bobb, Greenwich Police Licensing, Lisa Lacey, RBG Community Protection Team, Jacqueline Nanteza, RBG Public Health, Marie Mills, R. Sporbert, Ian Vinten, Marie Morrissey, Vince Morris, Kishar Dahal, C. Roag, C. Kingston, Ruth Mensah, Jvrijs Gabec, Ruslans Levkovskis, Giedre Andrvskevicivte and Al Amin.

Declarations of Interest

Councillors are required to declare any personal or financial interests in items on the agenda, as outlined in the Council's Code of Conduct. The report pack includes a list of councillors' memberships on outside bodies, joint committees and school governing bodies².

Minutes

The sub-committee is expected to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 11 June 2025. The minutes relate to a meeting where the sub-committee considered an application for a premises licence for Expo International Supermarket, 31 Herbert Road.