The Licensing and Regulatory Sub-Committee of Ipswich Borough Council will meet to consider an application for a new premises licence for Food Twist Stores Ltd at 2-4 Norwich Road, Ipswich. The meeting report pack contains a response from Suffolk Constabulary objecting to the application, as well as details of Ipswich Council's Statement of Licensing Policy and its Cumulative Impact Policy.

Application for a New Premises Licence for Food Twist Stores Ltd

Food Twist Stores Ltd has applied for a new premises licence to sell alcohol between 10am and 8:30pm every day of the week from their premises at 2-4 Norwich Road. Their application states that the business will sell:

grocery, fresh vegetables, frozen meat, frozen fish, drinks and snacks.

— LRS-24-09 Report

Representations From Statutory Authorities

The report pack contains an objection to the application from Suffolk Constabulary. The grounds for their objection are not described in the publicly available documents.

Public Health Suffolk have supported the representation made by Suffolk Constabulary.

Ipswich Borough Council's Licensing Policies

The meeting report pack describes two policies from Ipswich Borough Council's Statement of Licensing Policy that are relevant to the application:

• The Cumulative Impact Policy, which:

  ...no longer [has] the assumption assumed of rejection of a new licence in the CIP area and the authority remains having to evidence the negative impact.

  — LRS-24-09 Report

• The Council's guidance on applications in the Cumulative Impact Policy area, which states that:

  Applications that are unlikely to add to the cumulative impact on the licensing objectives may be granted

  — LRS-24-09 Report