This meeting will include discussion of an application to vary the licence for the Shell Little Waitrose Battersea.

Shell Little Waitrose Battersea, 326 Queenstown Road, London, SW11 8NE

This item relates to an application to vary the premises licence for the Shell Little Waitrose Battersea. The applicant, Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited, has applied to change the trading name on the licence to 'SHELL LITTLE WAITROSE BATTERSEA'. They are also seeking permission to vary the layout of the shop floor, and update the licence to reflect those changes. Additionally, the applicant is seeking to change the hours during which they are permitted to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises to 24 hours a day, every day. The current licence permits the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises between 06:00 and midnight Sunday to Thursday, and 06:00 to 02:00 Friday and Saturday. They are also requesting permission to update the conditions on the licence to reflect their current operating policies and procedures.

The Metropolitan Police and a Trading Standards Officer have both raised representations to the application, but these were withdrawn after the applicant agreed to amend their operating schedule in order to address their concerns.

A representation from Robert Newby-Walker, a Senior Environmental Services Officer (Noise and Nuisance Team) at the Regulatory Services Partnership, was received, objecting to the extended licencing hours on the basis that:

Noise surveys carried out across the borough consistently indicate that ambient noise levels fall around midnight during the week and around 2am at the weekend.

The officer suggested that, as a compromise:

an amendment to bring the alcohol sales to a consistent 02:00 hours finish across the whole week would be seen as reasonable.

It is not clear from the report pack whether the applicant has agreed to this compromise.