Special policy plan for Station Road in Llanelli
The cumulative impact of licensed premises in Llanelli’s Station Road may soon be taken into account when new licensing applications are made.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s licensing committee recently carried out a review into whether it needs a policy on the impact of the large number of licensed premises in Llanelli’s Station Road.
The licensing committee has recommended adopting a cumulative impact policy for the section of Station Road between its junction with Queen Victoria Road and the railway crossing. A final decision is due to be made by full Council in March.
The committee recommended that the policy should apply to takeaways as well as premises authorised or seeking to be authorised to sell alcohol for consumption both off and on the premises.
There would also be an assessment of the need to apply such a policy to the remaining portion of Station Road and the surrounding streets as part of the consultation to be undertaken when the Licensing Policy is next reviewed.
The majority of the responses to the consultation exercise agreed that a cumulative impact policy was required for Station Road, Llanelli. The supporting information provided suggested that the policy should be applied to the section of Station Road between its junction with Queen Victoria Road south to the railway crossing.
The responses overwhelmingly suggested that the cumulative impact policy should apply to takeaways as well as they were seen as a cause for crime and disorder.
Cumulative impact means the potential impact on the promotion of the council’s licensing objectives of a significant number of licensed premises concentrated in one area.
The effect of adopting a special policy of this kind is to create a rebuttable presumption that applications for new premises licences or club premises certificates or variations that are likely to add to the existing cumulative impact will normally be refused, following relevant representations, unless the applicant can demonstrate in their operating schedule that there will be no negative cumulative impact on one or more of the licensing objectives.
It would normally not be justifiable to adopt a special policy on the basis of a concentration of shops, stores or supermarkets selling alcohol for consumption off the premises. Special policies will usually address the impact of a concentration of licensed premises selling alcohol for consumption on the premises.
If adopted the cumulative impact policy will form part of the authority’s Licensing Policy.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s licensing committee recently carried out a review into whether it needs a policy on the impact of the large number of licensed premises in Llanelli’s Station Road.
The licensing committee has recommended adopting a cumulative impact policy for the section of Station Road between its junction with Queen Victoria Road and the railway crossing. A final decision is due to be made by full Council in March.
The committee recommended that the policy should apply to takeaways as well as premises authorised or seeking to be authorised to sell alcohol for consumption both off and on the premises.
There would also be an assessment of the need to apply such a policy to the remaining portion of Station Road and the surrounding streets as part of the consultation to be undertaken when the Licensing Policy is next reviewed.
The majority of the responses to the consultation exercise agreed that a cumulative impact policy was required for Station Road, Llanelli. The supporting information provided suggested that the policy should be applied to the section of Station Road between its junction with Queen Victoria Road south to the railway crossing.
The responses overwhelmingly suggested that the cumulative impact policy should apply to takeaways as well as they were seen as a cause for crime and disorder.
Cumulative impact means the potential impact on the promotion of the council’s licensing objectives of a significant number of licensed premises concentrated in one area.
The effect of adopting a special policy of this kind is to create a rebuttable presumption that applications for new premises licences or club premises certificates or variations that are likely to add to the existing cumulative impact will normally be refused, following relevant representations, unless the applicant can demonstrate in their operating schedule that there will be no negative cumulative impact on one or more of the licensing objectives.
It would normally not be justifiable to adopt a special policy on the basis of a concentration of shops, stores or supermarkets selling alcohol for consumption off the premises. Special policies will usually address the impact of a concentration of licensed premises selling alcohol for consumption on the premises.
If adopted the cumulative impact policy will form part of the authority’s Licensing Policy.
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