A new Londis store in Birstall has been given a licence to sell alcohol - despite objections from residents
A new Londis store in Birstall has been given a licence to sell alcohol despite objections from residents.
This comes as the premises for the new Londis on Leeds Road were used commercially for many years, previously being a McColl's general store. However, this reportedly came with several problems, from an increase in anti-social behaviour, to residents being unable to enter their driveways due to them being blocked by customers. When McColl’s closed in 2018, there was said to be “a distinct improvement for residents.
Mrs Harrison went on to say: “we feel that if the shop opens to sell alcohol once again it will encourage unwanted gatherings, abuse, underage drinking quite probably, bring crime back into the area and cause even more traffic and parking problems and we residents do not want to return to being intimidated, threatened on our own property of fearing for our safety. For these reasons we strongly, and I mean strongly object.
Despite this, Patrick Burke from PMB Licencing highlighted on behalf of the applicant that no objection had been received from any authority including the police or child welfare services. He said, “if it previously caused a multitude of issues being licensed as McColl’s then the police would be saying hang on, we’re a bit concerned about this.
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