Baschurch residents fight 16-hour booze sales at store
More than a dozen people have objected to an application for a village store to sell alcohol for 16 hours a day, even before a brick has been laid at the new Spar store in Baschurch.
More than a dozen people have objected to an application for a village store to sell alcohol for 16 hours a day, even before a brick has been laid at the new Spar store in Baschurch.
Residents have raised concerns about increased anti-social behaviour after a license application was submitted to Shropshire Council for the store in Shrewsbury Road.
Operator Tates Limited has applied for a license to sell booze between 7am and 11pm, Monday to Sunday. The store is due to open in December.
Thirteen people have raised concerns about potential anti-social behaviour, a risk to public safety, noise nuisance and an increase in traffic.
Residents want the store to only sell alcohol for the same period of time as other shops in the village.
In objections sent to Shropshire Council protestors suggest that a license is only granted for the sale of alcohol until 10.30pm at the latest on weekdays and 4pm on a Sunday.
The original application, granted by Shropshire Council in March, was for the shop to open between 7am to 10pm, Monday to Saturday, and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
But developers Lancroft Developments Limited later applied for permission to open up between 7am and 11pm seven days a week.
The scheme was given the go ahead despite a 700 name petition and objection from Baschurch Parish Council.
A decision will be made at the Licensing Act Sub-Committee on May 29.