The Croydon Council licenses subcommittee will meet tomorrow (April 15) at 10.30 am to review a Pizza City application, previously better Kebab, for a local license to serve nocturnal soft drinks.
Pizza City, located at 60 Shirley Road, is currently open every day from 12 pm to 11 pm
But the applicant, Faisal Khan Niazi, asks to remain open until 2 in the morning from Sunday to Thursday, and until 3 am on Fridays and Saturdays.
The plan will allow customers to enter the store until closing time and that there is a delivery service all day.
To make the application approved, the applicant must meet four license objectives: crime and disorder prevention, public security, prevention of public discomfort and the protection of children for damage.
Pizza City has assured the Council that will comply with each criterion.
Mr. Niazi declared that staff will take measures to minimize noise and strong conversation by placing reminder notes on the walls.
In addition, all employees working in the late turn will receive training on how to deal with noisy customers.
To comply with the crime and prevention disorder criteria, Mr. Niazi declared that the staff “will not discuss with any custom if a problem is doing” and that CCTV images will be removed for a minimum of 30 days and “will be produced at the request of the Police.”
A4 -size warning notices will be shown in public areas of the facilities and in all tickets, reminding customers that CCTV is in operation.
To comply with the public safety criteria, Mr. Niazi said the personnel “make food orders to carry as quickly as possible to avoid many customers in the facilities.”
He explained that the store adheres to the philosophy of “the client is always right” and undertakes to always address the client with respect.
To meet the criteria for the prevention of public discomfort, Pizza City staff will ask customers to “respect our neighbors if they are making noise” and that all delivery drivers will leave the store “very silently.”
The doors and windows will be closed as much as possible, and it will be a personnel policy “to leave the facilities quickly and silently,” said Niazi.
Finally, when it comes to the criteria of protecting children from damage, Mr. Niazi said in his application letter: “Where there is a risk for children, measures must be tasks to guarantee their safety and well -being.”
He added: “All our staff should treat all children with respect.”
Despite having all the requirements under the 2003 licenses law, not everyone fully supports the application.
A resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, presented an objection to the Council.
The resident states: “There is a pub a few meters on the opposite side of the road.
“My concern is that if you want more alcohol after the pub has closed, they will visit the store.
“I live here alone and I would be extremely concerned about large groups of drunk people outside, and having been a victim of crime, I would not feel safe in my own home.”
The resident also told Conerns about how the Oasis academy is close and that the extended hours “will attract children” and that will be a “temptation to try to buy alcohol there.”
They added: “This license will not bring anything to the community.
“Shirley Road is a very busy road, but a very residential and normally calm area on the floor at 11 pm
“These prolonged hours will bring unwanted discomfort, garbage and unwanted behavior that nobody wants.”
The Croydon Council licenses subcommittee will make a decision before Tuesday, April 22.
Anyone can attend the council meeting.
