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Age limit tightened

The committee introduced a new licence condition restricting events to attendees aged 21 or over, except private events with a defined guest list where all persons must be 18 or over. This is a direct…

“The second point is a new condition be added to the licence that all events involve attendees that are 21 years of age or over, except private events …”

Premises License Revocation Decision

The Statutory Licensing Subcommittee, after hearing all evidence and representations from Trading Standards, West Midlands Police, Public Health, and the Licensing Authority, unanimously decided to re…

“The subcommittee on the balance of probabilities have found that in order to promote the licensing objectives, the premises licence of 3 Joytoff Licen…”

Premises License Revocation Decision

Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee voted unanimously on 5 June 2025 to REVOKE the premises license for Triangle Snooker Club, Bank Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4PA, operated by Ankka Moltani. Decision bas…

“Having listened to all the evidence and all the representation, the committee felt that the premises license holder has not demonstrated that he's act…”

Revocation of Family Shop Premises Licence

The Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee revoked the premises licence for Family Shop (Family Grocery Limited), 34 Birchfield Road, Wolverhampton WB4 5UH with immediate effect. The decision was based on …

“the Sub-Committee was very concerned about the circumstances outlined by trading standards in relation to the wider public, specifically in relation t…”

Three-month licence suspension

The committee decided to suspend the premises licence for three months after hearing evidence of repeated operational failures, disorder and public safety concerns. This is the main enforcement outcom…

“So the subcommittee as decision is as follows and will obviously confirm the precise wording in writing so that you're clear on the changes to the lic…”

Premises licence granted

The sub-committee approved a new premises licence for Adair's Divine Heritage Limited for an African Caribbean supermarket selling alcohol off the premises, with a seasonal late-hours extension. The d…

“The licencing subcommittee has listened carefully to all the representations made by those attending and has carefully considered the paperwork placed…”

License Revocation - Bobby's News and Off Licence

Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee voted to revoke the premises licence for Bobby's News and Off Licence at 314 Presswood Road, Heathtown, Wolverhampton (WV1 1RH) held by Manjit Singh Dhillon. Revocati…

“The decision of the subcommittee is to revoke the licence... Bearing those in mind, the subcommittee decided in accordance with section 52 of the Act …”

Licence revoked for illegal working

The sub-committee determined that the premises licence should be revoked because the illegal working and compliance failures were serious enough that lesser steps would not restore confidence in futur…

“Unfortunately it's not going to be the decision that you're going to find very favourable. We want to revoke the licence because you show total lack o…”

Premises licence granted with reduced hours

The sub-committee approved the new premises licence but amended the requested hours to reduce potential impact on nearby residents and the school. The decision sets a narrower trading window than orig…

“The application is granted with the following amendments the Opening hours for the premises will be from 10 a .m. Till 11 a .m. through to Monday to S…”

Removal of designated premises supervisor following review decision

Following the licensing review hearing, the Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee made a decision to remove Manmeet Singh Chawla as the designated premises supervisor (DPS) of Family Shopper. The committe…

“the decision, therefore, of the Committee in respect of the review application brought by trading standards is to remove Mr Charlotte as the DPS... th…”

Licensing Review Decision - Premises Licence Suspension

The Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee determined to suspend the premises licence for Wood End Wines for a period of 31 days and to amend the operating schedule with additional conditions. The decision…

“The 31 -day suspension was imposed to allow the premises sufficient time to train staff and to implement the other licensing conditions, including the…”

Addition of Mandatory Conditions to Premises Licence

The Sub-Committee approved new conditions to be added to the Wood End Wines operating schedule including: Challenge 25 age verification scheme implementation, refusal log maintenance, mandatory staff …

“The subcommittee did however agree that conditions in relation to challenge 25 scheme a refusal log training for staff and an incident log were necess…”

Future waste plant procurement

The committee was told the energy-from-waste plant is ageing and the council will need to decide whether to refurbish it, procure a new plant, or change the delivery model. The current operating partn…

“the energy from waste plant is It is a strategic risk not just for the issues that councillor Bateman raised and but they're really good ones But also…”

Energy-from-waste capital works

The council plans to install fire suppression equipment at the energy-from-waste plant, and the officer stated this is already provided for within the approved capital programme. The committee also he…

“the cost of the fire suppression System is already provided for with the council's approved capital programme and able to be accommodated within that …”