Councillors will decide whether to grant a premises licence amid plans to re-open the convenience store on Arnold Street in Nantwich.
Applicants want to open the former Premier store under the new name “OSB Food & Wine”.
They have applied to Cheshire East Council for a new premises licence which includes the sale of alcohol between 8am and 11pm, seven days a week.
But one local resident has objected to the application, saying the proposed hours are “excessive” and would cause disturbance to nearby homes.
The objector said: “Due to the narrow layout of Arnold Street and the close proximity of residential dwellings to the premises, noise generated by customers entering and leaving the shop, congregating
outside, vehicles stopping, engines running, doors closing, and deliveries is clearly audible inside my home.
“Sound reverberates along the street and is amplified, particularly during the evening and night-time hours when background noise levels are lower.
“My household requires early morning rest due to work commitments. Late-night disturbance on a daily basis would cause material sleep disruption, adversely affecting our health, wellbeing, and ability to carry out our employment obligations.
“This would amount to an unreasonable interference with our use and enjoyment of our home.
“Granting alcohol sales until 23:00 would therefore impose disproportionate harm on nearby residents without providing any clear public benefit.”
The Premier store closed in November and its licence ended.
The new applicant – Perampalam Amirthalingham – says it will be a new convenience store selling a “wide range of goods”.
“The shop has previously been licenced for alcohol sales until the licence was surrendered in November.”
Cheshire East Council licensing sub committee is due to rule on the application this week.
I think 10pm is a reasonable time to close out the sale of alcohol. We have had the shop there for years, and no major noise issues. There are adequate bins outside for rubbish. The residents on the street are fairly sensible people who I don’t believe litter. I don’t. I hear lots of vehicles coming and going late into the night, and that’s in the last 12 months without a shop, so it’s hardly an excuse for concern. It’s never had people loitering and it’s always been a hub for the people living in the area to exercise the convenience element without having to go far. I don’t care who owns it so long as it stays open and the goods are reasonably priced.
If a convenience store is in close proximity to homes, then perhaps an opening licence should be considered up to 9pm – keeps everyone happy and residents will not be disturbed too much in the late evening.
I quite agree with the local residents to object to what the shop proposes to ask for.
For a start looking at the amount of rubbish and pallets stacked against the wall doesn’t say much about the owners responsibility to the public
Absolutely disgusting,
For a start how are pedestrians, disabled people and mothers with pushchairs supposed to walk by safely without the fear of something falling on them.
Will it be another Candy Shop or the likes selling novelty items and vapes ect.
Same old story different name.
How did the objector cope when it was a shop before with all the noise etc
The hours are to long and its not fair to the residents that live there this can not be allowed think of the residents give them peace