Save Lant Street Wine

Terrible news, I'm afraid. It would appear that they may have their licence revoked. IMHO this is a valuable asset to our community and has been selling wine for over 30 years! There is a petition to sign here to offer support to this local business:

https://www.change.org/p/southwark-council-licensing-team-petition-to-object-to-the-revocation-of-lant-street-wine-co-premise-license?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_26830436_en-GB%3A6&recruiter=793999678&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

Would be a real shame. I'm not a regular customer, but they seem like exactly the kind of friendly, community-oriented business we should be celebrating. Do you have any more details about the licensing complaint?

Have signed - what is the reason for this objection? Is it a developer wishing to put flats there? Or the new whiskey shop on BHS trying to eliminate competition?

EWJ1974 wrote:

Have signed - what is the reason for this objection? Is it a developer wishing to put flats there? Or the new whiskey shop on BHS trying to eliminate competition?

According to the petition, the complaint has been raised by 'a member of our local community'. How does one find out the nature and wording of the complaint? Such complaints normally arise over the bad behaviour of pub customers - which I don't think applies in Lant Street!

You can see the outline of the review application here:
http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/LicPremisesAppliedDetails.asp?systemkey=874038

Talk of revocation is probably a bit over-dramatic unless a business has been flouting its licence conditions on a big scale.

Seeking a review of the licence is the only lever that local residents have to seek changes to how a licensed premises operates - even if it's something small like getting the opening times changed by 30 minutes.

Licensing decisions are made on even tighter parameters than planning decisions.

Any interested party can apply for a licence review; the application may or may not have merit.

Thanks for that, James. As far as I understand the complaints have come from 1 individual who would appear to have the "ear" of the Southwark licencing team as the individual used to work for the council in Hackney, so knows the ropes.

bmovie wrote:

Thanks for that, James. As far as I understand the complaints have come from 1 individual who would appear to have the "ear" of the Southwark licencing team as the individual used to work for the council in Hackney, so knows the ropes.

Even so, bmovie, it sounds pretty serious - quote "The drinking establishment has caused or necessitated persistent Southwark Noise Team call outs and on-going involvement by the Metropolitan Police due to anti-social behaviour." Does Lant Street Wine have a response? (I didn't realise they had been hosting events with 80 people present.)

But frankly I don't think 'knowing the ropes' of how to make a complaint should bar anyone from doing so, and make their complaint somehow suspect.

Seems like a case where the new generation has taken over the business, tried to expand the offering and make more of the space and made a few missteps along the way. Hopefully this can all be worked out in a reasonable way and the business can continue to serve the local community in the way it hopes to.

Gosh - I used to live on the corner of Lant and Weller and used to visit. It seemed such a nice quiet place. Will sign.