The Licensing Committee was scheduled to meet to discuss street designation orders and street trading licences, as well as to review the minutes of previous meetings. The committee was also expected to consider applications for premises licences under the Licensing Act 2003¹.

Here's a breakdown of the key items on the agenda:

Street Designation Orders and Street Trading Licences

The committee was asked to consider whether to designate two sites as 'licence streets' for street trading, and if so, whether to grant street trading licences for those sites. The report pack included details of the two applications:

• Allders Parade, 2-28 North End https://www.google.com/maps/search/Allders+Parade+Croydon: Mr Steve Johnson applied for a designation to allow for an 80-metre long, 3-metre wide, and 2-metre high display area. He proposed to trade between 8am and 9pm Monday to Saturday, and 9am to 6pm on Sundays, selling external seating, planters, plants and flowers. The application noted that there were six new retail units in the parade. A temporary licence was in place for this application.
• Junction of Caithness Walk and Lansdowne Road, East Croydon https://www.google.com/maps/search/Caithness+Walk+and+Lansdowne+Road+Croydon: Aminullah Gholam applied for a designation for a mobile vehicle/trailer measuring 3 metres long and 2 metres wide. He proposed to trade between 9am and 9pm, selling street food. The council's Spatial Planning/Highways Division objected to the application, stating that the introduction of a mobile unit would conflict with the objectives and design of the Dingwall Road Town Centre Priority Project, which seeks to enhance connectivity to and from East Croydon Station. The council stated that the redesigned roundabout will substantially enhance the public realm at its four corners, creating a strategic stepping stone between the East Croydon station bridge, Caithness Walk, the new Lansdowne Way crossing, and the shopping heart of North End via the Whitgift Centre. The council raised concerns about a fundamental lack of space, conflict with the placement of new seating and flood alleviation features, encroachment on existing tree canopy, disruption to the openness and spatial quality of the new public realm, obstruction of key sightlines, and potential CCTV and security implications.

The report pack noted that the applications had been advertised in the Croydon Guardian, and the police, planning, highways, parking services, and food & safety team had been consulted.

Licensing Sub-Committee Minutes

The committee was scheduled to approve the minutes of several Licensing Sub-Committee meetings:

• Thursday 10 July 2025. The Printed minutes 10072025 1030 Licensing Sub-Committee document indicates that the sub-committee considered the determination of a personal licence following the issue of a civil penalty for a relevant offence. The sub-committee was minded to suspend the personal licence rather than revoke the licence and agreed to give notice to the Chief Officer of Police and reconvene to consider any representations.
• Friday 12 September 2025. According to the Printed minutes 12092025 1030 Licensing Sub-Committee document, this was a reconvened hearing regarding the determination of a personal licence following an immigration penalty for a relevant offence. The sub-committee resolved to suspend the personal licence of Mr N S for one month.
• Tuesday 23 September 2025. The Printed minutes 23092025 1030 Licensing Sub-Committee document indicates that the sub-committee considered an application for a premises licence at 36 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath https://www.google.com/maps/search/36+Brigstock+Road,+Thornton+Heath. The applicant, Vrushank Patel, sought the sale by retail of alcohol for consumption off the premises Monday to Sunday, from 8am until 11pm. The Head of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing explained that the premises fell within one of the five cumulative impact areas² in the Council's licencing policy. Graham Mitchell, an objecting party, advised that his representations were firmly based on the protections offered by Croydon's cumulative impact assessment. The sub-committee also considered an application for a premises licence at Addington Palace Golf Club House, Gravel Hill https://www.google.com/maps/search/Addington+Palace+Golf+Club+House,+Gravel+Hill, but did not consider it at the hearing as the matter was resolved with the addition of further conditions offered by the applicant.
• Monday 10 November 2025. According to the Printed minutes 10112025 1030 Licensing Sub-Committee document, the sub-committee considered an application for a premises licence at Wandle Park Cafe, Wandle Park, Cornwall Road https://www.google.com/maps/search/Wandle+Park+Cafe,+Wandle+Park,+Cornwall+Road. The applicant, Glenard Patnelli, sought the sale by retail of alcohol for consumption on the premises Monday to Sunday 10am to 6pm; the provision of regulated entertainment in the form of live music and recorded music; anything of a similar description to live or recorded music Monday to Sunday 10am to 6pm and the performance of dance Monday to Sunday 3pm to 6pm. The Head of Environmental Health highlighted that under existing exemptions, premises authorised to sell alcohol for consumption on-site were permitted to host live music, recorded music, and dance between 8am and 11pm, provided the audience did not exceed 500.