Fleetwood grocery store could become a bar

Monday, 29 July 2024 14:51

By Richard Hunt - LDRS

The owners of a former grocery store in Fleetwood have applied to Wyre’s licensing committee to serve drinks under the new name of The Tipsy Frog.

For many years the premises were known as Broadwater Stores, a retail business on the corner of Meadow Avenue and Broadwater Avenue, a residential area.

However, the owners now hope the building can become a licensed premises which will be able to play recorded music.

They have applied for a premises licence, which would allow them to serve alcohol to be consumed onsite as a licensed premises seven days a week.

The sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises, and the provision of recorded music to be played inside the premises, would take place Sunday to Thursday from midday to 11pm, according to the licensing application to Wyre Council.

On Friday and Saturday, the times would be from midday to midnight with an additional non-standard timing sought from the terminal hour on New Year’s Eve to the opening hour of New Year’s Day. Wyre’s licensing committee is due to hear the application on Thursday, August 1. Four letters of objection to the proposals have been lodged with the council, these representations being from Wyre Council environmental health and three local residents.

One of the objectors said: “This is an area where families live and children play.

“A residential area is not a place for a public bar. Residents should be able to go in and out of their homes without the disturbance from constant music and people drinking day and night.”

Wyre’s environmental health officer would accept the application on the basis that the operational times were earlier, given the fact it is in a residential area.

This would mean it would be open to the public, Sunday to Thursday, no later than 11pm, recorded music no later than 10.30pm and supply of alcohol no later than 10.30pm

On Fridays and Saturdays, it would be open to the public no later than midnight, with recorded music to no later than 11pm and supply of alcohol no later than 11.30pm.

The licensing officer added: “At the time of drafting this report, colleagues in planning have confirmed that there no valid planning application for a change of use has been received.

“A planning application received May 21, 2024 was incomplete.”