A shop in Merthyr Tydfil has been granted a licence to sell alcohol despite concerns raised by local residents and councillors. Alma Stores on Alma Street in Dowlais applied for a new premises licence for a convenience store in the area and this was approved after it had gone before the council’s statutory licensing committee on Thursday, April 6.
The applicant applied for a licence to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises only and opening times between 8am and 9pm from Monday to Saturday and from 9am to 9pm on Sunday. The committee report said there had previously been a premises licence in place which was surrendered in April, 2016, the committee report said.
The previous premises licence allowed the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises only and opening hours between 8am and 11pm from Monday to Saturday, and from 10am to 10.30pm on Sunday and there were said to be no complaints recorded against the premises. South Wales Police raised no objection to the application and an agreement had been reached with the applicant to amend the times for the supply of alcohol off premises and to include certain conditions. The conditions agreed to were around CCTV, an incident log, signs and staff training.
