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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
David Humphreys

Plans could be 'ignition' that causes community to 'erupt'

Granting a premises licence at a former bingo hall could be the “ignition” that causes a north Liverpool community to “erupt”, it has been claimed.

Concern has been raised about the viability of a premises licence application for the former Carlton Bingo and Social Club on Moss Lane in Orrell Park. Last year, part of the previously vacant building was transformed into a hand car wash after permission was granted by Liverpool Council’s planning department.

Now, the local authority’s licensing panel will decide if plans for a premises licence - which would grant applicant Joanne Harwood to sell alcohol until midnight - are suitable.

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