Health officials claim crime in the Hunslet and Beeston areas of Leeds will spiral if a convenience store is granted an alcohol licence.
City councillors will decide next week whether or not Kewmars Muhamed can sell booze from his shop on Dewsbury Road in the city. The local authority’s own public health team is lobbying against approving the licence, citing fears around the impact on local schoolchildren and their families.
The premises is technically located in Leeds’ Hunslet ward, though it sits on the edge of Beeston. It has been operating under the trading name Park Side as an “international food” store in recent years. It’s not clear at this stage whether Mr Muhamad is the long-term occupant of that same shop, or if he is opening up a new store on the site.
