Posts tagged: westminster licensing project

Community engagement leads to success in Soho

Citizens Advice Westminster’s Licensing Advice Project recently worked with residents of Soho to defeat an application to turn a retail shop into a licensed premises with very late evening hours. Residents were understandably worried about the impact such a change would have on their quality of life in a neighbourhood of which they had long […]

Good result for Fitzrovia residents

Citizens Advice Westminster’s unique Licensing Advice Project, funded by Westminster City Council since 2005, dealt with 163 new enquiries during its reporting year ended 31 March, compared with 138 the year before. The project’s solicitor Richard Brown represented residents at 47 hearings and made written submissions for 9 hearings. He also advised on 17 cases […]