Police have expressed their objection to a Plungington shop being granted a premises licence.

Eldon Local, which is due to open next month in what was B&D Newsagents, has applied for a licence to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises from 6am to midnight every day.

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The shop applied for the licence at the beginning of October, but police objected shortly thereafter due to the high level of anti-social behaviour currently happening in Plungington.

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The police objection letter said: “This new premise is located in an area of Preston that currently has an extremely high volume of both anti-social behaviour and associated crime.

“Police and other agencies are spending a large amount of time dealing with incidents and a high proportion of these are alcohol-related problems.

“Without risk assessments Police believe this will lead to a poorly, uncontrolled premise licence that will cause an increase in the number of incidents at the premise and in the immediate residential vicinity.”

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The decision meeting is due to be held Tuesday 1 December.

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