The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
An application to sell alcohol in a Spalding store has hit massive opposition from the police.
Members of South Holland District Council’s licensing committee will discuss the application for Global Foods, Winsover Road, at a meeting on Thursday.
But the police are recommending refusal as the premises and the applicant ‘has a history with regards to licensing.’
Officers attended the shop in 2015 for an inspection and it was breaching conditions ‘yet again’.
The applicant, Ernesta Tamutyte, had previously applied to hold the licence and claimed any prior problems were down to a former partner who was in charge of the premises at the time.
“In May 2016 the hearing was held for the new premises licence.
“The decision notice states ‘the application sought to argue that the previous problems were the responsibility of her long term partner and that she would represent a clean slate and run the premises properly.
“The credibility of the applicant was fatally undermined by the fact that she initially stated that she had not signed the refusals register but later had to concede that she had signed false entries under the instruction of her partner.
“The application was refused,” the report said.
She applied for the alcohol licence in December of the same year and was refused again.
A further application was made in January 2017 by Ms Tamutyte and police said she had been the joint owner of the shop at the time there had been non-compliance with the licence and there were smuggled goods for sale.
The police emailed Ms Tamutyte to ask what had changed from previous applications which were all refused.
There was no reply, said the report.
“It shows a lack of willingness to work with a responsible authority and adds to the concerns about the future management of the premise and future working with police licensing,” the committee was told.
The shop, which stocks predominantly Eastern European products, is within a Public Space Protection Order to combat street drinking and behaviour issues.
“Police would have expected an operating schedule to reflect it,” says the report.
“Lincolnshire police has no confidence in the applicant,” it concludes.
