ALCOHOL licences have been granted for 26 convenience stores that are due to be acquired by a major UK retailer.
At the quarterly meeting of the Licensing Assembly, a mass application for the shops was passed, although the new licences will not be valid until the sale of the stores has received regulatory approval.
The 26 stores, comprising 16 Morrisons Daily outlets, two Wine Warehouses, six Iceland stores and two branches of Checkers Express, are part of a larger package of 38 shops set to be acquired by Morrisons from SandpiperCI.
Representing Food Retail Ltd, the banner under which Morrisons will operate the stores, solicitor John Bisson said that the transaction was part of a pan-Island deal that also included shops in Guernsey.
Deputy Bailiff Robert MacRae said the application was granted subject to conditions regarding the delivery of alcohol to shops.
The Deputy Bailiff was sitting with Jurats Pam Pitman, Robert Christensen, Karen Le Cornu, Michael Berry and Jerry Ramsden.
Other licence applications granted by the Assembly included:
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A new duty-free outlet at Elizabeth Terminal – the 85sqm store will offer a range of products to departing passengers after they have passed through security.
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Emma Keane was granted a licence for the Wellington Inn in St Saviour after the panel heard she had recently taken over the venue and intended to reopen it in early July.
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The Old Station Café in St Lawrence applied successfully for a variation in its licence which would allow live music to be played during evening opening hours, subject to a finish time of 9pm and a maximum sound level of 65 decibels at the nearest residential property.
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Live music also formed part of an application for the Slip Bistro and Grill at La Haule in St Brelade, on the site of the former Nude Beach restaurant. The licence was granted by the panel subject to conditions, including that music must stop at 9pm.
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A licence was approved for another St Brelade applicant, Aneta Markowska-Krzeminska, for the Gallery Café and Deli at the Bulwarks in St Aubin, with the café due to reopen on the ground floor of the site, which was occupied by the Harbour Gallery until January 2023.
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St Peter’s Garden Centre was issued with a licence to sell alcohol with meals at its Bay Tree Restaurant.
