Court puts a stop to late representations

It has been decided by the Administrative Court that Licensing Authorities do not have the power to consider nor to act upon late representations about licensing applications.  Whilst we have yet to see the full judgment, it has been reported that in the case of R (on the application of the Albert Court Residents Association & Others) v Westminster City Council, the Court held Westminster City Council was not obliged to consider late representations made by the residents of Albert Court to an application to vary the Premises Licence for the Royal Albert Hall.

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