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Retail giant Asda will be able to sell alcohol at its new store in Stoke-on-Trent. Asda is making an investment of £750,000 and creating up to 30 jobs after taking over the former CMC Motorcycles site at the corner of Stoke Road and Station Road. in Shelton.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has now allowed the sale of alcohol between 6am and midnight, seven days a week, in the 24-hour shop. This was followed by two objections claiming that the sale of alcohol would increase the level of crime in the neighborhood.
Businessman and opposition leader Navid Kaleem, who is running in next month’s general election, told the council’s licensing committee: “We have nothing against Asda, we need Asda to come. This will revitalize the district, we are very satisfied with it. The problem we have is that Stoke-on-Trent is a bit unusual, people don’t perceive Stoke-on-Trent from the outside, only people in Stoke-on-Trent perceive what Stoke-on-Trent is.
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“Bringing alcohol at a reasonable price and available without problems will worsen crime in our region. We need other people to live well, we want our city to get better and we’ve been ignored for too long and that’s our concern, people on the outside don’t perceive this, they think it’s okay, we live in great neighborhoods, you can live in landfills. So that’s our concern, it’s going to increase crime and disorder, it’s going to affect public safety, it’s going to increase. to be a nuisance to citizens living in the area.
Staffordshire Police objected to the request.
Asda attorney Richard Taylor told councilmembers, “In a convenience store, spirits and high-value pieces are on the counter. We do not sell miniatures; We do not sell the kind of products in convenience retail establishments that would appeal to street alcohol. Drinking or drinking challenging alcohol We have representations that report crimes and antisocial behavior, but the police do not question this request.
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