A city council committee has granted applicant Bahar Oruk a premises licence for on-sales of alcohol at the Turkish-Kurdish Community and Social Club, at 119-121 Chepstow Road. His agent, Paul Rowlands, described the premises as a “family club” and offered reassurances about customers “filling out the street”. One objector speculated that the premises was “selling alcohol already”, but a council licensing officer said his team had found no evidence of that. He added the applicant didn’t “envisage people being there very late – it’s more of a family club”. The committee agreed to approve the licence for on-sales of alcohol, seven days a week, from 10am to midnight.