Kebab lovers in Sandhurst are waiting to hear whether they will be able to buy late-night food until 10pm.
Bureaucrats in Bracknell will decide tomorrow whether a kebab truck can open outside the Day Care Centre in Yorktown Road, in a layby close to Sandhurst Park opposite the popular 'Barber Lounge'.
The vehicle is expected to be 4.1m long (3m without the cab), 1.9m wide and 1.87m high. The layby is 15.6m long, which a planning inspector says should leave room for two more cars.
The owner wants to sell kebabs, doner kebabs, chips, chicken, burgers and soft drinks between 5pm and 10pm. He previously held a licence to trade in Oxfordshire.
Documents show Bracknell Forest's licencing department raised a string of issues, saying:
- "There was no public liability insurance for the van."
- "He still had an active licence to trade in South Oxfordshire."
- "He needed separate permission from the highways department in their role as landowner (which, for some reason, is different from the planning department)."
- "He needed to prove his right to work in the UK."
After the owner submitted his documents, the council ran a consultation across January and February. Objections have been received, including from Sandhurst Town Council and Sandhurst Day Centre, while Thames Valley Police and the council’s Environmental Health department have not objected.
If granted, the licence fees would be £1,604.25 per year, £948.75 for six months or £172.50 for one month. The licencing panel will decide the application tomorrow at a meeting in Bracknell at 5pm.
Ted O'Neill, Local Democracy Reporter
