Shah's Halal Food at 292 High Street wants to serve until 5am, seven nights a week including bank holidays. Residents can comment until 16 September. What the application says.

A Sutton High Street restaurant has applied to stay open until 5am, every night of the week.

The application covers 292 High Street, SM1 1PQ, trading as Shah’s Halal Food. It was received by Sutton Council’s licensing team and published on the council’s current applications page on 19 August. Anyone wanting to comment has until 16 September 2026.

What is being asked for

The applicant is WOHZ Ltd, a company incorporated on 28 November 2025 with a registered office in Yiewsley, West Drayton. It is represented by MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd.

The application form states that the premises currently operates between 11am and 11pm, Monday to Sunday including bank holidays. It asks for:

  • late night refreshment from 11pm to 5am, every day of the week including bank holidays
  • opening hours to the public of 11am to 5am, every day
  • the late night refreshment to be provided both indoors and outdoors
  • a licence starting on 30 September 2026, with no end date

There is no request to sell alcohol. The form answers “no” to plays, films, indoor sport, boxing or wrestling, live music, recorded music and dance. In the applicant’s own words, the premises “will be used for serving mainly food to be eaten on the premises but with limited takeaway and non-alcoholic beverages. No alcohol will be served, and there will be no music.”

The premises has a non-domestic rateable value of £35,000. Shah’s Halal Food Sutton is listed on the council’s food hygiene register as a restaurant, cafe or canteen and is awaiting its first inspection.

Timeline comparing current and proposed hours at 292 High Street, Sutton: currently open 11am to 11pm, the application would extend opening to 5am with late night refreshment served from 11pm to 5am

What the applicant is offering

Applicants set out the steps they will take against the four licensing objectives, and those steps normally become conditions if a licence is granted. This application offers:

  • CCTV inside and outside, recording 24 hours, with footage provided to police
  • a written incident log, kept at the premises and available to the police or the council on request
  • a zero-tolerance policy on anti-social behaviour, drug use and violence, with staff calling police “as soon as possible” in the event of a disturbance
  • lighting maintained inside and outside to deter antisocial activity
  • signage asking customers to leave quietly, and waste collections scheduled “at reasonable hours”
  • a designated waste storage area shown on the layout plan, with a commitment that no waste will be left on the pavement
  • no unaccompanied children after 10pm
  • fire equipment maintained, marked and unobstructed exits, a first-aid kit and regular risk assessments

What it means for you

The point of the consultation window is that a licence, once granted, is difficult to unpick. These are the practical facts.

  • You have until 16 September 2026 to comment. After that, the council removes the application from its website and it is decided.
  • Comments have to be relevant. Under the Licensing Act 2003 a representation must relate to one of the four objectives: the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance, or the protection of children from harm. Noise at 3am, litter and late-night disturbance all fall inside those objectives. Disliking the type of business does not.
  • Your comment is passed to the applicant in full. The council says the Act requires it, so write accordingly.
  • If anyone objects, there is a hearing. Valid representations send the application to the Licensing Committee, and everyone who made one is invited to attend.
  • Comments go to Sutton Council’s licensing team, and the routes are on the current applications page.

One other application is live in the borough. Cheam Sports Club’s bid for a premises licence at Peaches Close closes for comment on 28 August.

Nothing has been decided. An application is a request, and the council has not yet ruled on it. If you want to see how the town centre is changing more broadly, our Sutton planning applications page tracks what is in front of the council, and parking in Sutton covers what it costs to get there.

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