Dr Dessert Granted Fulham Licence, But 30 Minutes Cut

A dessert shop on Wandsworth Bridge Road can take late-night delivery orders until midnight on weeknights and 1am on Fridays and Saturdays. That is half an hour less each night than it asked for.

Hammersmith and Fulham’s Licensing Sub-Committee granted the new premises licence for Dr Dessert, 174 Wandsworth Bridge Road SW6 2UQ, in part. The summary of decision was published on 10 September, the day after the hearing. The panel was Councillors Mercy Umeh in the chair, Callum Nimmo and Stewart Waine.

Seven people and groups had objected. The applicant, Nedwin Ltd, had already agreed 14 conditions with the council’s Noise and Nuisance team and the police before the hearing. The committee added two more of its own.

What was asked for, and what was granted

Late-night refreshment is the licence you need to supply hot food or drink after 11pm. This application was for supply off the premises, which in practice means delivery and collection.

The opening hours were granted as applied for. The late-night window was cut by 30 minutes at each end of the week.

The conditions that change how it trades

Six conditions were agreed with the Police Licensing Team on 15 July. Three of them decide what the shop actually looks like after 11pm:

• closed to walk-in customers at 23:00 every day
• delivery orders only after 23:00, placed by telephone or online
• a designated short-stay collection point for drivers

Eight more were agreed with the Noise and Nuisance team on the same day. They cover a written delivery management policy favouring bicycles and e-bikes where available, drivers told to arrive only when an order is ready, staff monitoring the pavement outside, at least two staff on site during the late delivery period, signage asking drivers and customers to leave quietly, and litter patrols at least three times a day with a written record kept for 31 days.

The committee then added two conditions of its own:

• a member of staff must organise and host a meeting with residents at least once a calendar year, advertised 14 days ahead to neighbours, residents’ associations and the licensing authority
• a telephone number for the premises, or for a responsible member of staff on duty, must be displayed so it can be read from the public highway, for complaints

That is 16 conditions on a licence for a shop that closes its doors at 11pm.

The objections came from the chair of the Walham Green Ward Panel, the Barclay Road Conservation Area Neighbourhood Watch and five residents, according to the committee report. The same report records no enforcement history at the premises in the past three years and no temporary event notices in the past twelve months.

The pizza shop review did not happen

The other case listed that evening was the Home Office review of the licence at Ringo Pizza, 40 Fulham Palace Road W6 9PH. Immigration Enforcement had applied to have the licence revoked over a £40,000 civil penalty. We reported the application before the hearing.

It was adjourned, at the Home Office’s own request, made on the day.

The committee’s published reasons set out why. The premises licence was transferred to a new holder on 21 August 2026. The conduct behind the review is alleged to have happened while the previous holder was in charge. The new holder did not receive notice of the hearing until shortly before the date, and had not had a reasonable chance to take legal advice, read the evidence or arrange representation. It was also unclear whether the Home Office had been told about the transfer.

The committee used Regulation 11 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, which lets it extend a time limit where that is necessary in the public interest. Its reasoning was that due process should be upheld, and that a licence holder’s business and livelihood should not be affected without a fair hearing.

No new hearing date has been published. The review is still live.

Updated 4 October: the review was heard on 30 September. The committee suspended the licence for one month rather than revoking it, and added right-to-work conditions. Read the outcome.

What it means for you

If you live near 174 Wandsworth Bridge Road, the two conditions the committee added are the ones worth keeping. A phone number must be visible from the street, so a complaint about noise or drivers does not have to go through the council first. An annual meeting must be organised and advertised to neighbours and residents’ associations 14 days before it is held.

If a condition is broken, that is a licensing matter. Any responsible authority, or a resident, can apply for a review of the licence, and the council’s Licensing team is the route in.

Anyone who made a relevant representation, and the applicant, can appeal to the magistrates’ court within 21 days of being notified of the full decision. The summary published on 10 September is not the full decision: the committee said the complete reasons and the full text of the conditions would be sent to the parties.

For the Fulham Palace Road review, nothing has been decided. An adjournment is not a finding either way, and the allegations remain untested.

Council meeting papers for both cases are on the H&F democracy site. You can follow what else is being decided locally on our Fulham planning page, and the roads around Wandsworth Bridge Road on our roadworks and travel page.