Monday, 6 January 2025

Mercul Slots applies for gambling licence for ex-Abbey premises in Neasden Shopping Precinct - comment deadline January 14th 2025

 

Mercul Slots has applied for a gambling licence for 265 Neasden Lane, the former Abbey National branch in the busy Neasden Shopping Precinct. The nearby bus stop is busy with school children at schools out time. As you can see from the photograph above and the plan below it is a double unit. The application appears to apply to just the one on the corner of Birse Crescent where buses turn on the one way system.


 


 

 

If approved the application would add to Mecul's Brent empire:

MERKUR Slots Adult Gaming Centre Premises Licence: 10409

478 High Road, Wembley, HA9 7BH

MERKUR Slots Adult Gaming Centre Premises Licence: GA0291

304 Neasden Lane, London, NW10 0AD

MERKUR Slots Bingo Premises Licence: 10409

51-55 High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2SU

MERKUR Slots Bingo Premises Licence: 31723

67 High Street, Harlesden, London, NW10 4NS

 

See details of the application ,including risk assessment, and make representations for or against HERE

Representations (comments) will usually be expected to relate to at least one of the licensing objectives.

The objectives are:

  • preventing crime and disorder
  • public safety
  • preventing public nuisance
  • protecting children from harm.

Representations deadline is January 14th 2025 


Following frustration at their inability to refuse a gambling licence for premises in Harlesden, Brent Council have lobbied the government for a change in the law.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

We do not need another gambling place in Neasden.
This would be detrimental to the area, which is already run down.

Anonymous said...

Would be much better to have a gym, encourage people to get healthy and feel better about themselves. Casinos just support addiction and destroys lives

Anonymous said...

We have 3 x Silvertime (2 within 50 ft of each other) and 1 x Merkur in Wembley High Road and that does not include all the betting shops of which there are at least 6-8 and 2 Paddy Power, so I'm not thinking that the Brent Council give a toss about what shops they allow to open as long as they getting the Business rates.

Anonymous said...

Brent = Gambling, fast food and street drinking:(

Anonymous said...

Read up on planning laws maybe.