Stephen Williams said "This new law is half baked and under funded. There is not enough control available for local people to decide where they want late licensed premises and where they don't. I have received many complaints from residents, who were not aware that an application for a nearby pub had been put in until it was too late. If they don't receive any formal objections, Councillors then have very little choice but to approve the new licence. We must give local people the power to shape their own communities."
