A sushi restaurant will not be allowed to deliver hot food to customers until 3am after its application for a licence was rejected.
The decision was made by a Brighton and Hove City Council licensing panel after an objection from a neighbour.
John Smith shared residents’ concerns about the potential effects of a licence being granted to the Sushi Co, in Western Road, Brighton.
Before the licensing panel met on Monday 2 November, the Sushi Co agreed draft conditions with Sussex Police and the council’s licensing and environmental health teams.
Currently, the business can deliver cold food after 11pm until 3am each night because it does not require a late-night refreshment licence to do this. The rules require a licence to deliver hot food.
Mr Smith told the panel of three councillors – Julie Cattell, Andrei Czolak and John Hewitt – that he and other neighbours had met their ward councillor Alison Thomson before the meeting to discuss their concerns about noise.
He was concerned that the business would not have control of delivery drivers and riders who were employed by third-party operators.
Sushi Co operations manager Mohammed Waqas said that any delivery drivers who did not keep to the company’s conditions could be banned from operating out of the shop and even from working for apps.
Mr Waqas said that the drivers would not wait outside and a dedicated staff member would be responsible for managing them as they arrived and left the business.
In their decision, the panel said that Mr Smith’s concerns were “persuasive”.
The council said: “There are residential properties surrounding the premises and the area already faces issues of public nuisance and crime and disorder.
“The panel does not consider that the applicant will be able to control the behaviour of the third-party delivery drivers effectively so as to prevent further public nuisance in the area.”
