An American fast food chain has submitted plans to keep operating until midnight
Wendy’s has been operating from Station Road since June 2021. It currently operates until 10pm from Sunday until Thursday, and until 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
It has now applied to keep serving until midnight every night.
The business has planning permission to stay open until 2am from Thursday to Saturday, until midnight from Monday to Wednesday, and until 11.30pm on Sundays.
Because it wants to operate beyond 11pm, it requires separate licensing consent from Reading Borough Council.
Members of the public are able to comment on the licensing application by emailing licensing@reading.gov.uk.
The deadline for responses is Monday, February 26.
Planning approval for extended opening hours was granted on November 14, 2023.
A condition of that consent was that Wendy’s must also apply for licensing consent to keep selling food after 11pm.
The consent letter stated: “This approval does not imply or give favour to the proposal being acceptable from a licensing perspective, as venue licensing is considered under separate legislative requirements, and in accordance with the council’s licensing policies and objectives.
“As such, any application for licensing will be considered on its own merits.”
The chain has been contacted to clarify the discrepancy between the approved opening hours and the hours asked for in the licensing application.
Wendy’s took over the unit from the Nationwide bank which closed in 2018.
