Burger King granted permission to sell alcohol at London's busiest station

Alcohol: beer will be served until 8pm
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Hannah Al-Othman18 March 2016

A Burger King outlet in London's busiest railway station has been granted permission to start selling alcohol.

Lambeth Council has given its consent for the fast food chain to sell beer at Waterloo station - but only until 8pm at night.

A licensing application was due to be heard by the council on Tuesday, but an agreement was reached between the company and the local authority ahead of the meeting, and the licence was approved.

Burger King will be allowed to sell alcohol in Waterloo providing it is sold between 11am and 8pm daily, purchased alongside food, and drunk on the premises.

All alcohol sold by the company must also be served in a plastic cup, and alcoholic drinks on sale must not be stronger than 5% ABV.

Lambeth Council said it had also imposed additional rules on the company when granting the license, including better staff training, increased record keeping, better CCTV, and increased management supervision.

The fast food giant recently lost a bid to sell beer at two of London's other busiest rail stations.

Burger King wanted to serve alcohol seven days a week at its branches in Victoria and Paddington stations, but Westminster Council turned down the application following strong opposition from police.

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