G's Takeaway on St John's Street, Kempston, wants to sell alcohol, including on deliveries, and serve hot food to 1am on Fridays and Saturdays. Comments close 1 December.

G’s Takeaway on St John’s Street, Kempston, has applied to Bedford Borough Council for a licence to sell alcohol, including with delivery orders, and to serve hot food until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays. Anyone who wants to comment has until Tuesday 1 December.

Where it is

The takeaway trades from 10 St John’s Street, Kempston, MK42 8EP, a few doors from the Co-op Food store at 12 to 14 St John’s Street. Just Eat lists it among Bedford’s kebab takeaways, at the same address.

It is an application for a new premises licence. A takeaway needs one to sell any alcohol, or to serve hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am.

What has been applied for

The public notice, dated 3 November and published in Bedford Today on 12 November, was made by a private applicant. Bedford Borough Council’s list of applications received shows the same application, with these hours:

  • alcohol for drinking on and off the premises, including delivery: Sunday to Thursday, 12pm to 11pm
  • alcohol on and off the premises: Friday and Saturday, 12pm to 1am
  • late night refreshment (hot food and drink after 11pm): Friday and Saturday only, 11pm to 1am

The application does not ask for late night refreshment on Sunday to Thursday, so the shop could not serve hot food after 11pm on those nights.

What it means for you

The deadline for comments is Tuesday 1 December 2026.

The full application, including the operating schedule and a plan of the premises, can be seen by appointment at Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AP. Book by emailing licensing@bedford.gov.uk, which is also where written comments go.

Comments must relate to at least one of the four licensing objectives:

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

If nobody makes a relevant representation, the council must grant the licence as applied for. If anyone does, the application goes to a licensing sub-committee hearing, where the council can grant it, add conditions, cut the hours or refuse it.