A shisha lounge’s opening hours have been reduced after stabbings, armed robberies and large-scale fights have all taken place in its vicinity over the last year-and-a-half.

On August 26, Greenwich Council’s Licensing Review Sub-Committee conducted a premises licence review for Hayatt Lounge, a shisha lounge and late-night venue in Charlton at 114 to 126 Westmoor Street.

Police applied to reduce Hayatt’s opening hours to a 1.30am closing time due to the criminal incidents, an outcome Hayatt claimed would “kill the business”. The venue argued that police needed to step up their response to the incidents in order to protect its staff and customers.

In a sort of compromise between the two parties, the committee decided to bring forward Hayatt’s closing time by an hour each day. The lou

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