17-05-2025
Fulham residents raise thousands to block 24-hour McDonald's 'crime magnet'
Charlotte Dexter, who lives locally, said: 'This part of Fulham is densely residential, almost four times the London average. It's time to get back to the intention of Parliament back in 2003 when the Licensing Act was enacted. It did not intend to force Licensing Committees to allow our residential neighbourhoods to be desecrated with crime-attracting takeaways for the sake of treating businesses with a 'soft-touch', as long as they promise to do their best to prevent crime and nuisance.
