Notting Hill Carnival 2025
Kensington and Chelsea Council addressed public safety and nuisance concerns regarding alcohol sales during the Notting Hill Carnival 2025.
In August 2025, a Kensington and Chelsea Licensing Sub-Committee considered objections from the Metropolitan Police and the council's noise team regarding a Temporary Event Notice for alcohol sales at a flat on Westbourne Park Road during the Notting Hill Carnival 2025. The notice proposed sales on 24 and 25 August 2025.
Earlier, in July 2025, Kensington and Chelsea Council's Licensing Sub-Committee blocked a resident's application to sell alcohol from a flat on Tavistock Road during the Notting Hill Carnival 2025. This decision was made on 10 July 2025, citing public safety and nuisance concerns.
The Notting Hill Carnival 2025 was an annual Caribbean festival held in London, for which the council's Licensing Authority paid particular attention to applications for premises licences or Temporary Event Notices in the carnival area.
Key facts
- In August 2025, the Metropolitan Police and Kensington and Chelsea Council's noise team objected to a Temporary Event Notice for alcohol sales at Flat C, 220 Westbourne Park Road. Source
- The Temporary Event Notice for Flat C, 220 Westbourne Park Road, proposed alcohol sales on 24 and 25 August 2025. Source
- In July 2025, Kensington and Chelsea Council blocked a resident's bid to sell alcohol from Flat A, 27 Tavistock Road during the Notting Hill Carnival 2025. Source
- Kensington and Chelsea Council's Licensing Sub-Committee convened on 10 July 2025 to consider the Tavistock Road application. Source
- The council cited public safety and nuisance concerns for blocking the Tavistock Road alcohol sales bid. Source
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