"The council needs to acknowledge that this is residential. We have a public spaces protection order and the police are only on duty until 11pm so any licence beyond that time must be cancelled immediately and new applications turned down."
"[This] will increase the amount of people hanging around, drug users, alcoholics, in an area that very much needs help to counter this."
"Earl's Court area is already infiltrated sadly with many drug users, littering the street we need to make Earl's Court Road better rejuvenate it with nice establishments, clean and calm to encourage the and help the wider community not drag it down which is what longer opening for these establishments would cause."
Residents of Earl's Court oppose plans to extend a McDonald's on Earl's Court Road to 24-hour opening. Objectors warn extended hours would attract intoxicated people and contribute to litter, petty crime and anti-social behaviour. Some 166 objections were lodged with Kensington and Chelsea Council. The take-away currently runs until 2am every day. Opponents fear the change would set a precedent for more stores to stay open into the early morning. Two letters of support cited local job creation and support for the night-time economy while urging strict conditions on delivery drivers. McDonald's offered security guards, staff panic buttons and substance-awareness training.
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