A SHOP which wanted to sell alcohol for 17 hours a day has had its application refused.
Greenwich Council's licensing sub-committee has turned down a bid from The Happy Shopper, Grangehill Road, Eltham, to sell alcohol from 6.30am to 11.30pm.
The decision follows pressure from residents who handed in a 200-signature petition against the plan.
Objections were made on the grounds the move would increase problems of underage drinking on the Corbett Estate.
The area is also protected by a historical law of covenant, which residents claim is supposed to ban the sale of alcohol.
Ward councillor Dermot Poston, who handed the petition in to the council, described the decision as "great news".
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