Licensing decision due for new tortilla chip venue in Bedminster

A major bar operator could be granted a new premises licence next week for a tortilla chip venue on East Street in Bedminster.

Councillors are due to decide on Thursday whether to grant the licence and allow the new business, called Thump, to sell alcohol on the premises.

The venue is planned for the former Poundstretcher site, at the northern end of the popular shopping street. The licence application was made by Bloomsbury Leisure Holdings, which also runs other venues in Bristol like the Lanes and Crofters Rights.

Several neighbours applied to make formal representations and share their concerns with the council about the planned venue. Councillors on a licensing sub-committee will hear these representations, and from the venue, during a hearing on October 26.

The plans include a production line for making tortilla chips, and a licensed area where customers can drink alcohol.

The Poundstretcher on East Street closed three years ago, and the unit has been left empty since then.