A sushi restaurant at 65 Western Road, Brighton, is asking for a licence to send out food deliveries until 3am, and a council licensing panel will decide on Monday 2 November 2026.
One local resident has objected. Sussex Police, the council’s environmental protection team and its licensing team have agreed conditions with the applicant, The Sushi Co (Brighton) Ltd, which are set out in the council papers.
Here is what is being asked for, what the resident says, and what rules would apply to delivery riders if the licence is granted.
What The Sushi Co is applying for
The Sushi Co (Brighton) Ltd has applied for a new premises licence. The council report describes it as a Japanese restaurant preparing and selling sushi, Japanese food and soft drinks, with a food delivery service for orders placed through online platforms and delivered by a third party.
The application asks for late-night refreshment, which is hot food or hot drink sold between 11pm and 5am, from 11pm to 3am every day, for delivery only. The report lists the opening hours for the public as 11am to 3am.
The restaurant is in the council’s City Safety Area, which the licensing policy treats as an area of special concern because of crime, disorder and public nuisance. The papers do not say which category of the council’s policy matrix, which sets latest hours by type of venue, the restaurant falls into.
What the objecting resident says
The panel received one objection, from a local resident, sent on 20 September 2026. The papers do not name them.
The resident says the area already has anti-social behaviour and crime, including urination, graffiti, violence, car damage and drug-related crime. They say Western Road is increasingly residential, with many family homes, as shops are converted to flats.
They say the area already has significant noise from delivery and collection services, and that extending it into the night would disturb sleep. They ask for the application to be rejected.
The objection is on the grounds of preventing crime and disorder and preventing public nuisance.
What has already been agreed with the police and council
The report says conditions were agreed between the applicant, the police licensing unit, the environmental protection team and the licensing team. They are in the papers as Appendix E. These are the main ones.
Delivery only. Between 11pm and 3am the restaurant may only fulfil delivery orders made by phone or app and delivered to a private or work address. Walk-ins, dining in and takeaway are not allowed.
Doors closed to the public. From 11pm members of the public cannot go inside, and the entrance must be controlled so that only delivery people can come in to collect orders. The opening hours shown to the public must be clear. This sits alongside the report’s listing of opening hours to 3am.
CCTV and safety. The premises must have CCTV covering all public areas and the entrances, kept on at all times, with footage stored for at least 31 days and given to police within 24 hours when asked. It must join the Brighton Crime Reduction Partnership or a similar scheme and keep an incident log.
Courier rules. The licence holder must write a home delivery management policy, and the council must approve it in writing before any home delivery starts. The restaurant must give every courier written rules to park legally, switch engines off while waiting, avoid shouting and horns, keep noise down and have regard to nearby homes. Couriers must not block the pavement or gather outside in a way that disturbs neighbours.
Plant noise. The licence must also meet environmental protection conditions on noise, vibration and smell from any plant, such as ventilation and refrigeration.
The delivery rules in one graphic
For residents and riders, here are the courier rules agreed with the council, free to save and share.
What happens next and what we do not know
The decision. The panel meets at 12.30pm on Monday 2 November. Its decision was not published when we wrote this.
The date. The council report is dated 30 October in its header, while the agenda gives the hearing as Monday 2 November. We have used the agenda date.
Opening hours. The report gives opening hours to the public of 11am to 3am, but the agreed police condition says nobody from the public can enter after 11pm. We have not seen a final plan that reconciles the two.
For more on Western Road and licensing in the city, read our report on the King’s Arms licence review and our guide to the Western Road Red Route decision.
ImJustBrighton note: everything above is taken from the Brighton and Hove City Council Licensing Panel papers for 2 November 2026. The resident’s views are theirs and have not been tested at the hearing.
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