Tag: Licensing

Winter Gardens event proposed every year at Beckenham Place Park, October 2026

An application has recently been made to Lewisham Council for permission to hold Winter Gardens events once a year, every year, at the Park.

The event would take place from November to January each year. The application site has changed since last year. This year, and for future years, it is proposed to be located on the meadow in front of the Mansion and the Homestead, rather than last year where it was situated further north, closer to the vehicle entrance to the Park.

The application includes for films to be shown from 11:00-22:00 every day, and alcohol to be served from the same times.

Event dates will be agreed with Green Scene (Lewisham’s in-house Parks and Open Space team responsible for the western side of the Park) in advance of each annual event, and will be advertised on Lewisham Council’s website.

You can comment on the current proposal by email to licensing@lewisham.gov.uk until Friday 16th October 2026. Your full name and address must be included.

Dizzy’s Diner to Become a Bar, January 2018

Dizzy’s Diner on the High Street has applied for a variation to its current licence, announcing that it intends to change from a restaurant to a bar.

The well-known restaurant, at the lower end of the High Street, has been a feature of the Beckenham restaurant scene for nearly 40 years.  The change in focus of the business to become a bar involves extending the licensing hours at the premises.

The variation to the current licence includes the supply of alcohol from 12:00-23:40 Sunday-Thursday and 12:00-01:40 on Fridays and Saturdays; provision of food and drink, recorded music, live music and dance performances from 12:00-midnight on Sunday-Thursday and 12:00-02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; and provision of films from 12:00-midnight on Sunday-Thursday and 12:00-01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

To view the application in detail, and submit comments on the proposal, click here: 18/00037/LAPRE

The closing date for comments is Monday 5th February.