SPEEDY grocery delivery company Zapp can deliver alcohol until midnight.

Quick Commerce, trading as Zapp, secured a drinks licence from Brighton and Hove City Council to deliver from 8am until midnight.

Initially, the business wanted a 24-hour licence to deliver drinks and food from the Freshfield Industrial Estate in Stevenson Road, Brighton.

Police opposed the application, instead, proposing to allow deliveries until midnight.

Council licensing officials objected to the original proposal as the policy is to limit new off-licences to 11pm closing outside the city centre.

However, after a licensing panel hearing, councillors agreed the operation was different to a traditional off-licence as there are no customers at the site.

Resident Martin McManus had also objected with fears sixth form boarders at nearby Brighton College would be able to order in drink.

Zapp’s solicitor Robert Botkai said the company would work with the school to ensure pupils could not get their hands on alcohol.

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