Last updated: 1 November 2026, 18:09 GMT. This is a preview of tomorrow’s hearing; no decision is reported.
The Taco Bell Brighton licensing application goes before a council panel at 10am on Monday 2 November. The proposed variation at 134–135 London Road, BN1 4JH would extend public opening to 3am. The important distinction is that the existing licence already allows deliveries until that time, while excluding late-night walk-ins.
At a glance
- The hearing is on 2 November at 10am.
- The applicant is Karali QSR Limited.
- Existing midnight–3am permission is delivery-only.
- Sussex Police and the licensing authority have submitted objections.
Taco Bell Brighton licensing: what is being decided
The official agenda and supporting papers list a premises-licence variation. The officer report recommends that the panel determine the application; that wording is not a recommendation to approve it.
The existing licence, Appendix B, says orders between midnight and 3am must be placed by telephone, app or website and delivered to a private or work address. Walk-ins, dining in and takeaway collection are excluded during those hours.
The main report describes the requested public-opening extension and proposed conditions. It records two representations, from police and the licensing authority, concerning crime and disorder and public nuisance. These are submissions for the panel to assess, rather than findings about what future trading will cause.
Why the different versions matter
The agenda also contains later pre-hearing submissions. ImJustBrighton’s report describes a subsequent revision to the dine-in proposal. We could inspect the main report and existing licence, but could not retrieve the later PDF directly. We are therefore not presenting the main report’s dine-in cutoff as the final application before the hearing.
For London Road residents, couriers and late-night customers, the practical question is which activities would be permitted at which hours, with what enforceable conditions. “Open until 3am” is too broad to explain the current position or the possible decision.
What residents need to know
Use the agenda to read the application, objections and addendum together. The application process is already at hearing stage; this report is not announcing a new consultation deadline. Check the published decision before assuming that the branch’s public-access hours have changed.
Our council meetings guide explains how to distinguish an agenda report from a formal decision.
Brighton Locals’ view
Editorial judgement: The panel needs a clear final operating schedule, not simply agreement on a closing time. Delivery-only trading and admitting customers create different management questions. A useful decision should specify the permitted activities, hours and safeguards plainly.
What happens next
The panel will consider the evidence on 2 November. Watch for the decision notice and its precise conditions; this preview will need updating once that evidence is available.
Bottom line: This is a proposed change to customer access, not the first request for 3am deliveries.
Archive image: Hove Town Hall, the council building on Norton Road, 24 July 2012. Hassocks5489 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. It illustrates the licensing authority, not the restaurant or a photograph of the hearing.
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