NEWQUAY "DIAL-A-DRINK" APPLICATION WITHDRAWN

12.00.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 15th Sep 2009

An application for a 24-hour 'home delivery' service for alcohol based in Newquay has been withdrawn by the applicants in a move welcomed by the town's Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Steve Gilbert who has campaigned against the scheme.

Steve Gilbert has welcomed the withdrawal of the "Dial-A-Drink" application

Steve Gilbert, who was due to be called by the Police to give evidence against the application when it was debated by Councillors, said:

"Having booze available 24-hours-a-day would have been the last thing that Newquay needed. Hundreds of people signed my on-line petition against the application and I was pleased that the Police, the Newquay Resident's Association and the Town Centre Manager were all against it too."

"I am delighted that the applicants took note of the overwhelming opposition in the town and withdrew the application."

The application for a home-delivery service, to be called Dial-a-Drink, was for 16 Island Crescent , Newquay, and was for a new 24-hour off-license with home delivery service.

Dial-a-Drink, which operates in other parts of the UK, takes alcohol orders by phone and delivers them direct to people's homes.