KFC on Bishopric wants to serve hot food from 11pm to 3am every night. Residents can comment until 29 October. Two more licence bids are also open.

KFC on Bishopric in Horsham town centre has applied for a licence to serve hot food until 3am, seven nights a week. Anyone who wants to comment has until Thursday 29 October.

The application is listed on Horsham District Council’s current licensing applications page. It is for a new premises licence at 24 Bishopric, RH12 1QN.

What KFC is asking for

The application form describes the premises as a “KFC Quick Service Restaurant and Take-Away”. It asks for:

  • late night refreshment from 11pm to 3am, Monday to Sunday, indoors and outdoors
  • opening hours of 9am to 3am every day
  • no alcohol and no entertainment
  • a start date “as soon as possible”

Late night refreshment means selling hot food or hot drinks between 11pm and 5am, which needs a licence. The applicant is Supercharger Central Limited, a company registered in Wembley.

The restaurant already holds a premises licence, PREM/6271/25, issued to the same company on 15 April 2026, according to the council’s premises licence register. The form says that licence will be surrendered if the new one is granted. Neither the register nor the application says what hours the current licence allows, so we cannot say how much later the restaurant would stay open.

Two more applications open for comment

Mannings Heath Golf Club, Hammer Pond Road, Mannings Heath. Comments close on Wednesday 28 October. The application covers the clubhouse and the Halfway Hut on the course. It asks for:

  • alcohol in the clubhouse from 9am to midnight every day, for drinking on and off the premises
  • alcohol at the Halfway Hut from 9am to 6pm every day
  • films, live music, recorded music and dance in the clubhouse, with live music from 11am to midnight
  • hot food and drink from 11pm to midnight

The applicant is Benguela Cove Investments (UK) Ltd, trading as Mannings Heath Golf Club. The club already has a premises licence dating from 2005, LI/05/0764/PREM, on the same register. The new application is the one that names the Halfway Hut.

Unit 5, Orchard Farm, Emms Lane, Brooks Green. Comments close on Wednesday 11 November. The application is from Blend Beverages Limited for an online alcohol warehouse. The form says the unit will be a fulfilment centre for Pod and Bean Limited, trading through wonky.com. Orders will be placed and paid for online, then packed and sent out for delivery. It says there will be no shop, no collection point and no drinking on site.

A fourth application, for late night refreshment at a takeaway on Station Road, Billingshurst, closes for comment today, 16 October.

What it means for you

If you live or work near any of these premises, you can have a say. The council calls a comment a “representation”. To count, it must relate to at least one of the four licensing objectives:

  • the prevention of crime and disorder
  • public safety
  • the prevention of public nuisance
  • the protection of children from harm

Fill in the council’s representation form and email it to licensing@horsham.gov.uk. You can also post it to the Licensing Department, Horsham District Council, Albery House, Springfield Road, Horsham RH12 2GB.

Things to know before you write:

  • You cannot comment anonymously. The council says it will not accept representations from people who ask to stay anonymous.
  • Your comment becomes public. Applicants can see every representation, and they go into the papers for the licensing sub-committee.
  • Objectors can speak. If you make a valid objection, you will be offered the chance to put it in person at a hearing.

The council’s page says a full copy of each application can be seen at the council offices by appointment, through licensing@horsham.gov.uk.

Bishopric is where the council plans its £3.2m public realm scheme. For other things happening in the town centre, see our parking in Horsham page.