Application for ice cream van outside Sheffield Hallam University

Angela Heath and Peter Devoti submitted an application to Sheffield City Council to sell ice cream, lollipops and soft drinks from a traditional style ice cream van at the top of Howard Street in the city centre.

In their application they said their preferred times of sale would be Monday to Sunday between 10am and 6pm.

But one objection was received from the city centre management team at the council, who said there was already a coffee trader on the street and that the ice cream van does not meet the criteria to trade on the main arrival point into the city centre.

Steve Cooper, city centre resources manager, said in an email provided with a council report on the application, that Devonshire Green might be a better location.

The council’s sub licensing committee is due to make a decision whether to grant or refuse the licence on Tuesday, July 21 in a virtual public meeting starting from 2pm.

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