Tring's Miswell Lane takeaway asked for 2am at weekends and midnight in the week. Dacorum allowed midnight on Friday and Saturday only after objections.
Caprinos Pizza on Miswell Lane in Tring may sell hot food until midnight on Friday and Saturday, and no later than 11pm on any other night, after Dacorum councillors cut back an application to trade until 2am.
The takeaway had applied for a premises licence allowing late night refreshment until 2am on Friday and Saturday and until midnight from Sunday to Thursday. Dacorum Borough Council’s Licensing of Alcohol and Gambling Sub-Committee heard it on 29 September and granted late night refreshment, indoors and outdoors, on Friday and Saturday from 11pm to midnight only, with the premises open to the public on those two days from 10am to midnight. The minutes were published on 8 October (minutes, 29 September 2026).
Hot food sold before 11pm needs no licence at all. So from Sunday to Thursday the decision leaves the takeaway where it was: it may serve until 11pm and no later.
Councillors David Deacon, in the chair, Terry Douris and Ron Tindall decided it. Councillor Paul de Koning attended for Tring Town Council. The hearing ran from 10.18am to 11.41am (meeting page).
What was applied for
The applicant was Trio Crust Pizza Ltd, a company incorporated on 14 April 2026 and registered at 16 Miswell Lane (Companies House). The premises sit in Tring West ward. The application asked for:
- late night refreshment, indoors and outdoors, 11pm to midnight Sunday to Thursday and 11pm to 2am Friday and Saturday
- the premises open to the public 10am to midnight Sunday to Thursday and 10am to 2am Friday and Saturday
(Appendix A, committee papers)
The application’s own steps to limit nuisance were CCTV inside and at the entrance and outdoor seating area, an incident log, signs asking customers to keep noise down and leave quietly, staff asking anyone ignoring them to leave, discouraging customers from gathering outside at the end of the evening, and taxi numbers at the counter.
Who objected
Four representations were received: three from residents and one from Tring Town Council. None of the responsible authorities objected. Police, the fire officer, public health, planning, trading standards and the council’s own pollution team all made no representation.
The Town Council’s objection, dated 12 August, called a 2am finish “inappropriate, given the location of the premises within a predominantly residential area”. It said it was “concerned that the existing permitted hours may already be being exceeded” and asked for the existing hours to be kept.
The residents live in the flats above the parade. Their objections turn on delivery drivers rather than customers: engines left running, doors slammed on every collection, staff talking in groups on the pavement, and noise that “travels upwards” into flats whose windows are open in warm weather. One wrote that the business had been trading past the hours it was permitted since it opened in the summer, “sometimes up until 2am”. Another said no other takeaway in Tring opens anywhere near that late and that a 2am licence “will set precedent for the town”.
One objector also told the council that the planning permission for the unit, 24/01730/FUL, carries a condition limiting customer opening hours to 10pm, and that an application to remove that condition was under consideration. Hemel Hempstead Live has not seen the planning decision notice, so that is reported as the objector put it to the licensing team.
The application had been withdrawn and resubmitted over an error in the first version. The council’s own subject line for the case reads “Application resubmitted”.
What it means for you
If you live on or around Miswell Lane, the takeaway may now serve hot food until midnight on Friday and Saturday. On every other night the licence gives it nothing after 11pm.
A premises licence does not override planning. If the 10pm planning condition the objector described is still in force, it binds the premises separately, and that is a matter for the council’s planning enforcement team rather than its licensing team.
The applicant and any objector may appeal to the magistrates’ court within 21 days of being notified. The minutes record no appeal.
The premises were inspected by the council’s food safety team on 9 September 2026 and hold a five-star hygiene rating (Food Standards Agency).
The same sub-committee decided two Hemel Hempstead cases on 18 September: the Camelot rugby club licence and KFC on Maylands Avenue.
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