The Engine on Bute Street has applied to extend late night refreshment to 02:00 Monday to Thursday. Comments go to Luton Council's licensing team by 6 October.

This is a sponsored public notice placed by The Engine, 43 Bute Street, Luton, LU1 2EP, which is applying to vary its premises licence.

The Engine at 43 Bute Street has applied to serve late night refreshment an hour later on weeknights, until 02:00. The application goes to Luton Borough Council. Anyone who wants to comment on it has until Tuesday 6 October.

The notice is dated 8 September 2026. It is narrow in what it asks for. Mohammed Maroof, of The Engine, is applying for the variation of a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003, and the change would apply on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only.

What the application would change:

  • late night refreshment on Monday to Thursday currently runs from 23:00 to 01:00 the following day
  • the application would extend that to 23:00 to 02:00 the following day
  • all other days and timings remain the same

What the notice says would not change:

  • the existing premises layout
  • the nature of the business
  • the conditions on the licence
The Engine, 43 Bute Street: premises licence variation at a glance Panel of key facts. Premises: The Engine, 43 Bute Street, Luton, LU1 2EP. Applicant: Mohammed Maroof. Applied for: late night refreshment on Monday to Thursday extended from 23:00 to 01:00, to 23:00 to 02:00. Unchanged: all other days and timings, the premises layout, the nature of the business and the licence conditions. Notice dated 8 September 2026, with 28 days for representations, which is 6 October 2026. Representations in writing to Licensing Service, Luton Borough Council, Town Hall, Luton, LU1 2BQ. Source: the applicant's Licensing Act 2003 notice. The Engine, 43 Bute Street, Luton Premises licence variation, at a glance APPLICANT Mohammed Maroof, of The Engine, LU1 2EP WHAT IS ASKED FOR Late night refreshment, Monday to Thursday only FROM 23:00 to 01:00 → TO 23:00 to 02:00 HAVE YOUR SAY BY 6 October 2026, in writing to Licensing Service, Luton Borough Council, Town Hall, Luton, LU1 2BQ Source: the applicant's Licensing Act 2003 notice, dated 8 September 2026. Graphic by Luton Daily
What the application would change, and the date by which the council will take comments.

The notice, as submitted

THE LICENSING ACT 2003. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LICENCE.

I Mohammed Maroof of The Engine, 43 Bute Street, Luton, LU1 2EP am applying for the Variation of a Premises Licence.

If granted, the licence will enable the following to take place:

This application seeks to extend the permitted hours for late night refreshment on Monday to Thursday only FROM 23:00 to 01:00 (the following day) TO 23:00 to 02:00 (the following day). All other days/timings are to remain the same.

There will be no change to the existing premises layout, the nature of the business or conditions on the licence.

Persons wishing to make representations in respect of this application may do so by writing to: Licensing Service, Luton Borough Council, Town Hall, Luton, Beds, LU1 2BQ, within 28 days from the date of this notice. A copy of the Application is also kept at the above address and may be viewed during normal office hours or you can view our online register http://www2.luton.gov.uk/eLR/

It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application, the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction is a level 5 fine on standard scale.

Notice date: 8th September 2026

What late night refreshment means

Late night refreshment is one of the licensable activities set out in the Licensing Act 2003. Schedule 2 of the Act defines it as the supply of hot food or hot drink to the public between 11pm and 5am. It sits separately from the sale of alcohol, and this notice asks to change only that one activity, on four nights of the week.

How to comment, and by when

Representations can be made for or against an application, and the notice sets out where they go:

  • In writing to: Licensing Service, Luton Borough Council, Town Hall, Luton, Beds, LU1 2BQ
  • By: 28 days from the date of the notice. The notice is dated 8 September 2026, so that is Tuesday 6 October 2026
  • To read the application first: a copy is kept at the Town Hall and can be seen during normal office hours, or on the council’s online licensing register

The notice also carries the statutory warning that it is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. The maximum fine on summary conviction is a level 5 fine on the standard scale.

What it means for you

If you live or work near Bute Street, the practical change is one hour, on four nights of the week. Nothing else on the licence moves: Friday, Saturday and Sunday stay exactly as they are, and so do the layout, the conditions and the type of business. If that hour matters to you, either way, the council’s licensing team is the place a view counts, it has to be in writing, and it has to arrive before the 28 days are up.

The venue’s entry in our directory is The Engine, Bute Street. If you are heading into that part of town on an evening, our guide to parking in Luton has the charging hours and the free periods.

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