A bid for a fish takeaway looks to be dead in the water after the application was withdrawn amid residents’ uproar. The owner of Gurneys Fish Shop in Burnham Market, Mungo Gurney, had hoped to open a new premises next door to its existing unit overlooking the village green. Members of the West Norfolk Council licensing committee were due to meet last week to decide its fate but the meeting was cancelled at the last minute and the application was withdrawn. It follows a backlash from villagers over plans for the business, which hopes to sell alcohol for consumption on or off the premises from m…
