The Brewery license application update

Residents have objected to the new licensing application submitted by The Brewery, fearing a repeat of what happened with the, now closed, Parker McMillan club. When it was operating the Parker McMillan club ran events which ran late and attracted lots of noisy people (e.g. screaming fans of pop stars) who kept up the noise until very late.

The alderman for Cripplegate, David Graves, has received a letter (and supporting document) from the applicant's lawyers which seems to try to quell the fears of a Parker McMillan MkII. See a copy of the letter & document below.

David writes:

I assume that those of you who objected will have received today (as I have) a letter from the Applicant's solicitor expressing their client's wish to work with local residents and to that end it has modified the Application to reduce the terminal hour to midnight Monday - Saturday with a Sunday finish at 11pm.

Only recorded music will be provided beyond 11pm and there will be conditions designed to prevent public nuisance - essentially to suggest that the business is sit down dining with ancillary alcohol, rather than the other way round, and no intention to operate as a nightclub.

It seems to me that whatever good intentions may lie behind this, aside from a "wind down" policy before the terminal hour is reached, there is little in the business method or EHO conditions that addresses the risk of noise outbreak associated with departing guests. That said, I am not sure there is much more they can do beyond deciding that this is the wrong location for the business intended and look elsewhere. I suspect we won't persuade them of that.

Although not specifically requested in the covering letter, it seems that there is an implicit invitation to either agree to the modified application or to resubmit objections to the revised application.

The letter and document:

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