A wholly obvious message here is rather than restrict all late night venues, to permit them to open with existing licensing rules but for the cops to deal robustly with those actually causing problems!
A “special area” licensing policy was brought in by St Edmundsbury Borough Council in January last year in Bury St Edmunds covering the area bounded by both sides of Abbeygate Street, Guildhall Street, Westgate Street, Crown Street and Angel Hill.
The rules forced licensees wanting to extend their hours or open a new venue to demonstrate their plans would not have a detrimental effect on neighbouring residents and businesses.
But council officers have recommended that the policy, which runs until January next year, should be discontinued due to lack of evidence that the cumulative effect of licensed venues was having a disproportionate impact.
Residents voice concern over lifting of pub and club laws – Politics – East Anglian Daily Times
