A local licensee recently applied. A first meeting was held where he was confronted with many locals - with noise objections and officers supporting these complaints.

He was told - by the licensing manager - that if he did not accommodate these objectors at this stage - that he would lose the entire Premises Licence application and his livlihood at the next stage (i.e. the Licensing Committee).

Not surprisingly - he agreed not to insist on holding an outside charity event that had been running now for many years - in order to stay in business.

How will it work - well from my experience so far - pretty much the same as it did before.......