The following is York city's officers answer to Question 9

No, the proposals are most definitely in favour of the licensees and against the interests of local residents. The proposals would allow an effective free for all up until 11pm. Most licensed premises were not designed for live music and have insufficient sound attenuation. Exemptions could be made for those premises that are well insulated and managed.

Not sure if these officers have actually asked any local residents.

The so-called free for all referred to and feared - is the way things were for many years, when the two-in-a-bar-rule exempted the majority of live music peformance taking place in pubs. I have not seen any evidence or indeed any comment from the local government lobby that any local residents have suffered from that free for all, before or after its abolition.   

LACORS claims to be 'promoting quality regulation' but what is clearly shown by these submissions is that what is feared the most by this lobby - is for council employees to be seen to lose any form of regulatory control - even when it is costly, inconsistent, damaging and largely a duplication of other existing legislation.