Many of the licencees in trouble for noise concerns emanating from their live music are probably as confused about the legislation as most of us are. They may (wrongly) assume that as so much time and trouble was involved in obtaining (and paying for) the additional licensing permission required for their premises to provide live music, that they could just go ahead with it. When of course, even with this permission,the premises are still subject to The Environmental Protection Act. So then, what use is this additional entertainment permission?
So as far as noise is concerned, The Licensing Act 2003, is of no use and can only further confuse us all on the serious issue of noise.
The LGA Group lobby (who know better but have an agenda of their own, which this position suits) tend to encourage the impression that many councillors are under, that the removal of additional entertainment permission would result in residents being subjected to uncontrolled noise.