"The Chairman then allowed questions to be put to the applicant by the Sub-Committee. Members queried the measures the applicant had in place for measuring noise, and the applicant's representative confirmed that there was a limiter in place on their internal sound system. They would also be happy to work with the Environmental Health Department in measuring the noise levels and making sure they did not exceed acceptable levels, they also offered to employ SIA accredited door staff when live music is provided and to have secondary, internal doors fitted to prevent noise breakout when people are entering or leaving the premises."

The above sounds very reasonable and it would be interesting to know if the Environmental Health Department had been asked for their comments on the application. There seems to be no reference made to them by the committee.
As an Environmental Health Officer with responsibilities for noise pollution working for a small Local Authority I find this disturbing. The above quote is exactly what we are looking for when assessing a possible noise problem.
If the precautions outlined above were instigated, then the major problem would be persons leaving the Grill not the music.
As previously stated many times in this thread, "There is ample legislation to deal with noise rather than through refusal of an application"