A MuSIC venue will suffer a tense wait to hear the outcome of a planning row.
Mama Liz's Soulfood Shack and Voodoo Lounge in North Street, Stamford, was served with a planning notice banning it from holding music events and
comedy acts by South Kesteven District Council in April. The council said it did not have planning permission to hold them.
It's very disappointing because we have done everything by the book.
"Ever since we opened we have been guided by South Kesteven District Council and have done everything they asked of us."
The council granted a licence for food, alcohol and live music when the venue opened in 2008 but now says it does not have planning consent for live events.
So the same council as granted additional entertainment licensing permission - is now saying that it has not given planning permission?
What point was there in the venue paying for the additional entertainment permission? This is just another example of where the Licensing Act's measure are simply expensive and clumsy duplication of existing legislation.