http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8791378.Noise_fears_over____new____Barbican_Centre/

John King comments:
Yet again, ONE resident is all it takes to get the Local Authority to place unnecessary and prohibitive conditions on a live music licence.

But Roy Haddon, who lives off Heslington Road near the centre, has written to the authority to say he already suffers between 2am and 4am from a certain amount of noise, such as people talking loudly to each other or on mobile phones as they walk away from the city centre. "Is there not a significant risk that this kind of nuisance will be increased by people dispersing from a late-night facility that is considerably closer than the city centre?" he asked.

He said he was also concerned that a significant number of Barbican visitors would try to park in already congested local streets where they will not have to pay.

Mr Haddon said he would like to see tighter restrictions imposed on the terms of the licence by the licensing committee to provide a "balance of convenience" between the applicants and local residents.