Local Residents

Fury over tougher licence restrictions

14-Jul-2011 By John Harrington

Licensees and pub operators in Brighton have attacked the council's plan to extend the city's cumulative impact zone (CIZ) by almost two-thirds.

Thwaites wins landmark ruling

06-May-2008 By Tony Halstead

Ruling could limit ability of local residents to oppose extended hours

Pring: Keeping neighbours sweet

17-Jan-2008

It can take just one noise complaint to spark a licence review, warns MA editor

Chris Maclean: pubs need to clean up their act - and no butts

09-Aug-2007 By Chris Maclean

In this week's local paper one of our local residents, in a letter, is ranting about the litter outside pubs in town. She particularly notes...

Reviews of licences are a lotta do'nuts

11-Jan-2007

Reviews of premises licences are thankfully rare. But they remain an ever-present threat to licensees, because they can be started at any time, not...

Daily Mail licensing protestor exposed

20-Oct-2005

The protestor at the centre of a Daily Mail story accusing pubs of "blackmail" against local residents is a freelance journalist who writes for the...

Shoreditch licensees fear new residents' complaints

11-May-2005

Licensees in London's Shoreditch fear they will suffer at the hands of local residents when the new Licensing Act comes into force.The vibrant...