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Jun
Historic Pateley Bridge club faces opposition to alcohol licence from neighbours
A 145-year-old members club in Pateley Bridge is facing opposition to its bid for an alcohol licence from neighbours.
A licence application for The Pateley Club, on High Street, will be considered by councillors from North Yorkshire Council this week.
The club has previously operated under a club premises certificate, but has been told it needs a premises licence to continue holding functions.
The venue applied for a licence to sell alcohol and allow live and recorded music until midnight Sunday to Thursday and until 1am on Friday and Saturday, and remain open an extra 30 minutes beyond these times.
North Yorkshire Police, however, said it had received complaints about the venue over the last 12 months which it said “undermines the licensing objectives of prevention of crime and disorder and public nuisance”.
As a result, licensing officer PC Antony Lockey-Smith said North Yorkshire Police were unable to support the proposed operating hours.
Instead, he requested that the club stops serving and allowing music an hour earlier Sundays to Thursday at 11pm, and closes at 11.30pm.
These times have been agreed by the club management.
‘Fighting, screaming and shouting’
The council has received representation from three people living near the club who object to the proposed hours.
One resident said they had made more than a dozen calls to police about noise and anti-social behaviour coming from the club.
They added:
It is not just people having a good time. It is fighting, screaming and shouting that spills into the street and has resulted in windows being broken and people hurt. I am shocked no one has been hit by a car.
This can be as early at 10pm on an evening and as late at 3am at times. This is on top of the music pouring from the club till sometimes 1am and patrons going in and out till the small hours of the morning with the door slamming each time.
Another resident said:
I am the homeowner and the parent of four children, and the noise generated by the club and its patrons already causes significant disruption to my family, particularly during the summer months when windows need to be open and daylight hours are longer.
In a response to one of the objections, the club said that it tried very hard to make customers understand that it was important that they minimise noise when leaving or being outside the premises.
But it also pointed out that it was situated in the high street and there were other pubs and late-night takeaways and restaurants in the area.
It added:
We have on several occasions experienced complaints of late night noise – reported to have taken place some hours after we have closed.
The council has also received 13 submissions in support of the club’s licence bid.
The club says it needs to be able to keep holding community events, such as wakes, charity nights, christening and birthday parties, in order to survive.
The application will be debated by the council’s statutory licensing sub-committee at Harrogate Civic Centre on Friday.
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