Brighton Friends raise licensing concern
'Local Quakers concerned that noise from the venue might disturb Sunday worship.'
Brighton Friends attended a council hearing last week about a new restaurant opening next to its Meeting house.
Friends requested the meeting after a license application was made by the restaurant company Wolfox. Penny Cloutte, from Brighton Meeting, told the Friend that Local Quakers were concerned that noise from the venue might disturb Sunday worship. She said they were worried about music, noise from extractor fans and alcohol sales.
‘We have a resident warden and we are concerned about his welfare, as well as the effect on our garden, which is a public good,’ Penny Cloutte said.
Brighton Friends asked that no music be allowed until after noon on Sundays and is kept down during the week. In a letter to the council it said: ‘Our meeting house has a well-maintained garden where, as part of our service to the community, we give expression to our values of peace, equality and support for the earth.’
The application was due to be decided by a Brighton and Hove City Council licensing panel. Penny Cloutte said the hearing went well and they would find out the result in five working days’ time.
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The local paper indicates ‘a deal has been struck’. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19716646.bid-new-restaurant-lanes-brighton/
By Ol Rappaport on 18th November 2021 - 10:14
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