Yahoo News Proposed Cleethorpes bar to go before councillors because of 'public nuisance' concern
Councillors will decide next week on the fate of a bar proposed at the site of a former café in Cleethorpes.
The Maison de Muse is proposed at 49 Sea View Street, the former home of Hideout café. The council's licensing committee will decide on its licence application after representations from a ward councillor and a resident.
Public nuisance concerns have been raised, in relation to noise and pavement access. Mediation has been deemed unsuccessful, meaning the case goes to councillors.
Hideout closed earlier this year. Leicester-based company Aucho Leisure Ltd is behind the proposed Maison de Muse. The alcohol licence sought would allow it to sell alcohol from 8am to 10.30pm, Monday to Sunday. An agreed condition with Humberside Police is that it will not sell or display alcohol of more than 5.6 per cent strength.
Croft Baker Ward Cllr Malcolm Morland has made a representation, as has resident Ron Nutting. The change from café to bar, Cllr Morland said, "will see an increased usage of the building", and the extended opening hours and being an alcohol establishment "will have a significant impact on this area".
He has also highlighted that the site is on the street corner, and argues any tables or chairs outside will "create a public safety issue. Pedestrian access will be impeded. This will be more troublesome for disabled and mobility scooter users." Cllr Morland has also raised concern about users exiting for smoking and vaping outside, with drinks, then going back in, and the nuisance noise and inaccessibility this may cause.
Mr Nutting has submitted that he feels the establishment will "cause a public nuisance by virtue of noise. With vertical drinking being allowed the business model is more akin to a public house/bar than a cafe/bistro, resulting in the level of noise which is associated with such establishments."
He added of a proposed sign asking customers to leave quietly: "It would appear that noise from the premises is expected." Cllr Morland has suggested as solutions to not allow any consumption of food or alcohol outside the premises, and to provide a rear garden for smoking and vaping, and not the street.
Speaking to Grimsby Live, Mr Nutting indicated he has had issues previously with establishments in the area "operating without the appropriate planning permission and noise coming out regularly". He has also queried whether the change will require planning permission given its significance, from a café to a bar. Councillors will meet to decide on it on Thursday, December 5, at Cleethorpes Town Hall.
