While researching case histories of pubs with licensing problems, one thing is becoming clear. That is, the recent trend is for Council licensing officers to issue 'Pre-emptive Noise Abatement Orders'.
That means live music can be stopped or an event can be cancelled for causing too much noise before it has actually happened or anybody has complained, because a licensing officer thinks it might cause a noise problem.
Worse still these officers are not using sound measuring equipment to measure excessive deci-bells. They are relying on their ears.
It is essential this new co-alition take steps to curb the tyranny maintained by local authority licensing departments.
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Absolutely Phil, having been on the receiving end of one! Question; if officers are insistent that decibel readings don't mean anything, how can they enforce sound limiters in bars? And are these set to a standard, if so how are they measured and where are the levels set? Inside the venue, outside? How far outside? If by the door of the nearest resident does that resident have to then complain before they can enforce the 'law'? It seems double standards are in full operation!
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