Council strongly rejects government’s unlicensed venue proposal

The Government’s proposal to allow venues with a capacity of under 5,000 people to operate without a licence has been slammed by Brighton and Hove City Council.

The local authority says the plan is ‘not justified’ and insists ‘regulation is needed to provide necessary protection for audiences’.

Licences would no longer be required for venues, such as the Brighton Centre (4,500 seated capacity), for events including plays, indoor sports and live music.

The proposal has been made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which argues that relaxing the rules would provide a boost to organisations, artists and venues.

However, Brighton and Hove City Council’s licensing committee has written to the government to register its objection.

The council’s letter said: “Members agreed unanimously to ask officers to write to you to in the strongest terms to object to these proposals. The committee consider that deregulating regulated entertainment is not justified, unlikely to assist entertainment pubs and removes necessary protections to local residents.

“Regulation is needed to provide necessary protection for audiences and residents in terms of prevention of disorder and public nuisance and protection of public safety.”

Brighton Centre

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Posted by Joseph Lewis on December 6, 2011. Filed under Brighton Politics,Council News,Latest News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry