| Comment | For a bit of context to help understand... In days gone by, all nightclubs would have been able to do this new proposal as standard. Without seeking permission.
Nightclubs would have had a regular public house licence allowing them to open pub hours (but they just chose not to), then a regular extension allowing 'city centre closing hours', then an entertainment licence on top allowing a 3am close. (Then occasional extensions allowing a 4am close (I think they could get this 4am extension for a fortnight for 4 times each year)).
That all changed around 2006/7/8-ish. Now, they provide a business plan with their licence applications which define their hours of operation. Sanctuary, pre-covid, may have already had a licence that allowed them to operate as a daytime pub since the day the licence was granted per that business plan (or it might just be due to a relaxing of beer garden rules)...
Anyway, what this proposal is basically suggesting is a return to how it used to be. Where the business planned hours of operation dont matter, and a house licence is in place before the top up of extensions and late night entertainment licences.
It's not so much a new idea as much as it's a return to how the rules were up to around 2005. |
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