Pubs and bars across the UK have been in steep decline over the past 15 years, and while the government hopes new planning changes will encourage outdoor drinking, live performances, and the reuse of empty shops as bars, this misses the bigger picture.
The real issues killing off pubs are high alcohol taxes, steep business rates, changing social habits and the smoking ban have led to the decline of once-busy town centres, it’s no wonder many places that were thriving 15 years ago now feel like ghost towns.
Unless these core economic pressures are tackled, it’s unlikely that tweaks to outdoor dining rules will be enough to bring Britain’s nightlife back to life.
Intelligent-Brick915 on
sigh, you can make a noise, if you can survive the buisness pressures
Express-Doughnut-562 on
This is great news. Too many of our cultural venues have fallen victim to noise complaints, frequently for those living in properties built after the venue began operating.
Pushing the onus onto property developers to not build poor quality housing unsuitable for its location in the right answer.
OrangeLemonLime8 on
I know someone who moved into a flat above a pub and has been lodging complaints since she moved in. I asked her why she would move there in the first place and she just laughed and shrugged and said she needed somewhere to live. It just blows my mind that there are people out there who would move next to a pub or club and want it to shut down
As in the article, who the fuck moves to Northern Quarter and doesn’t expect a lot of noise? Why move there in the first place?
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Pubs and bars across the UK have been in steep decline over the past 15 years, and while the government hopes new planning changes will encourage outdoor drinking, live performances, and the reuse of empty shops as bars, this misses the bigger picture.
The real issues killing off pubs are high alcohol taxes, steep business rates, changing social habits and the smoking ban have led to the decline of once-busy town centres, it’s no wonder many places that were thriving 15 years ago now feel like ghost towns.
Unless these core economic pressures are tackled, it’s unlikely that tweaks to outdoor dining rules will be enough to bring Britain’s nightlife back to life.
sigh, you can make a noise, if you can survive the buisness pressures
This is great news. Too many of our cultural venues have fallen victim to noise complaints, frequently for those living in properties built after the venue began operating.
Pushing the onus onto property developers to not build poor quality housing unsuitable for its location in the right answer.
I know someone who moved into a flat above a pub and has been lodging complaints since she moved in. I asked her why she would move there in the first place and she just laughed and shrugged and said she needed somewhere to live. It just blows my mind that there are people out there who would move next to a pub or club and want it to shut down
As in the article, who the fuck moves to Northern Quarter and doesn’t expect a lot of noise? Why move there in the first place?
Damn people are stupid and selfish.