Take part in the city's licensing review

Tackling the availability of alcohol

By Brighton & Hove City Council

Brighton & Hove City Council is currently reviewing its licensing policy with a view to tackling the availability of alcohol in the city.

Consultation

The Council has initiated a 12-week consultation which ends on 9th October 2011 on new proposals to the way the application for licences to sell alcohol are considered by them.

More power to refuse licences?

It includes a proposal to expand the Cumulative Impact Zone and Special Stress Areas, which would give the Council more power to refuse new licences in areas that have already reached saturation point.

Chair of the Licensing Committee, Councillor Lizzie Deane

Councillor Lizzie Deane, chair of the city’s Licensing Committee, said: “We have a serious problem with alcohol in the city and licensing has a crucial part to play in helping to tackle its availability. That’s why it’s important we listen to residents and businesses and we urge them to take part and share their views on this issue.”

Cumulative Impact Zone

The Cumulative Impact Zone allows councillors to take into account the impact of other licensed premises in the area when considering an application for a new licence or variations to existing ones. The policy says that new licences will not be issued unless there are exceptional grounds for doing so.

How to make your views known

To take part in the consultation go to: http://consult.brighton-hove.gov.uk/portal/bhcc/env/cia/consultation

General comments

Although you are welcome to make any general comments below, these won't be taken account of in the Council's consultation. The only way to ensure that your views are made known to the Council is to complete the official consultation as above (before 9th October).

Notes

1.    The Cumulative Impact Zone currently comprises the area bounded by and including: The north side of Western Road, Brighton from its intersection with the west side of Spring Street to the junction with the west side of Dyke Road at its eastern end; from there, north-east to the junction of the north side of Ayr Street with the west side of Queens Road and then northward to the northwest corner of Queens Road junction with Church Street; thence along the north side of Church Street eastwards to its junction with Marlborough Place and continuing south-east across to the north-western junction of Edward Street; along the north side of Edward Street to the east side of its junction with Egremont Place and southward along the eastern sides of Upper Rock Gardens and Rock Gardens; southward to the mean water mark and following the mean water line westward to a point due south of the west boundary of Preston Street; northward to that point and along the west side of Preston Street to its northwest boundary and then diagonally across Western Road to its intersection with the west side of Spring Street

2.      The current Special Stress Areas are:

Area 1 - an area bounded by and including: the north side of Western Road, Brighton from its intersection with the west side of Spring Street and along the north side of Western Road, Hove to its intersection with the west side of Holland Road; southward along the west side Holland Road to its end and then due south across the Kingsway to the mean water mark; along the mean water mark eastwards to the intersection with the boundary of the cumulative impact zone and along that boundary northwards to the intersection of Western Road, Brighton with the west side of Spring Street.

Area 2 – an area bounded by and including: from a point on the west side of the Surrey Street / Terminus Road intersection adjacent to Guildford Road eastwards along the north side of Trafalgar Street to its eastern end; due east across York Place to the east side of Richmond Place; southward along the east side of Richmond Place and Grand Parade to the cumulative impact zone’s Edward Street boundary: westwards along the cumulative impact zone’s northern boundary to the north-west corner of the Church Street junction with Queens Road; north along the west sides of Queens Road and Surrey Street to the point on the west side of the Surrey Street / Terminus Road intersection adjacent to Guildford Road.