The Annandale's never-ending fight with residents
This from the Daily Tele (sorry I can't find a link to the original article):
"The pub that put live music before pokies—the Annandale Hotel—has won a reprieve in a fight against Leichhardt Council's bid to silence it. The Land and Environment Court has overruled the council to allow the hotel to remain open until 1am for a 12-month trial period and will then reconsider a 3am weekend licence. Noise measurements in the bedrooms of local residents showed peak-hour traffic on Parramatta Rd was louder than patrons leaving at the end of the night". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), January 26.
I feel like I am somewhat opinionated on this issue, but how stupid are these residents? Are they just complaining for the sake of complaining? The Annandale, with live music, has been there for much longer than most residents have. Surely they knew that they were moving in next to one of Sydney's most popular live music venues.
There was talk at one stage of the changes to the Liquor Act encompassing the "whoever was there first has right of way" idea.
Do you know how hard it is to even get a Place of Public Entertainment (POPE) license in NSW? The onerous sound proofing requirements alone make sure that residents are being looked after. And it is not like the owners of The Annandale are ignoring the concerns of residents. There are signs up all over the pub asking people to keep quiet when leaving, and it is definitely not a legal requirement for them to do that.
I am definitely with The Annandale on this one!
2 comments:
I couldn't agree with you more. The Annandale is great and long may it stay great.
Local councils and current NSW liquor licensing practices actively discriminate against hoteliers that encourage groups of people getting together, being inspired and excited, by participatinging in living culture, instead, sponsoring and permitting 24 hour licensing only for the solitary, lonely, passive and addicted pokie rooms and club punters and licensees.
The inclusion of existing rights considerations in the new liquor bill, and changes to the previous section 104 complaints regs and practices will go a long way to rationalise the current inconsistencies in the Liquor Act 1982.
Subsequent to the passing of the environmental planning amendment bill in November 2006, There are new entertainment regulations for NSW currently being drafted in the Planning Department. The new regs will be SEPP standardised across nsw, with a tiered and more flexible single DA or complying development application process that is massive improvement on the current dual DA one size fits all NONSENSE!
Many thanks to Arts Minister Debus, Planning Minister Sartor, OLGR Minister McBride, and Premier Iemma and their staffers for working together across these difficult and complex regulations to rip apart the knot of red tape that is the regulation of entertainment in NSW, and carefully prepare a solid foundation for a long term sustainable live music scene in NSW in Liquor Licensing and POPE Processes.
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