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Le Village’s neighbours ask council to reduce bar’s opening hours TYLER BOWRING
Tyler Bowring, Le Village general manager, said: “I can assure you we always work hard to follow our licensing rules, support our community and neighbourhood.
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“This of course extends to our direct neighbours who I hope feel they can always talk to me about any concerns. This, however, has not happened. ) Residents living at Darwell Court have asked Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) to reduce the opening hours of popular LGBTQ+ pub Le Village, just off St James’s Street in Brighton. Le Village opened its doors in January 2019. BHCC received the first noise complaint nine months later and several further reports throughout January 2020.
“I’d remind everyone, whether a customer or not, that these are hard times for any business and we must keep afloat during these challenging times. “We risk losing staff, meaning they have no income.”
Speaking with Brighton and Hove News, a BHCC representative said; “There were nine complainants between September 2019 and mid The premises were subsequently January 2020. The first complaint served with a noise abatement notice. about noise from the premises was received by the council on September Proprietor Lee Cockshott has 23, 2019.” launched an appeal against the claims, which are due to be heard In cases like this, licence requests are in Brighton Magistrates Court in usually made by the police, trading January 2021. standards or licensing officers, as opposed to residents. Meanwhile, Darwell Court Residents Association has requested a licence review from BHCC.
Regardless of this, any request made for a licence review means a panel must convene to hear it.
Prior to Covid-19 restrictions, Le Village was open till 2.30am on Fridays and Saturdays, and 1.30am on weekdays. The venue’s outside terrace was closed every night by 11.30pm. Live music was permitted until 11.30pm everyday and alcohol could be served up until 30 minutes before closing.
Darwell Court, which was finished in July 2016, consists of three one-bedroom flats, a two-bedroom maisonette and a two-bedroom wheelchair accessible flat.
With 20 years of specialist experience, and written by community consultation groups, the Clare Project can work with your organisation towards becoming inclusive of TNBI people E For more info, email: info@ clareproject.org.uk
It’s important that ALL parts of our diverse LGBTQ+ communities are able to help create a safe, vibrant, space for us all to enjoy and benefit from, right from the start, and the first step in this community involvement is to ask you what you would like to see, and what you and your community would benefit from. We have a mission for you... • Fill in this survey yourself • Encourage everybody you know within our local LGBTQ+ communities to do so too • Use your social media platforms to ask your contacts, and ask them in turn to share to theirs • Help those who don’t have access to the internet or social media to contribute. Take a phone or tablet and complete it with them, or request a PDF version, which can be printed. Alternatively, we can arrange for somebody to complete the survey over the phone with them. e For requests for printed forms or for telephone contact to complete the form, email: info@rainbow-fund.org D To complete the form, visit: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ledcen
Switchboard and Survivors’ Network launch new support group for trans, non-binary and intersex survivors of sexual violence
The council-built flats, on the former Ardingly Street car park, are part of an affordable housing initiative.
Clare Project relaunches online Awareness & Inclusion Training ) Transgender support and social group the Clare Project has announced the re-launch of its online Community-led Awareness and Inclusion Training.
) We’re nearly there! The lease for our very own LGBTQ+ Community Centre, The Ledward Centre, will be signed very shortly.
) Switchboard and Survivors’ Network launched a new support group for trans, non-binary and intersex (TNBI) survivors of sexual violence in Brighton & Hove last month. The support group launched Thursday, October 29 and will take place every other week on a Thursday from 6–7pm. Switchboard and Survivors’ Network have been running a consultation on how best to support TNBI survivors and will be incorporating this knowledge into how they run this group, which will be held online for the foreseeable future. Switchboard and Survivors’ Network are very open to feedback and are adapting the group based on the input from the participants. You do not have to attend every group and can attend as and when it suits you. If you think you might be interested in attending, fill out your details on the Google form and a facilitator will be in touch: https://forms.gle/gtC2of16WX2Hoxnz7 D For more info on Switchboard: www.switchboard.org.uk D For more info on Survivors’ Network: www.survivorsnetwork.org.uk
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