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'Last chance saloon' for Alika nightclub operators (From Bournemouth Echo)
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'Last chance saloon' for Alika nightclub operators
5:00pm Saturday 26th January 2013 in News By Melanie Vass
HEARING: The Alika nightclub in Christchurch Road, Lansdowne
THE new operators of a Bournemouth nightclub with a history of noise problems have been warned they are in “the last-chance saloon.”
Alika in Christchurch Road will shortly be reopening under new ownership after councillors decided to give the premises one final chance.
Members of the licensing board could have chosen to revoke the club’s licence after hearing allegations it was once again posing a problem to its neighbours.
Instead, they added new conditions to the licence and warned the new management they would be monitoring progress carefully. The operators will have to put in new doors, will not be allowed to host any events before 10pm and will have to carry out acoustic work.
Cllr Andrew Morgan, chairman of the licensing board, said: “The ownership of the premises is changing and we’re giving the new owners a chance to run it properly, subject to getting the necessary acoustic work done.
“We told them they were in the last chance saloon. They have been left in no doubt if they annoy the neighbours again we will look on it in a different way. It’s really only because it’s been taken over by new people who have a track record in turning round difficult premises.”
Environmental health officers said the club had agreed to submit an acoustic report at the review hearing last August but had failed to do so. There had also been further complaints about excessive noise.
Toby Loney, the new manager of Alika, said: “I am very pleased with the decision. We look forward to seeing you all very soon when we reopen.”
Comments(10)
bbird
says...
7:39pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Bournefre wrote:This is the first predictable comment!
Cue a load of predictable comments about the best thing being to "shut it down" simply because it's a night club and not 'an ice rink or swimming pool'.
ifordcherry
says...
8:40am Sun 27 Jan 13
7:39pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Bournefre wrote:
Cue a load of predictable comments about the best thing being to "shut it down" simply because it's a night club and not 'an ice rink or swimming pool'.
This is the first predictable comment!
........Followed quickly by the 2nd!!!
davidhaz
says...
4:26pm Sun 27 Jan 13
madras
says...
7:44pm Sun 27 Jan 13
davidhaz wrote:Something to be said for that - or perhaps take it a step further and create a Tower Park type of complex with all the night clubs together?
I'd suggest if you are the type of person who moves into a flat behind a nightclub with a huge sign saying "10k music system" and a queue of drugged up ravers outside it - then you complain about the noise you are either a moron or an interfering old ****! Don't move above old christchurch road if you want peace and quiet!!!! saying that this business has had so many owners and different names over the years I'm surprised there are people willing to risk their cash on opening it again especially with dodgy neighbours who complain to the council.....
phonehome
says...
10:35pm Sun 27 Jan 13
(If the noise goes above a certain level the power supply to the ring main sockets is cut off and the noise is stopped. This can then continue after a short break but after 3 breaches the power stays off.)
MrPitiful
says...
4:13am Mon 28 Jan 13
phonehome wrote:These devices rarely work correctly - Maybe because the muppets who fit them either put them in the wrong place or fit them incorrectly.
Why cannot the Environmental Health dept fit noise limiters like Poole do?
(If the noise goes above a certain level the power supply to the ring main sockets is cut off and the noise is stopped. This can then continue after a short break but after 3 breaches the power stays off.)
There are several in place in premises around town that are either switched off or broken ( they don't get checked or serviced) and there are others that are fitted incorrectly & are insensitive to the sound.
No point fitting them if they are not maintained,
HRH of Boscombe
says...
9:45am Mon 28 Jan 13
madras wrote:The Venue didn't last long
davidhaz wrote: I'd suggest if you are the type of person who moves into a flat behind a nightclub with a huge sign saying "10k music system" and a queue of drugged up ravers outside it - then you complain about the noise you are either a moron or an interfering old ****! Don't move above old christchurch road if you want peace and quiet!!!! saying that this business has had so many owners and different names over the years I'm surprised there are people willing to risk their cash on opening it again especially with dodgy neighbours who complain to the council.....Something to be said for that - or perhaps take it a step further and create a Tower Park type of complex with all the night clubs together?
Azphreal
says...
11:17am Mon 28 Jan 13
Tom 'Boscombe' Jones
says...
6:21pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Bournefre says...
6:20pm Sat 26 Jan 13