Hi not sure if anyone can advise here. A former bank that was below my flat got planning permission approved to convert into a coffee shop (planning app showed 8am - 5pm 7 days a week) didnt mind so much then, for the last year whilst they are renovating its just been hell living above... when the planning was approved our flat was rented, so when we moved back in the work had already started. I can not see any party wall agreements online, not sure if they would be or not. No major issues, a few cracks have appeared either from wear and tear or from the building work i dont know.
After a year of work we got a change of planning so they would be open 7am - 9pm every day. We questioned them why they would be so late and they just said it would be quiet and just a coffee shop and a deli area and that they would not be making food (they are due to be opening a restaurant/bar 3 shops away and the planning notice on that shop window says "sale of application for sale of alcohol on the premises and late night refreshments" if you want to comment do it by...... ).
So the later hours was approved by the council saying it would not be a nuisance. (btw they currently have a A3 Licence) and as per above a notice of planning has gone on the coffee shop below saying they have applied for a alcohol licence ("for the sale of alcohol on and off the premises"). I am not sure if this is just say for the deli where they may be selling italian wines, or if this means it would be able to be drunk on the premises, turning it into a bar, (now or later)
For us now having potentially a bar will be a total nightmare from noise and people outside our flat.
Just wondering if they apply for this alcohol licence (is it normal to specify on and off the premises?) also can they then apply for later hours of opening and would A3 be easy to change to A4? be allowed to make food or serve alcohol as well as well it.
This will of course I am sure negatively effect my house price by having a bar/restaurant directly below our flat.
I want to contact the neighbours and try and put a stop to it but not sure what to do and if it would even make a difference.
It doesnt say they are applying for change of use or extended hours yet but why would a coffee shop want alcohol licence, and would it do anything to request a copy of party wall agreement or no point?
I know it sounds very rambled and more venting but just mad about this, the way it was carried out and having a bar below us!
Anyone with thoughts would be greatly appreciated :-)
Sandy
After a year of work we got a change of planning so they would be open 7am - 9pm every day. We questioned them why they would be so late and they just said it would be quiet and just a coffee shop and a deli area and that they would not be making food (they are due to be opening a restaurant/bar 3 shops away and the planning notice on that shop window says "sale of application for sale of alcohol on the premises and late night refreshments" if you want to comment do it by...... ).
So the later hours was approved by the council saying it would not be a nuisance. (btw they currently have a A3 Licence) and as per above a notice of planning has gone on the coffee shop below saying they have applied for a alcohol licence ("for the sale of alcohol on and off the premises"). I am not sure if this is just say for the deli where they may be selling italian wines, or if this means it would be able to be drunk on the premises, turning it into a bar, (now or later)
For us now having potentially a bar will be a total nightmare from noise and people outside our flat.
Just wondering if they apply for this alcohol licence (is it normal to specify on and off the premises?) also can they then apply for later hours of opening and would A3 be easy to change to A4? be allowed to make food or serve alcohol as well as well it.
This will of course I am sure negatively effect my house price by having a bar/restaurant directly below our flat.
I want to contact the neighbours and try and put a stop to it but not sure what to do and if it would even make a difference.
It doesnt say they are applying for change of use or extended hours yet but why would a coffee shop want alcohol licence, and would it do anything to request a copy of party wall agreement or no point?
I know it sounds very rambled and more venting but just mad about this, the way it was carried out and having a bar below us!
Anyone with thoughts would be greatly appreciated :-)
Sandy