Thank you to the Licensing Committee who today approved the principle of a Cumulative Impact Area (CIA) for not just Dewsbury Road, as we lobbied for, but also all of Beeston Hil, all of the Garnets and most of the Longroyds.
Mohammad and I have long campaigned for this and the scope of the proposed area is beyond our original ambitions. This is very good news.
This will now go to public consultation and assuming there are no significant issues identified, it will then be ratified at a future Council meeting.
A CIA does not prevent premises from obtaining an alcohol license but it does mean that they have to show that they would be exemplary premise, and therefore it sets the bar significantly higher to obtain the licence.
This will allow us to better manage the proliferation of venues selling alcohol in this area and will be a vital tool for us to help reduce issues related to alcohol abuse.
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