text: Residents lose battle to curb pub opening hours - MacclesField Express
  Residents lose battle to curb pub opening hours
  THE ALDERLEY Edge pub that fell foul of council officials over noise nuisance just three months ago was granted an extended licence and permission to play music, despite neighbour's objections.
  Environmental Health officials served a noise abatement notice on The Royal Oak, Heyes Lane, in June this year after neighbours complained about noise pollution.
  Macclesfield Borough Council received 14 letters objecting to the extended licence and residents spoke against the application at the licensing committee meeting at Macclesfield Town Hall.
  A spokesman for Macclesfield Borough Council said: "The committee has heard from the local residents who attended the meeting of complaints about noise associated with the premises as a result of the external speakers.
  "The residents have advised that they have on occasions had their sleep disturbed by the noise.
  "Complaints from the residents include the use of the outdoor area for football games and concerns about drinking in the outside area for the duration of the extended hours."
  Despite their protests, The Royal Oak were granted a premises licence to serve alcohol until 1am on Friday and Saturday and midnight the rest of the week.
  Recorded music is allowed until midnight on Saturdays, 11pm Monday to Thursday and 10.30pm on Sundays.
  Conditions of the licence include no amplified music outdoors outside the hours of 11am to 8pm and use of the beer garden to stop at 10pm every night.
  Bottles must not be dumped in the outside skip until after 9am of before midnight.
  The committee heard that the pub is acoustically tight and the outdoor speaker had been altered to limit the volume.
  They were told that a family will live above the pub and that any loud music would disturb their young children.
  Residents conceded that a number of incidents occurred under the management of a previous licensee.
  A borough council spokesman said: "The Committee would wish to advise local residents that should they experience any problems in relation to the licensing objectives, for example of public nuisance, caused as a result of the operation time of this licence, then they have a right to call a review of the premises licence at any time."