Late licence is just the ticket for Honley Cricket Club

May 20 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A CRICKET club’s late night opening plans have been given the go-ahead by councillors despite protests from residents.

Honley Cricket Club had applied for a licence to offer entertainment and alcohol until 2am every day of the week.

But residents feared regular late nights and complained that noise would be caused by people leaving the premises in the early hours.

Yesterday members of the Kirklees Council’s Licensing Panel gave the club’s application the green light, but limited the nights it could stay open until 2am to Friday and Saturdays.

Club members said they were pleased with the decision which means that they are now able to secure extra income by holding functions and events they were previously unable to cater for.

Councillors heard that several locals had objected to the application.

Di Coldwell, who lives 500 yards from the clubhouse, spoke out against it at the meeting.

She said that the extra noise late into the night would cause her disabled husband trouble sleeping.

She said: “They may say the licence runs until 2am but the parties will not be over by then and there’s bound to be noise as people leave.

But the club’s Graham Hesling said that everyone would be off the premises by 2am, with the bar finishing at 1.15am.

He also said that steps have been taken to limit noise levels in accordance with the conditions set by Kirklees Environmental Health department.