Sixty people objected to plans for a former Huddersfield bar and restaurant to re-open.
But 44 of them were told their objections were not relevant by Kirklees Licensing because they didn’t focus on licensing objectives.
It means just 16 people’s objections for new plans for the 1535 venue at the corner of Queen Street South and Firth Street, Huddersfield, were accepted.
Councillors on the Licensing committee will decide if Ox and Bone Ltd can have a licence for 1535.
Originally the applicant, a Mr Ghavin Kumar Singh, of Wakefield, had sought consent to open the venue until 4am.
But he revised the time to 2am at the latest after objections flooded in to Kirklees Council.
Council papers have highlighted much opposition to the licensing bid.
Councillors can only consider a licence based on four objectives: the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm.
Residents living in the mill are not happy about the late-night opening plans – those who re-submitted objections wrote of the potential disturbance.
Steven Morley feared the late opening would lead to the venue becoming a student club in a residential area.
Samuel Hazan wrote: “I would consider it a public nuisance to have people congregating in large groups under my bedroom window smoking and talking in a drunken state.”
Philip Tagg wrote: “The Melting Point was built in the nineteenth century and renovated as a residential building in the 1990s.
“It is in no way soundproofed to absorb loud music from the premises or from anywhere else in the building.”
Beatriz Ogeia said: “This bar/restaurant is located within a residential building not a student residence, but where regular people live, people who work and have to wake up early and get their rest.
“I am almost sure that the extended opening hours and the authorisation to perform live music or recorded music until late hours will seriously affect all residents, in many ways.”
Other spoke of security issues from shared access, said the previous 11pm licence was a better option and said the character of the area will be affected.
West Yorkshire Police licensing officers have requested that if the application is approved CCTV covers all areas and that no drinks are taken outside.
Kirklees Environmental Health have confirmed that complaints were received about the former 1535, with a lack of sound insulation between the bar and first floor creating noise disturbance.
Firth Street’s 1535 bar and restaurant closed its doors in 2011 and went into administration and has remained closed since.
Mr Singh wants to re-open 1535 with Karl Baird, a photographer, in charge.
The application says there will be music limiters to restrict noise in apartments, which are above the venue in the converted mill.
The application will be considered at 10.30am on October 24 at Huddersfield Town Hall.
