A Golcar venue is to have its licence reviewed after a series of complaints about noise.
Councillors will rule on the Junction One bar at Knowle Road, after a series of investigations concluded that excessive noise remains a problem.
Kirklees Council’s environmental health team has called for a review after a previous warning to owners Andrew and Kathryn Ratcliffe, failed to halt complaints.
In September 2011 a review hearing saw councillors issue a “severe warning” but took no action after noise complaints, largely relating to music performances on Sunday afternoons.
Monitoring was to take place over six months after the decision, but it has, in fact, taken place ever since.
Just five days after the first warning, further complaints were made about noise which environmental health officers investigated.
They say further breaches were found on eight dates between October 2011 and July 2013.
On September 18 last year Kirklees environmental health officers and a designated licence supervisor visited the owners to try to resolve the noise problems.
The owners were told that any further breach would result in a licence review.
An Abatement Notice was served, which is a legal warning, which both of the owners are in the process of appealing.
Despite the warning, 11 days later a further breach was reported by environmental health and a letter was sent on October 1.
A further complaint on November 24 has now prompted the review.
On that occasion a council officer reported hearing music over the noise of a television at a nearby property and has now called for the review.
The officer’s report says: “The noise from the bands continues to cause a noise nuisance to a resident of Scar Lane.
“We predict that as there are other homes in similar or even closer to the premises, it must be causing a problem for a number of residents.
“The licence holder hasn’t taken our advice or the advice of the licensing panel following a previous hearing to obtain specialist advice from a noise consultant on how to improve the insulation of the premises.
“The threat of legal action hasn’t stopped the problem. We are now considering prosecuting the licence holder for breach of the abatement notice.”
Environmental health has asked for a condition on the premises licence which prevents live electronically amplified bands to perform at the venue.
Councillors will rule on the application on Thursday, January 30.
