Noisy diners are a concern

A NEW restaurant can serve food on its outside terrace late into the evening, despite concerns for potentially noisy diners ‘after a few bevvies’.

Manchester-based Elle R Leisure, the company behind the Albert’s chain, is due to open at the former Beeches Hotel in Standish, Wigan, next year. A condition attached to the original planning permission, granted in June, restricted the use of outdoor dining space after 10pm.

But company bosses were this week granted permission to remove this condition after councillors agreed noise and disturbance issues could be managed through the site’s premises licence.

Coun Janice Sharratt told fellow planning committee members she ‘can’t wait to try’ the restaurant, but voiced concerns about the potential for noise disturbance for nearby residents.

The Labour member for Ince said: “When we talk about noise, we’re not just talking about music, but people talking at night are loud, especially when they’ve had a few bevvies.”

The committee voted to remove the condition unanimously.