Friday 29 May 2009

Bank Holiday Weekend

A number of recent comments underline the fact that for residents the Mango's problem continues. We all know what the symptoms are. Equally, we are all aware of the treatment required, or, as a recent contributor put it, 'I hope this place gets shut dowon soon'.

Please continue to leave a comment. It could ensure that we get the right result at appeal.

Wednesday 13 May 2009

'Entirely revoke the licence'


Following the Licensing hearing on the 28th April the council sent out this letter to those who attended.

Tuesday 5 May 2009

Mango's to appeal

It should come as no surprise that Mango's will appeal the council's decision to revoke their licence. On page 13 of Docklands 24 of Wednesday 6 May, 2009 there is an article under the headline, 'Owners to fight revoked licence'.

In the article Mr Sharma makes a number of statements. He states for example that 'For the sake of 10-15 neighbours they are taking my licence away.' At the time of writing there are nearly 1000 hits on this blog. Are we to attribute this traffice to '10-15' neighbours?

Signatures from 65 neighbours were submitted to the council.

Mr Sharma goes on to state, 'I can't see the justice - we're in a small commercial area which is not residential.'

If the area is not residential how are we to explain the 65 signatures? These signatures included many from Breezers Court and Telford's Yard as well as Artichoke Hill. The presence of The Times and a garage does not make our area into an industrial estate.

Over the coming weeks it is imperative that we continue to gather evidence of the problem. The council may well have found our case compelling but we are close to a solution now and must bring all efforts to bear to ensure that the appeal is not upheld.