I think that we should object to this - certainly as individuals, and
hopefully acting together through ECCO.
Nonnas have tried to get extended opening hours in the past for exactly
the same reason - to enable their business to be viable. And we fought
the application back then.
As far as I am concerned, if a business operating under current planning
restrictions cannot be viable, they should close or move. They know what
the limits are and should run their business accordingly, and should not
go crying to the authorities if they are not astute enough to make their
business work. As for the Covid-19 restrictions, everyone is in the same
boat, and individual businesses should not be asking for special
considerations.
The government are pushing for relaxation of planning restrictions
around new housing, so there is unfortunately an atmosphere of
businesses being willing to exploit people and the environment for their
own personal gain. If Nonnas win this application, every single other
business on Ecclesall Road will apply and get the same.
Ecclesall Road is bad enough as it is, so we should fight to maintain
the current planning and licensing restrictions.
We should also lobby our councillors and MP:
MP: Paul BLOMFIELD <paul.blomfield.mp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Councillors (Broomhill and Sharrow Vale Ward):
Angela Argenzio (Green Party)
http://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=20691
email: angela.argenzio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kaltum Rivers (Green Party)
http://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=20608
email: kaltum.rivers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(We do not currently have a third councillor - election postponed until
May 2021. Our third councillor was Michelle Cook (Labour), who resigned
in January 2020 - http://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=20971)
Gordon
On 24/08/2020 13:20, Mike and Jan Andrews wrote:
Hi all
Nonna's have made a planning application to extend their opening hours on Fridays and Saturdays.
They want to stay open until 1am in the morning and keep their terrace open until 11pm on those days.
Generally, restaurants on Ecclesall Road have been restricted to 11pm (or is it 11.30pm) for many years past. So this would be a substantial extension.
Nonna's argue that Covid-19 restrictions would make them unviable unless they get this extension. However one needs to understand that planning permission cannot be retracted once it has been granted.
I don't know whether ECCO members will have strong views about this matter. If so then we could comment on the planning application as a group.
The Planning Application can be viewed by visiting https://planningapps.sheffield.gov.uk/online-applications/ <https://planningapps.sheffield.gov.uk/online-applications/> and searching either for 'nonnas' or 20/02633/FUL
Mike and Jan
