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Sadiq Khan to protect venues with introduction of 'agent of change' principle

Sadiq Khan to protect venues with introduction of 'agent of change' principle

London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to introduce the 'agent of change' principle in the capital to help protect cultural venues from the licensing woes that can be caused by property developers plonking new residential properties alongside their buildings.

As previously discussed, the introduction of this rule would mean that when new flats are built near a venue, the responsibility to protect against noise bleeding into the new properties would fall to the developer, rather than the venue. The lack of protection such as this has endangered numerous UK venues in recent years, such as The Night & Day Cafe in Manchester and Ministry Of Sound in London.

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Posted on: 27/09/2016Categories: News from CMU Online

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