quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Is that because they're peasants?
you'd have to ask tesco. I couldn't possibly comment.
George IV/Music Bar at 144 Brixton Hill closing as another Tesco comes to Brixton
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you'd have to ask tesco. I couldn't possibly comment.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Signed
Best way to object effectively to planning applications (from experience) is to give people instructions on the kinds of things they might put in a letter of objection, then get them to craft their own - has more sway with the people who make the decisions as they can see people really care enough to think about it and write in.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
I agree but GIV is a difficult venue for anyone to manage. It's big, awkward and who knows what massive rates it has to pay.
I've signed the petition, what more can we do ? whose the councillor for that ward?
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Steve Reed (leader of the Council), Florence Nosegbe and Alex Holland are the three councillors for Brixton Hill.
Lambeth councillor contact list
IIRC They took the side of the residents of the newly converted block when the Telegraph was challenged over noise nuisance.
So the great advantage to keeping the George IV as a music venue is that it isn't adjacent to residential neighbours to whom it could possibly be a nuisance. (Until somebody buys up the ATS site, claims it is "under-developed" and proposes a block of apartments there as well, that is.
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Lambeth councillor contact list
IIRC They took the side of the residents of the newly converted block when the Telegraph was challenged over noise nuisance.
So the great advantage to keeping the George IV as a music venue is that it isn't adjacent to residential neighbours to whom it could possibly be a nuisance. (Until somebody buys up the ATS site, claims it is "under-developed" and proposes a block of apartments there as well, that is.
)
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Steve Reed (leader of the Council), Florence Nosegbe and Alex Holland are the three councillors for Brixton Hill.
Lambeth councillor contact list
IIRC They took the side of the residents of the newly converted block when the Telegraph was challenged over noise nuisance.
So the great advantage to keeping the George IV as a music venue is that it isn't adjacent to residential neighbours to whom it could possibly be a nuisance. (Until somebody buys up the ATS site, claims it is "under-developed" and proposes a block of apartments there as well, that is.
I think I pulled Steve and asked him to look into supermarkets taking over everywhere but don't think there was a lot he could do about it
I think I'm doing a Mrs Magpie
It was Steve Bradley here:
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...s-of-brixton-road-north.269973/#post-10025500
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Rateable valuation is £35,250 (re-assessed in 2010), so I assume that isn't a million miles from what they were paying as actual annual rent to their landlords (plus the actual business rates bill at 45.8 pence in the pound of just over £16 grand). Say sixty thousand a year/five thousand a month before you switch the lights on or employ any staff.
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
Signed and shared.
editor
hiraethified
Much as I want the place to stay a pub, a petition signed by people who probably rarely set foot in the place really isn't going to save this venue.
It needs people to start using it. It needs locals to support it - and that's assuming that the owners are even interested in keeping the place going.
Practically, some high profile gigs and community events would help in the short term (I'm happy to help here if I can be of any use), but it's also going to need people getting involved who know how to put on the kind of events that are likely to keep people coming in, month after month.
Perhaps some progress could be made on that front, new buyers may be get interested, although Tesco's fat wedge may prove irresistible to the current owner.
This may provide some useful background and advice:
It needs people to start using it. It needs locals to support it - and that's assuming that the owners are even interested in keeping the place going.
Practically, some high profile gigs and community events would help in the short term (I'm happy to help here if I can be of any use), but it's also going to need people getting involved who know how to put on the kind of events that are likely to keep people coming in, month after month.
Perhaps some progress could be made on that front, new buyers may be get interested, although Tesco's fat wedge may prove irresistible to the current owner.
This may provide some useful background and advice:
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
It will raise awareness in the meantime, surely?
editor
hiraethified
It's a start but I believe it will take more than that to stave off Tescos.
I think it needs a campaign with real world action - like some of the things listed here http://www.urban75.org/info/save-your-pub.html - and some sort of vision and business plan for why it should stay a pub and why it might become successful again.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
editor
hiraethified
I'm guessing it hasn't actually been sold to Tescos yet, no?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Looks like it
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
No idea. I've not received anything from Tesco in the post. All I know is as much as was on that letter Quimmy got
Maybe Lang Rabbie can get on to Lambeth's planning website. I have trouble finding my way around it
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
All I can find is about the railings
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/onli...ils.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=M7GTW6BOHV000
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/onli...ils.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=M7GTW6BOHV000
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
How does one find out?
boohoo
No.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
boohoo
No.
Matt Magee seems very confident judging by last para in his letter
It starts off sounding like they are thinking about it and finishes sounding like it will happen anyway.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yeah, and who owns the pub anyway? Were the music bar just leasing it? I can't find that out.
Both George IV and coincidentally, the Russell Hotel used to be owned by the same company but I don't know whether they sold them off years ago. Maybe it's that company who are selling the property to Tesco?
Write a letter. The people who decide planning things are humans - they will be more swayed by a letter than an online petition signature.
Fair enough ed, but I was talking about objections to the Tesco plan, signage etc, not objections to any non-pub related planning.
editor
hiraethified
To be honest, I'm far more concerned about losing a pub forever than Tesco setting up shop there.
