A Leeds cricket club has been granted permission to sell alcohol until 1.30am on weekends, despite nine objections from its neighbours. A city council panel agreed that Leeds' Caribbean Cricket Club could sell booze later than its previous cut-off of midnight on a Saturday and 11pm on a Friday, following a licensing hearing on Tuesday.
The Scott Hall Road club said the extension was vital to help bring in revenue from events and gatherings and to keep funding its community activities. Objectors had claimed they were fed up with noise and disturbances from the venue, although none attended the hearing to speak against the application.
Club secretary Reginald Hamilton told a panel of three councillors that though residents had a “right to complain”, the club had not held a late-night event since June last year. He said the venue and its members could not be the source of recent complaints.
