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Paul D
Police oppose nightclub plan
DEVELOPERS want to build a 1,000-capacity nightclub alongside Jongleurs.
But police are opposing the Frenson scheme because of the huge array of bars around Concert Square.
The scheme would convert a warehouse in Concert Street and Seel Street into a three-storey venue with bar and restaurant in a new complex called Concert Steps.
Sgt Paul Douglas, licensing officer, said: "Another big licensed premises will mean we have reached saturation point. If it was anywhere else, we would not be making any observations."
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The development is part of a larger project by Frenson to build four new licensed premises around Concert Square.
Walkabout and neighbouring Mood were completed during the first phase. The Concert Steps nightclub would stand behind it.
Frenson said it would pay towards the policing costs if the club was approved.
Managing director Max Stone said: "The police's concern is not about licensed premises, rather the fact there could be too many for their own resources.
"But Liverpool council have zoned this area off for nighttime activities."
So the police are actually AGAINST regeneration now?Do the police forget that we actually pay their wages in our council tax?
This building looks terrible and mars the whole area
Any other city would have approved this a long time ago.
To think that 08 is only 11 months away and to have this building still derelict in a supposed cultural zone is unbelievable.
Furthermore the area is not at saturation point for clubs? Isn't the idea to try and attract more people into the city centre so as to improve the economy? If these developments are blocked then Liverpool will have a glass ceiling imposed like in so many other things.
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