AN UPPERMILL bistro has been allowed to open later after planning permission was granted.
Greene’s, which sits at the site of the former toilet block on the village’s King George V playing fields, can now serve until 9.30pm from Thursday until Sunday.
Five people objected to the application, with concerns over ‘food debris’, staff using a pedestrian entrance as a vaping area, litter and the impact of ‘unthoughtful people’ among concerns.
One wrote: “Food debris is a constant outside the kiosk area. This, apart from not being part of the café, is not sluiced down at the end of trading.
“As predicted, there is definitely more litter in the park, let by customers of the facility.”
Another stated: “This would further impact the surrounding residents of Wade Row and Hopkinson Close.
“The park setting is being impacted by unthoughtful people who use the cafe. Lengthening the opening times would further damage the park setting.”
But at a meeting of Oldham Council’s planning committee, the request was granted – taking the current closing time from 7pm on Thursday to Sunday two-and-a-half hours later.
However, owner Rick Scholes was told that no deliveries shall take place before 8am or after 9pm from Monday to Saturday, or before 9am and after 8pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays, ‘to safeguard the amenity of the neighbouring occupiers.’
And the toilet at the site should be available for public use when the business is open – in other words from 9am until 7pm from Monday to Wednesday, including Bank Holidays, and from 9am until 9.30pm from Thursday to Sunday.
Unbelievable, or nor, as is the case with OMBC. They have absolutely no idea about Saddleworth and it’s villages.
Just another step along the way of destroying Uppermill. Just so one business owner can earn an extra few pounds from visitors.
Well done OMBC, in passing this unesseary application for extended business hours.
Why don’t you just concrete over the whole of King George’s Playing Field …….job done.
You could make it Pay & Display, but wait, you can’t seem to manage these either. See Museum CP and Saddleworth Lesuire CP.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 not at all ridiculous and dramatic. It’s a great addition to Uppermill
It is still not over. People who can still object to the extension of hours can. They have a notice in the entrance door which states that to make a representation to do so by visiting http://www.oldham.gov.uk/licensing at representations @oldham.gov.uk.Representations must be made before 17th October 2024.
Neighbours concerns are that patrons must be out of the building by 9.30pm. It will be at least another hour for the cleaning up,bins being emptied, staff leaving. There is also a concern that during summer months the bistro is more like an orangry with large retractable windows surrounding the whole of the building which may be lowered. All the above will cause more noise disturbance to the surrounding neighbours which are only feet away. During the weekend there will be more peoply using the park as a walk through to visit other pub venues creating more litter and noise.
So they’ve achieved what was their plan all along!
I feel sorry for their near neighbours.!
I’ll confess that I’m having difficult understanding what the objection are to this actually are, (other than the usual, “Whatever you’re doing we don’t like it,)”it’s a pleasant and well run little business and I wish them every success.
Mind you walking around Saddleworth on Sunday I was struck by the large number of properties that are suddenly up for sale and I have to wonder if there even going to be anyone still living in Saddleworth in 6 months ?