Hi Susan - actually, the statement from the RHS was more of a cease and desist order, because they never actually endorsed this project - Incipio did a marketing trick on that one, and they got called on it.I mention it because this is another piece of evidence of how this group operates, namely I think not very honestly. I attended both consultation days on this in November and what they say and what they do are two different things is several specific instances:1/ at the consultation we were told that the venue would only be open Wed-Sat evenings, plus during the day on Sat & Sun (that is backed up by their own submitted photograph of a poster from that consulation.) The planning application requests opening hours from 12:00-23:30 every day (23:00 on Sundays), plus the option to extend hours to 2am on 25 days per year. That is not what they fed us at the consultation!2/ also at the consultation we were told explicitly that it was not a DJ or dancing venue. But at their Olympia venue not 2 weeks later they advertised dancing and DJs starting up "due to popular demand" - significant because they also told us to look to Olympia as a comparable venue.3/ at the consultation we were told that, in response to concerns raised last year, that the venue would be fully enclosed, however, the planning application indicates 9 large tables, probably seating at least 8-10 people each on an outdoor unenclosed terrace - that's at least 100 people capacity outside, not to mention the opening and closing of doors as people go in and out - it is not fully enclosed, despite what they said at the consultation.They say one thing, they do another, and in my book, this is not someone to be trusted with an operation of this scale in this location. I do hope as many of you as possible will object.
Mary McCue ● 2851d