Complaints from residents have prompted calls for stricter shutting down times
New clubs in Hackney (the borough that contains party zones Dalston, Hoxton and Shoreditch) may be in line for harsher closing times.
The changes would mean 11pm closing on weekdays and midnight closing on weekends for new Hackney clubs. The new rules have been proposed by the Councillor Emma Plouviez in a statement that acknowledges the positive impacts for the area but condemns the lost “balance between the rights of residents and the rights of businesses”.
In the statement Plouviez explains further the reasons behind the proposed changes:
“It’s true that the night-time economy creates jobs and brings visitors and money to the borough, which is great, but more and more residents who live in areas such as Dalston and Shoreditch are having to contend with people peeing in their gardens, shouting outside their windows at 4am and a host of other antisocial behaviour.”
Read the whole statement here, and if you want to have your say on the new measures, pop consultation@hackney.gov.uk an email.
