Residents say a new cafe was meant to be a community hub and not an extension of the North Yorkshire pub and hotel whose car park it was built in.
Neighbours living near the Wainstones Hotel, in Great Broughton, near Stokesley, have filed objections to an application to vary the venue’s licence allowing alcohol to be served in the new Stones Cafe.
The cafe opened in June as part of a major redevelopment of the business.
The application to North Yorkshire Council seeks to include the cafe in the venue’s premises licence.
The applicant has proposed several restrictions if the licence is granted, including a limit of 30 seats in the outdoor area of the café
and this area being closed for customers from 9pm.
A noise management plan, which would include regular noise monitoring, has also been put forward by the venue.
But ten objections from local residents have been submitted, with concerns about noise, public safety, parking and protection of children from harm being raised.
One resident said: “The addition of an extension was granted for the use of a cafe and shop and not an extension of the hotel, which is set back from the main road.
“The cafe is a family-friendly place and is used regularly by the general public and families with young children.
“This area is not designed for groups such as wedding guests and allowing alcohol consumption in this area will increase rowdy behaviour.”
Another resident, who said they lived directly opposite the pub, added: “The cafe was originally positioned to us as a community meeting place which would have a small shop inside as we no longer have a shop in the village.
“There is no way the Stones Cafe is as it was sold to us, it is clearly wanting to be an extension of the hotel/bar.”
A third resident said: “Contrary to being an asset, as we had hoped, this cafe has been a nightmare and adding more alcohol will make it worse, devaluing our properties even further.”
Several residents raised concerns about the lack of screening or fencing to stop children running into the road from the new cafe.
The application will be considered by members of the council’s statutory licensing sub-committee next Friday.
A report for members of the committee said they could either approve the variation as proposed, add their conditions to the licence or reject all or parts of the application.
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