New policy could prevent future noise rows

A RULE change designed to stop a repeat of rows like Night & Day’s court battle could be on the books for Greater Manchester.

- ETHAN DAVIES

The Northern Quarter bar’s lengthy legal battle came to an end on Monday after a judge ruled it had caused a noise nuisance to a neighbour with its early-hours DJ sets but the venue will be allowed to remain open as a nightclub.

Key to the case was District Judge Margaret McCormack’s finding that the venue’s club nights were not a ‘common and ordinary’ use of the premises. She also ruled the Northern Quarter is a mixed-use area where ‘in an ideal world, a balance would be able to be struck in the ability of the resident to enjoy their property and the venue to operate as a going concern’.

After the ruling, Andy Burnham confirmed the Places for Everyone plan (PfE), a mammoth document which sets out the city-region’s vision for development until 2039, includes a key policy designed to prevent rows like this one.