We need your help . 

Macclesfield own night and day situation. 

Proper Sound has been going for 2 and a half years now and we like to think we’ve brought something unique and on trend to the town centre. 

Many of you are aware that our opening hours are very limited and we are constantly being asked by you, our growing regular customers, to stay open later and to put on more fun events. 

To this end we have recently put in an application to planning and licencing to vary our hours, give the service our customers seek and evolve with the changing high street. This is not an unreasonable request as we are in the town centre surrounded by similar businesses. 

However we have received an objection from one local town centre councillor, Liz Braithwaite , who sadly seems keen to try to stop us trading completely and is supporting it with incorrect facts and hearsay without even approaching us for information. 
She is objecting to both the licence extension and the use of our popular courtyard with the Ian Curtis mural which she claims is a public nuisance! Her objections are based on the complaint of one resident and she has never set foot in Proper Sound since it opened. 

Our local councillors should be encouraging local independent businesses to regenerate the town, not seeking ways to shut us down. Do they really want another empty shop because that could be the outcome? 

Please help us prove to the planners and licensing panel that we have support and a need to extend our opening by emailing 

liz.braithwaite@cheshireeast.gov.uk 
To let her know your thoughts on our venue 
Please cc us in 
propersound.info@gmail.com or if you need further information 

Comment in the Cheshire east planning portal 

https://planning.cheshireeast.gov.uk/applicationdetails.aspx?pr=24/0603m

and by signing the petition……..

 

Make your voices heard and keep the Proper Sound vibe alive.

Update

just an update. Councillor Braithwaite is responding to your emails but deflecting from what is happening. 
She is insisting that the decision is that of the licensing panel which is true now that she has raised the objection. The reality is if she had not objected on the hearsay of one individual then we would have our license today, and no license hearing would be necessary. 
It’s a waste of Cheshire east resources where many departments now need to attend this hearing. 

I ask that Liz Braithwaite provides the evidence that it is more than one person she is representing. This will have to be done at the hearing regardless.