A THIRD retrospective planning application for a wedding venue on Manningham Lane has been submitted to Bradford Council.

The Pearl Banqueting Suite has been operating as a wedding and function venue without planning permission since 2014.

Last year two retrospective applications to change the use of the building from a restaurant to banqueting facilities were refused by Bradford Council, with planning officers claiming the noise from people using the venue could impact on people living near the site.

They said: “A development of the type proposed is likely to generate music and noise from customer activity, such as talking, shouting and applauding, which is likely to spill outside the application building.

“Given the proximity of nearby residential properties their occupants would suffer an unacceptable loss of residential amenity, late into the night.”

Plans for two Bradford wedding venues refused over noise concerns

But the newest application, by Tony Singh of Power Centre UK, says an acoustics report included in the plans will help overcome the issues that led to previous applications being refused.

Bradford Council has said the latest application will be considered “in line with UK law.”

The site is just on the edge of the city centre, opposite Manningham Retail Park and near the junction of Manningham Lane and Hamm Strasse.

The application for the suite says the venue has a capacity of 400 people, although a sign on the building says it has seating for 800 people, and the businesses website says it “can accommodate up to 1,000 guests.”

The application says: “In consideration of the previous planning refusal, it is important to note that the relevant site currently holds the planning permission to operate as a restaurant/café and has previously operated under these uses.

“The change of use to a banqueting suite would not involve any changes to the opening and operating hours of the site, and therefore surrounding residents would not be subjected to any levels of noise occurring later in the night than as when the site was operating as a restaurant/café.

“Furthermore, it is important to consider that the site has operated the premises as a banqueting suite without the benefit of planning permission since 2014.

“In the four years that the site has operated as a banqueting suite there have been no causes for complaints from residents of the nearby surrounding area regarding noise.”

It goes on to say any noise concerns could be tackled by keeping doors to the building closed during events, to use CCTV to monitor “rowdy behaviour,” for posters to be installed reminding customers to leave quietly, and for the business to “arrange management and control over any potential anti-social behaviour such as shouting from patrons.”

There had only been two objections to the previous applicatio.

A Bradford Council spokesperson, said: “Each new planning application must address the reasons for failure of previous applications.

“In this case, owners of The Pearl Banqueting Suite have sought to address issues around noise and disturbance by submitting a new sonic report.

“The new application will be considered in line with local planning policies and UK laws.”

A decision on the application is expected next month.