PLANS for a bar at an Ulverston brewery have been hit with opposition.

More than a dozen representations have been submitted in relation to proposals for the Lakeland Brewhouse Tap on Lightburn Trading Estate.

Councillors and members of the public have expressed concerns about potential parking issues and disturbance to nearby homes.

Lakeland Brewhouse Ltd is seeking permission for the sale of alcohol seven days a week between 11am and 11pm at unit 8 on the industrial estate.

The application is to be scrutinised by a meeting of South Lakeland District Council’s licensing sub-committee on Monday.

But a number of people have objected to and raised concerns over the plans for the site, which sits close to a residential area.

District councillor Judy Filmore suggested drunk people would ‘urinate or vomit in people’s gardens’ if ‘adequate safeguards’ were not put in place by the premises.

She also said that ‘inadequate parking facilities’ on the site would lead to ‘nuisance’ for residents, believing that parking would spill out into the residential area.

In an email to Cllr Filmore, Donna McCarthy, licensing specialist at South Lakeland District Council, said: “Licensees have a responsibility under the Licensing Act 2003 to ensure that individuals are not served alcohol if they are drunk.”

A spokesman for Lakeland Brewhouse Ltd said in the company’s application that a ‘refusals register and incident report register' would be kept.

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“Such documents will record incidents of staff refusals of alcohol sales to under-age or drunk people, as well as incidents of any anti-social behaviour and ejections from the premises,” said the spokesman.

District councillor Janette Jenkinson said Lightburn was a ‘quiet trading estate which is not suited for the retail sale of alcohol’.

“The area just outside the boundary of the estate is residential and is on the edge of the town centre,” she said.

“To be giving this permission, in my opinion, would cause noise and disruption for the residents concerned.”

A representation from Ken and Brenda Hindl said: “There is likely to be increased noise, particularly late at night when the customers leave and make their way into town via a quiet residential area.

“This would result in noise and public nuisance, with problems of people using people’s gardens for toilet purposes – as happens even now during festivals.”