A District Licensing Hearing to determine a liquor licence application for 97 Eleventh Avenue in Tauranga is to be held today.
Some 55 objections have been received for the application, and council staff admit that most of the objections for the bottle shop beside The Mad Butcher appear to be a template objection, possibly resulting from a mail drop to residents in the surrounding area.
The proposed site for the new Avenue Liquor Centre. Photo: File.
Apart from the templated objections, there are two emails, a letter and three late objections.
HB Enterprises proposes to open the Avenue Liquor Centre in the building, which was recently sub-divided from the neighbouring Mad Butcher's store.
The directors of HB Enterprises also operate The Whiskey Station in Jellicoe Street, Te Puke, and the Merivale Liquore Store.
Police have also objected, declaring that more liquor outlets would result in more disorder-related call outs.
Established liquor outsets currently include Hillsdene Wines, situated around 600 metres along Cameron Road, and beer and wine outlets at Pak n Save and Countdown. Driver's Bar is also located on Eleventh Avenue, across the northern side of Cameron Road.
The hearing is at 1pm this afternoon.
Also being heard by the District Licencing Authority is a liquor licence application by the Bestie Group for H2O gaming and sports bar at 104 Devonport Road.
Marty's Pool Hall and Gaming Lounge around the corner on Elizabeth Street is seeking the renewal of its liquor licence.
8 comments
The squeeze
Posted on 14-10-2015 13:46 | By Plonker
of good business further and further away from the CBD.
Same as guns?
Posted on 14-10-2015 16:55 | By Plonker
Blame the guns for shooting people right? Well sadly not so. Same for booze, having less outlets will not mean less drunks and less drunk like behavior. What's wrong with these people.
Overit
Posted on 14-10-2015 18:26 | By overit
Not needed.
To
Posted on 14-10-2015 19:02 | By Capt_Kaveman
Many already they need to be reduced
The Police OBJECT ! #1
Posted on 14-10-2015 20:57 | By The Caveman
Sorry, but their comment "declaring that more liquor outlets would result in more disorder-related call outs" is total rubbish. Do I buy at the proposed new 11th Ave outlet or Hillsdene Wines, or Pak n Save and Countdown? I only have X$$$ to spend and I will spend them at which every store has what I want at the best reasonable price. So I am not going to buy any more than the X$$$ that I have to spend. Another outlet is not going to change what I spend. And the price differences between the 4/5 outlets is not going to entice me to buy more than I intended. 1doz cans at all of the outlets will not vary buy more than $3/4 and its all down to convenience. If I
The Police OBJECT #2
Posted on 14-10-2015 21:02 | By The Caveman
If I am on the way home from work, and want a dozen cans, the a street side outlet is more covenant and that is where I will buy. The suggestion that a new outlet will increase problems is total rubbish. Joe blog public only has so many $$$ to spend and in fact a NEW outlet will only split the spend from four outlets to five. And as side point an outlet alongside the Mad Butcher is almost the same as a supermarket. Mad Butcher = buy meat, liquor outlet alongside = buy beer/wine AND go home to cook meat and drink beer/wine.
anti competitive
Posted on 15-10-2015 10:47 | By Annalist
Could someone please explain how more liquor shops in and area leads to more sales? What it does do is lead to competition and some nanny staters mightn't like that. It's not the drink thats the problem, its the problem drinkers. Pick on them.
Annalist
Posted on 15-10-2015 14:06 | By Plonker
They already pick on the drunks, that is the answer, but they need to hit them harder, none of this stuff of ten offences before jail time, crush a few cars will do it also, gets the attention of the drive the next day well and truly.
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