As a 15-year ban on new licences for serving alcohol after 1am nears its end, Melbourne could soon host a fresh wave of late-night venues.
Miles said hospitality businesses were gearing up to apply for late-night licences.
In particular, the council must balance the city’s nighttime economy with the needs of residents in the CBD and Docklands, where the residential population has more than doubled in 10 years, from 28,011 in 2011 to 59,765 in 2021.“The pressure on government to refuse planning and liquor applications for late-night venues has increased with that population growth,” the council’s briefing papers say.
“If the demand is there – and it looks like it really is from what we’ve seen – we certainly will open up as late as we need to,” he said. Before the council meeting on Tuesday, councillor Rohan Leppert said the city needed to ensure guidelines for late-night venues were clear. The Residents 3000 group opposed the end of the liquor licence freeze due to concerns late-night venues would affect the city’s amenity.
A spokesman for the government said the end of the freeze on late-night liquor licences would encourage more cultural events to be held throughout Melbourne’s inner city.
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