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From:	martha bush 
Sent:	22 May 2019 14:17
To:	Sue Lindsey
Subject:	Lewes Golf Club --Premises Licence Application

This is to object to the granting of a new and different license to the Lewes Golf Club on 
the following grounds:

Public Safety

Chapel Hill is the only route to the golf club and an important road of access to the 
Downs, frequently used by families on foot including young children and dogs. These 
groups are sometimes quite large. Adding to this congestion, cars driven by person 
seeking alcohol and not knowing the hazards of the route are a threat to public safety 
particularly as backing down or up the hill is often required to allow vehicles to pass. 
There is often no way for pedestrians to get out of the way of these manoeuvres. 
Drivers must simply wait as small children make their way to a passing place. 

There are precipices on the western side of the road. Persons who are influenced by 
alcohol could experience bravado in approaching and accessing these cliffs which might 
end in tragedy. 

PUBLIC NUISANCE

I have witnessed drivers and walkers who feel the nuisance of the situation as it is 
today, with the current traffic,display unreasonable behaviour (refusing to move or give 
way). This is bound to increase. Pedestrians under the influence of alcohol may or may 
not become more strident and unreasonable or foolhardy in such situations.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM

The above will encourage volatile behaviour on this overused inadequate access to the 
Downs. All day alcohol consumption will encourage this at times of day when children 
should be able to enjoy access to the Downs. Alcohol which can be purchased and then 
drunk in relative privacy will be bought by young adults and shared with younger 
children in such an environment..

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PREVENTION OF CRIME AND DISORDER

The police can confirm that there has been an increase in crime and disorder in this part 
of Lewes. This may be because those inclined to misuse "substances" know that there 
is a quick escape to the Downs and the golf course and seek this option. This license 
would encourage this area to become one of Lewes' safer venues for undesirable and 
threatening behaviour which is on the increase.

Children should not find themselves in the position of the undesirable adult behaviour 
which this potential volatile situation is going to encouraged from 9am in the morning.

Yours sincerely,

MEL Bush