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“Alfresco dining was and is a complete life-saver,” said David Taylor, who owns the Balans restaurants in Soho. Tim Lord of the Soho Society said there had been no consultation with residents about the new outdoor seating. Licences were due to expire on 30 September, but the government has confirmed an extension for another 12 months and possibly permanently. Liverpool has received almost 350 licence applications over the past year, and Newcastle upon Tyne more than 100. Westminster city council, which covers Soho, said it created more than 16,000 new outdoor seats for the hospitality sector and closed some roads to facilitate alfresco dining. In the year to June 2021, more than 3,300 fast track applications for outdoor seating were made by restaurants, cafes and bars in England, according to a study by PwC. Pavement licences were introduced by the government in July last year to help hospitality businesses boost customer numbers while social distancing restricted indoor seating. We have to wash it away with buckets of water.” “I scream at them and threaten to call the police but it’s too late. On many occasions she has seen or heard “drunk men” urinating outside her living room windows. “People are singing at the top of their lungs, and some use my terrace as a lavatory,” she said.
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Samar Zia, who has lived in social housing in Soho since 2016 with her husband and two children, keeps her windows closed some evenings because of noise.
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People who have lived there for decades are considering leaving, according to the Soho Society. In Soho, the centre of London’s nightlife, residents say alfresco dining and drinking has disrupted access and created intolerable noise.