On Monday the 10th of October Wharf Chambers, a new workers co-operative based in Leeds, had its entertainment license hearing and now the result of the hearing has been made public.  The three councillors granted the not-for-profit space a license on the grounds that they closed at 11pm, had two registered door staff and full CCTV throughout the building, full conditions are by seaching the council website or the minuets from the hearing.  According to the councillors, "proportionality is just a word".

This is a very regulated entertainment license compared to the license that The Common Place was granted (where sale of alcohol was allowed until 5am).  The councillors have imposed very harsh restrictions, in part due to threats right-wing groups had previously made to The Common Place and so punishing the new co-operative.

Lots of clubs in Leeds on a Friday or Saturday night are filled with drunken people and fights are common.  There are many times when there is trouble outside Tiger Tiger or Oceana that requires police intervention.  The Common Place, which is located in the same building as Wharf Chambers, received a license in 2006 and since that time there was no incident that resulted in police intervention. Many residents of Leeds feel unsafe at the mainstream clubs and spaces such as Wharf Chambers are designed to offer a safer alternative; the council is denying this to the residence of Leeds.