Agent of change in Aberdeen? Venues petition council
Over 2,000 people support the owners of Downstairs at the Malt Mill and Krakatoa as they seek to safeguard their venues from noise complaints
News By | 1 February 2016
The owners of two of Aberdeen’s most popular music venues, Downstairs and Krakatoa, have written to the city council to ask for protection under the ‘agent-of-change principle’ of the city’s live music venues.
The agent-of-change principle, advocated by the Music Venue Trust, ensures that the business or person responsible for any change in the area surrounding a music venue would be responsible for managing the impact – for example, housing developers paying for the soundproofing of existing…
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