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Council Tells Cafe Owner to Remove Exhaust Fan Because Smell of Frying Bacon
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*Hey, she can move right next door to me here in Missouri because I love the
smell of bacon in the morning. And, as an added bonus, it appears to keep
Muzzies away:*
*Cafe owner ordered to remove extractor fan because neighbour claimed 'smell
of frying bacon offends Muslims' *
*By Daily Mail Reporter*
*Last updated at 1:01 PM on 21st October 2010*
A hard-working cafe owner has been ordered to tear down an extractor fan -
because the smell of her frying bacon 'offends' Muslims.
Planning bosses acted against Beverley Akciecek, 49, after being told her
next-door neighbour's Muslim friends had felt 'physically sick' due to the
'foul odour'.
Councillors at Stockport Council in Greater Manchester say the smell from
the fan is 'unacceptable on the grounds of residential amenity'.
The fan has been in Beverley's Snack Shack takeaway in the Shaw Heath area
of the town for the past three years.
Mrs Akciecek and her husband Cetin, 50, - himself a Turkish Muslim - work
more than 50 hours a week buying, preparing and cooking hot and cold
sandwiches and hot-pots for their customers.
Today mother-of-seven Mrs Akciecek said she plans to appeal against the
decision.
She said: 'I just think it's crazy. Cetin's friends actually visit the shop,
they're regular visitors, they're Muslim people, they come in a couple of
times a week.
'I have Muslim people come in for cheese toasties. Cetin cooks the food
himself, he cooks the bacon.
'When we go to a cafe my husband wouldn't be offended by the smell of bacon.
His friends are not offended by it, we have three visitors who come here for
a sandwich, friends of my husband, and the smell doesn't offend them at all.
'My brother-in-law doesn't flinch if he comes and we've just taken out three
trays of bacon.
'I'm going to find a local councillor. I'm waiting for the letter so I can
appeal.'
The couple took over the take-away in 2007 from the previous owner and
replaced the existing extractor fan, which had been there for six years,
with a new modern one.
They claim they received no complaints about the cafe which is open from
7.30am-2.30pm six days a week, until around 18 months ago when they received
a letter from environmental services to say their neighbour Graham Webb-Lee
had complained about the smell.
Mrs Akciecek said: 'We've never had a problem about the smell because
everything is pre-cooked. We cook it in the oven so there's no foul smell.
'It's pre-cooked so the smell isn't as strong when we're frying it off. It's
like living next to someone who's cooking a Sunday breakfast but it's not
constant it's just in the morning.
'It's been a sandwich shop for about eight years, cooking exactly the same
stuff. The lady before me did double because they were actually building new
houses across the road so she was really busy. She was here from 6am-4pm
because they were so busy.
'They were there before me but they were also there when the lady who owns
the business was here and she was doing double what we are. She had five
staff, you can imagine how bust that shop was and they never complained at
all.'
They say that the council's environmental services had been out to inspect
their property after their neighbour complained about a foul odour last
year, but they ruled that the smell was not causing a problem.
Mrs Akciecek said: 'Environmental services said everything is ok. They kept
coming back and guaging it and said there was no problem and because they
didn't take any action (the neighbours) complained again.'
The couple had never applied for planning permission as they had simply
replaced an existing extractor fan with one of the same size and in the same
position, but, following further complaints from their neighbour, they were
informed by the council they would have to apply retrospectively as an
objection had been raised.
They applied for planning permission in May this year, but the application
was refused at a meeting of Stockport Area Committee on October 14.
Mr Webb-Lee objected to the aplication - complaining that his Muslim friends
refused to visit him becase they 'can't stand the smell of bacon'.
Mrs Akciecek, who also attended the meeting, said: 'He said he had a
daughter with an eating disorder, the Muslim friends, and the bad smell all
the time is making his clothes smell.
'The councillors agreed with him without even asking me what I thought. It
was as if they didn't even realise I was there.
'This cafe is our only source of income. There are only two of us working,
we haven't got any staff anymore. We work seven hours in the shop and my
husband goes to the cash and carry and has all the prep work to do. We're
working long hours. He does about 50 hours a week easy and I'm working about
the same and we work Saturdays.
'The shop will be a lot harder work. It will be a good hour a day washing
the walls down, I will not work anywhere with the grease falling down the
walls. We can't move it anywhere.
'I'm not going to accept it and we're going to fight it.'
Mr Webb-Lee said: 'The vent is 12 inches from my front door. Every morning
the smell of bacon comes through and makes me physically sick.
'I have a lot of Muslim friends. They refuse to visit me anymore because
they can't stand the smell of bacon.'
A spokesman for Stockport Council said: 'The retrospective application was
rejected on the grounds of residential amenity, as the committee felt the
odours given off from the vent were unacceptable for neighbouring residents.
'We will ensure that the cafe complies with this decision and removes the
extractor fan.'
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