A bar in Arnold has been denied permission to make its opening hours slightly longer over noise and disturbance fears.
An application to vary a premises licence for Sashas Bar, on 46 Front Street Arnold was refused by Gedling Borough Council.
Owners wanted to extend the opening hours on Friday and Saturday by one hour to 2.30am and sale of alcohol on the same evenings until 2am. Late-night entertainment would run until 2am.
The bar’s application to supply alcohol both on and off the premises was approved.
The council’s licensing panel heard evidence from Alexander Smith (the applicant) and William Langston, an Environmental Health Officer for Gedling Borough Council.
William Langston (Environmental Health Officer) said he objected to the opening hours extension on the grounds of ‘public nuisance’.
He told the committee: “As you will be aware, last year we served an Abatement notice upon Sashas Bar as a result of loud music escaping the premises and adversely affecting many local residents.
Since then, there has been an overall improvement on the noise levels in this part of Front Street, however, it is certainly not perfect, and there is still a lot of noise escaping from Sasha’s Bar every time the door opens for customers entering or exiting.
“Currently, this is limited to the music being turned off at 1am. An extension to 2am prolongs the amount of noise residents are enduring and this would be unacceptable for residents in my opinion.”
The panel refused the application for the variation of the Premises Licence in relation to extending the opening hours on Friday and Saturday to 02:30hrs, extending the sale of alcohol on Friday and Saturday to 02:00hrs, extending regulated entertainment (live and recorded music) to 02:00hrs and extending the provision of late night refreshment to 02:00hrs.
The full details of the panel hearing are available HERE.
Costa del benefits, what a shame.
Thank God! Loud enough for long enough as it is!!