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Notts Pub refused new licence after ‘deliberate’ Covid-19 rule breaches

A pub shut down following incidents of disorder and a catalogue of errors including breaching Covid-19 rules during the height of the second lockdown has been refused a new premises licence.

The Queen’s Head in Kimberley had previously had its premises licence revoked in November last year.

The pub had deliberately breached Covid-19 regulations in place to keep people safe, including refusing to follow track and trace procedures and allowing social distancing breaches. This was despite the landlord being given repeated warnings prior to this.

Nottinghamshire Police also looked into a string of previous crime and disorder incidents involving the pub.

This included two police officers being assaulted during one disturbance while they dealt with an offender and a man suffering a fractured cheek and eye socket after being assaulted in the beer garden in another incident.

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Further reports were also investigated of bottles and glasses being thrown and used as weapons by customers involved in a large fight outside the Main Street pub.

Concerns had also been raised about alcohol-related antisocial behaviour and disorder at the premises, including noise and underage drinking.

A fresh application for a premises licence, submitted by the same pub management, was made to Broxtowe Borough Council. The applicants had hoped for a licence enabling the pub to stay open and serve alcohol until 4am on a Friday and Saturday.

However the application was refused in its entirety at a meeting of the authority’s alcohol and entertainment licensing panel on Tuesday (2 November 2021).

Paul Horton, senior licensing officer at Nottinghamshire Police, welcomed the panel’s decision.

He said: “Nottinghamshire Police supports licensed premises and encourages well-managed, safe venues to thrive.

“On considering this application, the force believed that both the proposed premises licence holder and designated premises supervisor were not fit and proper to hold the premises licence and would lack the ability to control the premises and uphold the four licensing objectives.

“The lack of engagement from the applicants has been disappointing. We would expect anyone thinking of applying for a new licence, in particular after the previous issues at this pub, would have wanted to engage with police licensing.

“Their new premises licence application didn’t include any extra measures put in place to ensure the pub could be operated in a safe and responsible manner and we did not believe it promoted any of the licensing objectives, in particular the prevention of public nuisance and the prevention of crime and disorder.”

A Broxtowe Borough Council spokesperson said: “Having heard evidence from the Police, Environmental Health and concerned neighbours, as well as the case put forward by the applicants, the panel agreed that the impact upon the neighbourhood was likely to be detrimental so the application was refused in its entirety.

“The applicants have 21 days to appeal from the date they receive the written confirmation.”

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