Currently, if a pub has more than 200 customers a special licence is required to play or host music. This is changing in the spring to “up to 500 customers between 8am and 11pm” without a special licence. Also, wrestling for an audience of up to 1000 will be allowed. All due to be introduced in the spring as new de-regulations kick in.
Of course that's great news for pubs that want to play Oasis whilst Evil Fred and Wicked Billy wrestle in the corner.
However, whilst all of this is being introduced a local council has won a case to insist that a certain pub plays music at a “barely audible level” (a level whereby an adjoining property cannot discern the lyrics, musical instruments, base beats and tunes”).
This is the same council which approved planning to convert a commercial premises into a residential house next to the very pub in question! (Which has been playing music for many years!).
So in the brave new world customers in this particular pub will struggle to discern the lyrics of any song playing but I’ll bet will hear the grunts of Fred and Billy.
Perhaps the council involved should have said when allowing the planning permission; “Approval for this new residential property will be next door to a pub that plays music (and has done so for many years). We therefore allow planning provided only that sound proofing be installed in the property prior to inhabitation, so that the music from the pub will not offend and provoke further complaints”.
Shame that this bit of common sense was not thought of. The consequence being that once again the poor landlord and his customers suffer!!
Martin Read CMBII
Managing Director of Inn-Dispensable Personal Licence Courses
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