A popular Newcastle micropub will be allowed to launch a new venue in Heaton, after winning the support of city decision-makers.
Newcastle City Council has backed plans for the Town Mouse Ale House to open a second branch on Heaton Road, following the success of its award-winning city centre site. Councillors agreed to grant a licence for the new venture despite the concerns of one objector, who claimed last week that the area was at risk of becoming a “drinking strip” similar to Jesmond’s Osborne Road.
But the council’s licensing sub-committee concluded that the 60-capacity micropub’s size, prices, and customer demographic meant it was unlikely to become a “high-volume drinking establishment”. Heaton ward councillor John-Paul Stephenson welcomed the decision and said the worries about the new Town Mouse “profoundly misunderstood” its aims – saying that “ a micropub is not where people get trollied”.
