A pub in Clifton has promised to install noise-barrier fences in its beer garden to protect neighbours’ peace from rowdy students after fed-up residents took it to a licence review hearing. Bristol city councillors imposed tougher conditions on the Den and Terrace in St Pauls Road after householders told them sound reverberated around the rear of their homes like a “canyon”.
Some people have even sold up and moved away because of the disturbance, the licensing sub-committee on Thursday, August 4, was told. The review was submitted by Clifton Down ward Green Cllr Tom Hathway but was led at the hearing by resident Paul Thompson, backed by others from the community.
It was brought on the grounds that the pub was undermining three of the four licensing objectives – the prevention of crime and disorder, public nuisance and upholding public safety. Mr Thompson told the panel there was unacceptable noise during the day and that up until recently customers were using the outside terrace after the 9.30pm permitted cut-off when a maximum of only five smokers were allowed to be there under the previous conditions.
