COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO DECIDE IF PUB CAN SCRAP NOISE LIMITER

COUNCILLORS have been asked to relax a raft of conditions attached to a Plymouth pub's premises licence, despite complaints over noise which is keeping neighbours awake.

- By ALISON STEPHENSON

New landlord of The Plymstock Inn, Jack Fry, wants to keep the children's play area open until 9pm instead of 7pm and scrap the need for a noise limiting device, which would activate when live or recorded music rose above agreed levels.

He says that the 13 "difficult licensing" conditions imposed in 2017 when the pub underwent a premises licence review because of noise complaints are hampering the success of the business.

These conditions were challenged at a Plymouth City Council's sub licensing committee hearing on Wednesday. Councillors were told that the play area closing time was "too restrictive" and the two-hour extension would allow families to finish their meal.