Saloon-type pub not on agenda, says new landlord

A PUB that shut down after holding illegal “parties” during the Coronavirus lockdown will be reopened after South Gloucestershire councillors gave the go-ahead.

- ADAM POSTANS Local Democracy Reporter

The White Swan in North Street, Downend, closed in 2021 and has been fenced off because of vandalism and break-ins.

But property developer Andrew Morgan has bought the pub and was granted a premises licence by South Gloucestershire Council licensing subcommittee on Thursday, October 2.

Four neighbours objected to the application saying the establishment caused antisocial behaviour, alleging there had been drug dealing, customers urinating on the street, and verbal abuse.

One resident said: “In the summers we could not sit in our garden due to noise disturbance.

“We had to buy National Trust membership and Bristol Zoo membership so we had somewhere to escape.