|
From the
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk 13th February 2001
Spirits dashed as bar stays open.
A BEXLEYHEATH bar is operating on a temporary licence after magistrates
refused to transfer the drinks licence to a new licensee.
Bar Ice, formerly the "Polo Bar," in Bexleyheath Broadway, was refused a
permanent licence at Bexley Magistrates' Court after local people
detailed a catalogue of complaints.
Residents in the streets surrounding the bar, had written to the
licensing magistrates about their problems with Bar Ice.
Seventeen turned up to last week's hearing which was a routine
application to transfer the licence. Five residents gave evidence to the
court.
They claimed people using the bar smash and dump bottles in their
gardens and outside their homes, cause criminal damage, urinate in their
gardens and are responsible for disorderly behaviour late at night.
Bexleyheath police say they have received about 30 letters of complaint
from local people and Bexley Council has also received complaints.
But Bexleyheath police's licensing officer did not object to the
transfer.
Local people say the bar, which is painted bright blue, lit by neon
lights and has only a handful of seats inside, has caused them problems
over several years.
The existing licensee opened the bar on February 8, following the failed
court application and a deemed interim authority was granted last Friday
to enable the bar to stay open pending another hearing. |
