Decision made on later opening for Wetherspoon pub The Jolly Tars in Cleveleys
A popular Fylde coast pub has been granted permission to stay open later - unil the early hours of the morning at weekends.
The Jolly Tars pub, on Victoria Road West, applied to Wyre Council for consent to extend opening hours on Friday and Saturday by an additional 30 minutes, until 1.30am.
Owners JD Wetherspoon submitted its application to Wyre planners, rather than licensing, to allow for a variation on an earlier planning application.
The pub is named after the performances by The Jolly Tars concert parties, between the 2 world wars. Their Great Benefit Night Programme, on 15 August 1931, attracted a 2,000-strong audience and was reported in the local press as “a great success”.
Although now a well established venue in the town, The Jolly Tars opened relatively recently, in June 2011, after the conversion of a former retail store.
However, since then there has been a proliferation of new licensed premises in Cleveleys, including The Vault Bar & Lounge, Backstage Cleveleys, the Greedy Banker, Wobblinn and The Corkscrew cheese and wine bar.
What they say
A planning statement for the new application stated: “The premises shall only be open to members of the public between the hours of 7am to 12.30am on Sunday to Wednesday, 7am to 1am on Thursday and 7am to1.30ams Friday and Saturday.
“Only the external area shown hatched on plan submitted may be used between 10pm each day and the end of permitted opening hours of the premises and for smoking purposes only, no consumption of food and drink.
“It adds: “The application is in response to strong customer demand and as such it is asserted that a need for the proposal exists, falling within the Wyre Local Plan Main Town Centre Use.
“The premises has become an established and successful addition to Cleveleys since opening 15 years ago, enhancing the overall vitality of the local area.
“It is considered that the company’s robust management policies would ensure there will be no negative impact to the local area as a result of the later weekend opening hours and would fit within those of other surrounding venues The District & The Vault Bar & Lounge.”
A delegated report from the planning officer stated: “Given the current circumstances, as the site is a town centre location, the general level of noise generated will not be demonstrably greater, either in isolation or cumulatively, than other adjacent uses.
”It is considered that there should be a reasonable expectation that residential units in town centre locations would be subject to a greater level of disturbance to those outside town centre locations.