Liverpool Council<\/a>\u2019s licensing and gambling sub-committee. Applicant Robert Gutmann has sought the city\u2019s permission to extend alcohol sales hours until 1am, with a terminal hour of 1.30am.<\/p>\nThis would be a change from the existing licence which permits sales from 10am to 11pm daily. When the Pilgrim announced its return, the business said: “Our idea is only to creatively add, not to take anything away from the institution we all have come to know and love.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo yeah, the booths, the brick, the mirrors, the beer garden, the cask ales and the tunes will all still be gloriously retained. Even those derelict vintage mini table juke boxes are staying but being augmented by a big new retro one that\u2019ll sit in the corner by the iconic spiral staircase.”<\/p>\n
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The Pilgrim.(Pic Andrew Teebay).(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n
However, the late night extension has prompted concern from those living nearby. In a written representation to the council, one objector wrote: \u201cSince reopening the Pilgrim & Mayflower we\u2019ve experienced excessive noise into unsocial hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have children in our property who have been disturbed by the recent noise and footfall in the area. To extend this from 11pm to 1am would be a serious detractor to residents in the area and cause repetitive complaints and call outs for noise and associated alcohol related issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another person who made their feelings known said extended licensing hours would lead to more activity in a \u201cquiet side street”. They added: \u201cIt will also reduce my feeling of personal safety when dog walking or generally walking home at night<\/p>\n
\u201cI am already very upset at the increased influx of people using the Pilgrim and the very noticeable change of clientele. It\u2019s radically changed the energy of the neighbourhood already. I cannot express my sense of anger and dismay any more strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n
A third representation said since the pub reopened, some residents on nearby Hope Place had been subject to a \u201chuge\u201d increase in outside noise and nuisance levels. They said: \u201cBefore the refurbishment, the new owners advertised that they wanted to create an atmosphere of old-fashioned pubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is nothing like that. In a residential neighbourhood like ours, extending licensing hours even further and allowing off premises purchase and consumption will only add to the increasing nuisance we already face from the expansion of similar initiatives in our Quarter over the last few years.\u201d The representation did wish the venue well, but asked for co-operation.<\/p>\n
They added: \u201cWe would genuinely love the Pilgrim to succeed, as a genuine, quiet, respectful, local pub, with indoor music and entertainment, as per the current license but please stop the drinking off premises and remind all customers to consider the neighbours in the area when they leave the premises.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the 1936 Pub Company said: “We are aware and are sympathetic to residents’ natural concerns about a new licensing application. We have had some preliminary discussions and are looking forward to finding solutions that will suit all parties at the hearing in June.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pilgrim reopened last month but new plans have upset those living nearbyThe Pilgrim(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,27852,4884,179,14487,15650,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-142527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-georgian-quarter","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-council","14":"tag-liverpool-pubs","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114593492236202289","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Pilgrim(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n