{"id":368160,"date":"2025-08-23T21:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368160\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T21:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:25:46","slug":"the-bar-in-deal-high-street-wins-bid-to-open-beer-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368160\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bar in Deal High Street wins bid to open beer garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A bar has won permission to open a beer garden despite fears drinkers would disturb neighbours.<\/p>\n

The Bar in Deal High Street faced an official objection from the town council over potential noise nuisance.<\/p>\n

\"BarBar manager Sarah Fox said having a beer garden was the next step forward for The Bar in Deal High Street<\/p>\n

But Dover District Council (DDC) has this week authorised the plans after boss Sarah Fox argued the retro-style watering hole was well-managed.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the council chamber, Ms Fox said: \u201cWe\u2019re applying for the change to have a beer garden and negate any future problems out the front because people would instead be using the back garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a big area – it\u2019s just to give customers the option to be in the garden rather than nipping out the front, which is what we\u2019ve had objections to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a well-run bar, we look after our customers, we follow the rules, and it\u2019s the only way forward, I think, for us to keep progressing as a business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owner Darren Thompson applied to alter the licence earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Since 2018, the licence had barred use of the rear garden as it is shared with the flat above.<\/p>\n

Instead, the designated smoking area was agreed to be at the front.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re a well-run bar, we look after our customers, we follow the rules, and it\u2019s the only way forward, I think, for us to keep progressing as a business…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr Thomson\u2019s new application received four statements supporting the move and one objection, from Deal Town Council.<\/p>\n

The authority\u2019s planning committee clerk, Laura Marney, argued its members objected due to the potential \u201cdetrimental effect on neighbouring properties\u201d.<\/p>\n

She also flagged concerns surrounding the \u201cimpact on the public highway\u201d and \u201cgeneral amenity of the area\u201d \u2013 but no neighbours objected to the scheme.<\/p>\n

The chamber heard just one complaint had been registered against the premises in recent years regarding overcrowding outside the front of the bar and loud music.<\/p>\n

But Kent Police had visited the site several times following the grievance being raised, and no issues were reported.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the complaint at the sub-committee meeting on August 4, Ms Fox conceded \u201cexcessive people\u201d had been outside on that occasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no music playing,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Bar has secured use of the shared garden to the rear of the venue<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took the furniture away and didn\u2019t let anybody outside for four weeks to rein it back in, and since then, nobody misbehaves out the front at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deal resident Sally Freshwater also spoke in support of the application.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis looks like a very sensible and controlled idea,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bar is very well run, it\u2019s a nice social space to be in, and I really can\u2019t foresee any issues with allowing the garden to be used.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think it needs to be a level playing field with businesses in Deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got other licensed premises like The Deal Hoy and The Ship that have use of their garden, and it just seems unfair to me that this particular bar is being stopped from using theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a short adjournment, members approved the variation, accepting conditions proposed by the applicant to close the garden at 9pm, with no music to be played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bar has won permission to open a beer garden despite fears drinkers would disturb neighbours. The Bar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,19289,609,495,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-368160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-deal","10":"tag-human-interest","11":"tag-kent","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115080195452711924","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368160","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=368160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}