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Walkers of Whitehall pub near Trafalgar Square, London. Credit: Google. For use for all LDRS publications.<\/p>\nA pub off Trafalgar Square is having its licence reviewed following complaints of drinkers \u201cstanding on the wrong pavement\u201d and being loud.<\/p>\n
The Walkers of Whitehall at 15 Whitehall says it has robust systems in place to stop patrons wandering onto the wrong side of the street and operates a 9pm cut-off for customers drinking outside, according to a report before Westminster City Council.<\/p>\n
A request for a review was submitted in August claiming residents feared for their personal safety and were fed up with the noise caused by drinkers outside the pub. They claim as many as 100 people converge in a small alleyway into Craig\u2019s Court, off Trafalgar Square, to drink, pee on doorsteps and shout.<\/p>\n
They said many pour onto pavement that doesn\u2019t belong to the pub and claim they\u2019ve engaged \u201cnumerous times\u201d with the premises but received no response.<\/p>\n
A submission reads: \u201cI find this very intimidating. I often have to navigate through groups of people who are intoxicated\u2026 On one occasion I had to do this whilst one of the customers yelled [and] advanced towards me and on another occasion whilst another customer was urinating less than five feet [away].<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is entirely unacceptable. Walkers of Whitehall is a large pub (albeit in the basement) \u2013 there is no need for the public sidewalk to be used [as] private pub property.\u201d<\/p>\n
The applicant, who has not been named, said only 12 people should be allowed to consume alcohol outside before 9pm and limit the number of people allowed to smoke or temporarily stand outside after that hour to four. They also called for \u201csufficient measures\u201d to prevent litter or waste, and stopping deliveries, waste disposal and collection between 11pm and 8am.<\/p>\n
They called for promotional boards and other barriers to be removed from the pavement. Others wrote in support of the review saying the pub produced \u201cunacceptable noise levels\u201d.<\/p>\n
Young\u2019s, which owns the pub, promised to stop patrons gathering outside after 9.30pm, save for smokers, which they would limit to 10 people at a time. They\u2019ve also vowed to make sure customers conduct themselves in an \u201corderly manner\u201d while outside and to supervise the area and to curtail waste and recycling collections.<\/p>\n
Walkers of Whitehall pub near Trafalgar Square, London. Credit: Google. For use for all LDRS publications.<\/p>\n
A letter from the premises licence holder said these condition had been in place \u201cfor some time\u201d and that customers are kept on the pavement and don\u2019t impinge on the road or cross to the opposite pavement as historically they have done.<\/p>\n
They wrote: \u201cThere are still on occasion, a significant number of customers outside the premises but this tends to be only at key trading periods, for example early evening, particularly on a Thursday when the weather is good, but when this does happen customers are well behaved, monitored by management and staff, and are inside the premises (other than for smokers) by 9pm.\u201d<\/p>\n
They also said photo evidence of people coalescing outside the pub had no date stamps, were either taken before new management took over or show people who were not customers to the pub.<\/p>\n
They said other than a request by the council to remove a board on the pavement, the premises has not received formal enforcement action. Westminster City Council\u2019s Licensing Committee will meet Thursday, November 27, to consider the application.<\/p>\n
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