A south Liverpool pub's desire to open later could be thwarted after a local councillor raised concerns about 'unruly behaviour'.
The Allerton Oak pub, in Allerton Road, has applied to Liverpool City Council to extend its opening hours. The pub currently opens between 11am and 12:30am from Monday to Sunday, with alcohol sold until midnight each night.
The pub's owners, Rosewell Limited, have now applied to the city council to slightly extend these times so that it can open until 1am each night and serve alcohol until 12:30am. The boozer will find out if its application is successful when it faces a licensing hearing at Liverpool Town Hall on March 29.
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The plans have been met with opposition from local councillors and some residents, who have complained about 'unruly behaviour' from patrons of this pub and others in the local area.
Cllr Andrew Makinson has registered an objection, which states: "Residents surrounding Allerton Road suffer from the unruly behaviour from patrons of local bars, including Allerton Oak. "This behaviour includes disorderly conduct, vandalism to property and urination on the side of residential properties and doorsteps."
The issue of public urination was also brought up in a local resident's objection against the plan. The objection states: "This will cause a rise in anti social behaviour in the area. There have already been problems with people urinating in alleyways and doorways and this will only get worse if this becomes a late night venue.
The resident added: "Allerton Oak has been the subject of residents' complaints over the years in particular with loud music in the late evenings when families are putting babies and young children to bed. This is worse in the summer when all the huge windows are open and people congregate outside.
"This is a residential area and I object in the strongest terms to an extension of this licence. This will also set a precedent for the many other bars in the area to do likewise."
Another resident, one of eight in total to object to the plans, stated: "Music can be heard some distance from the premises preventing neighbours from being able to watch TV in their homes without listening to a constant bass noise. It also prevents people from sleeping for the same reason.
"This is especially so in warmer months when bars keep the doors and windows open. This has been a serious issue for residents in the recent past. People need to be able to go to bed and sleep at a reasonable time."
The owners of the Allerton Oak have been approached for a response.
