Wolverhampton pub hopes measures will end noise complaints

Wolverhampton Council has approved plans to modernise the Pheasant Inn in Wednesfield, to mitigate concerns about noise. 

Last year the council's environmental health team had called for a review of the pub's licence in response to several complaints from neighbours about noise.

Senior environmental health officer Emma Waites said the complaints related to a ‘persistent breach of licensing objectives’.

Owner Greene King has now been granted permission to carry out a series of measure it hopes will deal with the problem.

The pub giant has been given consent to remove a timber glazed screen and doors, at the rear of the pub, and replace it with a new cavity wall infill and entrance porch, as well as blocking up one rear window. 

In its application, Greene King's agent said the pub showed a large number of sporting events on large television screens, and also held regular live music.

“The premises has a large rear beer garden, to ensure that this is used to its maximum our client intends to carry out the aforementioned works,” said the application.

Granting consent, director of planning Andrew Johnson said the scheme would likely provide better sound insulation, potentially improving the environment for neighbours.

"The proposals appear in scale and character with this setting," he said. "There would be no adverse impact on visual amenity. The changes are located at the rear of the site and there is unlikely to be a significant impact on the locally listed building due to carefully selected detailing and materials and this being a less prominent façade of the building."